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Gamers for Giving seeks cash for charity this weekend
The sixth annual Gamers for Giving charity event goes down this coming weekend. On February 8 and 9, Twitch streams of Killer Instinct, Halo 4, League of Legends, Call of Duty: Ghosts and StarCraft 2 will attempt to raise funds to build custom gaming kiosks for children's hospitals and create video game care packages to be sent to military personnel abroad. Gamers for Giving will take place at the Student Center's Grand Ballroom at Eastern Michigan University over the weekend and the venue is open to all who wish to spectate. If you'd like to participate, you can plunk down cash and register for any LANFest activities here. Or if you'd like to avoid the harsh Michigan weather this weekend, you'll also be able to watch on the Gamers Outreach Twitch channel all weekend long. Gamers for Giving has already secured over $12,000 and hopes to raise $20,000 before the weekend's over. Gamers for Giving kicks off on Saturday, February 8 at 10am ET – a full schedule of the weekend's events may be seen on the official website. [Image: Gamers for Giving]
Help Somalia hunger crisis by playing Bad Company 2
Somalia is in bad shape, you guys. Two back-to-back seasons of inadequate rains have prevented the country's agricultural infrastructure from producing enough food to cover the needs of its people, and as a result roughly 3.7 million Somali citizens are in need of assistance. The situation is so dire in some parts of Somalia that the UN has declared it a famine, which could spread throughout the entire country in as little as two months. It's bad, and once again, a group of intrepid gamers have taken it upon themselves to help when help is needed most. Battlefield community site Don't Revive Me Bro has joined forces with pro gaming organization Quantic Gaming, fellow community resource Battlefieldo, and DICE's own Daniel Matros to produce First Person Saviors, a 24-hour Battlefield: Bad Company 2 event benefiting Somalia's people. The event, which started this morning at 9 AM GMT (5 AM EDT) and runs until that time tomorrow, urges players to join specially-marked "Somalian Hunger Relief SHR" servers, rather than their usual virtual homes. Donations will be accepted by Gamers Outreach, 100 percent of which will be passed along to the World Food Programme to aid in their humanitarian efforts. In addition to the warm, fuzzy feeling you'll get from knowing you've done a good thing, people who donate are also automatically entered into drawings for prizes and giveaways, held at specific donation intervals. The event is also an opportunity to test your mettle against some of the best Bad Company 2 players in the world, as well as actual DICE employees. So get to it! Go kill some dudes, and help save millions.
