Scott Shaw
Gaming & Technology Specialist at Nemours Children's Health. Game Design & Development Instructor.
Game Relief
Play with a Purpose. Gather your friends, find pledges, raise money, help kids in the hospital..
What is it?
We are fundraising and bringing awareness to what we do here at Nemours in terms of playing and supporting video games for patients. Video games help bring back some normalcy while patients are here, provide a distraction, and help to reconnect them back to friends and family in some circumstances. The participating students/team can recruit pledges to sponsor them during the game-a-thon through our fundraising site, and on the day of the event gather at their school to play from 10am to 4pm. It can be teams or individuals that participate in the event. There will be special social media tags to help participants raise support and awareness throughout the day. On the following Monday we will post the participants and the total amount raised. Save the Date! It's April 27, 2024. Share how you are helping kids in the hospital by playing video games. Ask folks if they want to donate or help in the cause and get them to go to this pledge form (CLICK HERE, YES HERE) , and make their pledge, then attend the event at your sponsor school!
Prepare to PLAY!
Figure out if you want to participate as a team or individual. Then ask your school to host your team or the event. If you are a school representative, make sure you sign up as a Team. HERE.
Gather Pledges!
Once you are registered as a Team or Individual, you can share this Link and have folks donate to the cause.
Day of Event Details
Each Sponsor School will host their participants.
Starting at 10am the host school will have a room for you all to gather and play games in. It is most likely in the same room that your esports or video game club attends their meetings in.
At 4pm the event concludes and an announcement link will be sent out on the following Monday letting each sponsor location how much the event raised!
Lock in your sponsors and pledges
Get your sister, your brother, your mother, your father, heck even you sisters-brothers-roomates-mother to participate either by donating using the link, or by gathering their own sponsors and joining in on the fun on the day of the event (April 27, 2024).
They can make a single donation to sponsor you OR see how long you can play video games during the six-hour event (C'mon, we all know you can play for that amount of time ;)
Child Life Department
The Department of Child Life, Creative Arts Therapy & School Programs at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware helps patients and their families cope with medical experiences. Our staff promotes the use of play, preparation, education and self-expression activities as a way to normalize the hospital. Our team of certified Child Life specialists are skilled at supporting the child and their family during a stressful medical event. We strive to empower children and families, while partnering with them to meet their individual needs.
Nemours Children’s Health
Among the Best
Our hospital in Delaware is ranked by U.S. News & World Report in five specialties and our hospital in Florida is ranked in two.
Register
Let us know if you or your school is interested by filling out this Interest Form and we will be in touch with you!
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Address
1600 Rockland Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19803
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Email
gametech@nemours.org -
Phone
(302) 298-7047