The AbleGamers Charity helps the 33 million gamers with disabilities.

DRIVING HOME ACCESSIBILITY

by AbleGamers Charity

Help us Drive Home Accessibility

The AbleGamers Foundation is about to take accessibility to the next level. As of today, AbleGamers is launching its biggest and most far-reaching initiative to date. Driving Home Accessibility is a new project aimed at bringing the state-of-the-art equipment housed in every AbleGamers Lab directly to those who need it the most, the ones who can’t come to us because of their disability.

We can't do this without your help. Create a Team and Join the Cause

Some gamers with disabilities simply can’t make it out to gaming conferences, disability expos or any of our laboratories. After extensive testing and research, we came up with our most game changing idea to date: Why not take highly trained assistive technology experts, put them in a vehicle stuffed to the brim with every single piece of assistive technology, specialized equipment, gaming peripheral and hardware system on the market today, and bring all of it to children’s hospitals, VA centers, and long-term living facilities, around the country… hell, someday the world…

The Driving Home Accessibility project is a first-of-its-kind, never been done before, game accessibility project that puts YOU in the driver’s seat.

We’re asking you and our friends around the industry to come together and help us build a vehicle that can change the lives of thousands of people by bringing everything AbleGamers has to the locations of people who need our help the most.

We’ll drive this thing around the country, year-round, visiting people with disabilities and talking about the various ways you can play games no matter your disability. At every stop we’ll give away as much of the equipment as funding allows, which means the more money we raise, the more equipment we can give away.

BUT the only way this $200,000+ dream becomes a reality is with your help.

Help us drive home accessibility! Gather your fellow gamers, friends, family, strangers, enemies, and mystical gaming unicorns, and sign up to raise money for this inspirational project.

How: Game. Stream. Donate.

Game:

Press the green button on the upper right labeled “fundraise for this campaign.” Sign up and start finding team members to play games. Once you’ve got your team, ask your friends, families and local businesses if they’ll sponsor your by pledging money for every hour you spend gaming. Any games count. From board games to online games, what you play is completely your call.

Stream:

Jump online and stream your event with hundreds of other streamers on the days listed below. AbleGamers and its game industry friends will be streaming on all the days listed below. You can stream all of them with us. Or some. Or just one. It's totally up to you!

Donate:

Don't want to stream or play games? No problem! You can simply donate money by clicking "DONATE" above. Whether you donate $10 or $10,000, your donation is extremely appreciated. Remember, every bit we raise over $200,000 goes directly to giving away the equipment we bring to each facility or hospital so that the gaming can begin right away!

 

When: Right now. The fundraising has begun. You can donate or raise money any time. Pledge your part today.

 

Stream dates: We have several dates for streaming events over the summer. You can join them all. You can join one.

  • Jumpstart: May 30, 2014. Mario Kart 8 12-hour marathon. From 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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  • Pit Stop #1: July 5th 24-hour marathon for veterans with disabilities.
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  • Pit Stop #2: August 9th 24-hour marathon.
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  • The Finish Line: September 12th – 14th 72-hour weekend of gaming for accessibility.

As each day approaches, we will post more information about the streaming event, the teams participating, the corporate sponsors and your favorite game studios' participation. When you sign up to stream for us by clicking the green button marked “fundraise for this campaign” you’ll be automatically added to the streamers list, which receives updates and information on each upcoming event.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the events listed above, please reach out to [email protected]

With your help, we will make this dream a reality!

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$2,290 RAISED

$200,000 GOAL

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