Make-A-Wish®, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®, GameStop® Partners to Help Local Kids
August 29 2018 - 10:40AM
Donations at GameStop will help local kids get
back to being kids
For the sixth year in a row, GameStop has teamed up with
Make-A-Wish® to help make more wishes come true for children with
critical illnesses. Upping the ante this year, Children’s Miracle
Network Hospitals® (CMN Hospitals) joins the collaborative effort
to help local kids get back to being kids.
Donations will be accepted at GameStop stores and online at
GameStop.com from August 29 – September 30. One hundred percent of
all customer donations collected will be equally distributed to
help kids going through treatment at one of the 170 local CMN
Hospitals or by having their wish granted by Make-A-Wish.
“At E3 in June, we announced that our GameStop Gives initiative
is focused on using the power of gaming to drive positive change in
the areas of youth-wellbeing and education,” said Rob Lloyd, COO
and CFO of GameStop. “I am proud to share that our friends at
Microsoft announced today - in front of nearly 4,000 GameStop store
leaders at the company's annual GME Conference - that they are
joining our GameStop Gives initiative to help kids battling
critical illnesses.”
To kick off the September GameStop Gives initiative, Microsoft
will donate $10,000 and GameStop will be donating $60,000.
Plus, GameStop will donate up to $8,000 from the limited sale of
the Xbox® Adaptive Controller exclusively sold at GameStop.com. In
the spirit of inclusive design and supporting Microsoft’s
“Gaming for Everyone” initiative, the Xbox Adaptive Controller is a
first of its kind gaming controller built specifically for people
with limited mobility – giving them a more accessible,
customizable and inclusive gaming experience.
Local children will benefit from the GameStop Gives initiative,
like Mia. A sweet girl with a huge heart and vibrant spirit, Mia
was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) at age eight.
Mia was treated at the University of California Davis Children’s
Hospital—a local CMN Hospital. When it came time for Mia’s wish,
she knew immediately she wanted a gaming computer from GameStop to
play video games. GameStop provided a VIP shopping spree which
helped give Mia renewed energy and strength to continue to fight
her illness.
GameStop has made it easy for guests to help local kids in their
respective communities:
- Donate at checkout. Guests can give $1 or
more or round up their purchase. Plus, PowerUp Rewards members will
receive triple PowerUp Rewards points on the donation amount.
- Donate PowerUp Rewards points. Members can
donate points to each charity in the PowerUp Rewards
Center.
- Trade In for Charity. Donate up to 100 percent
of trade-in value to charity when you bring unused video game
hardware, software, accessories or consumer electronics to
GameStop.
“We know a wish can be a game-changer for a child with a
critical illness. Research shows children who have wishes granted
build the physical and emotional strength needed to fight a
critical illness,” said David Williams, president and CEO of
Make-A-Wish. “We are thrilled to be working again with our friends
at GameStop—a partner that believes in our mission and gets to see
it in action nearly every day.”
“We are proud to be partnering with GameStop to help
further our mission to save and improve the lives of local kids.
The funds raised by GameStop’s initiatives will impact
pediatric care for more than 10 million children treated each year
at local CMN Hospitals throughout the country and we are very
grateful for their support,” said John Lauck, president and CEO of
CMN Hospitals.
GameStop has been a proud supporter of local sick and injured
children, raising nearly $7 million since 2007. Currently, an
average of one wish kid per day specifically requests a shopping
spree at GameStop as part of their wish and 62 kids enter a CMN
Hospital every minute. To date, more than 2,500 wish kids have
benefited from GameStop’s generosity through gift cards provided to
enhance these shopping sprees and gaming wishes. Funds raised from
this current campaign will continue to provide wishes and
impact critical care and patient services for local kids.
About Make-A-Wish Make-A-Wish® creates
life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. We seek
to bring every eligible child's wish to life because a wish is an
integral part of a child's treatment journey. Research shows
children who have wishes granted can build the physical and
emotional strength they need to fight their illness. Headquartered
in Phoenix, Arizona, Make-A-Wish is the world’s leading children’s
wish-granting organization, serving children in every community in
the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Together, generous donors, supporters, staff and more than 35,000
volunteers across the U.S., grant a wish every 34 minutes, on
average, somewhere in the country. Since 1980, Make-A-Wish has
granted more than 300,000 wishes to children in the U.S. and its
territories; more than 15,400 in 2017 alone. For more information
about Make-A-Wish America, visit wish.org.
About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness
for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each
year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to
fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical
equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle
Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at
a time through the charity’s Miracle Balloon icon. Its various
fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission
to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find
out why children’s hospitals need community support, and learn
about your member hospital, at CMNHospitals.org and
facebook.com/CMNHospitals.
About GameStopGameStop, the world’s largest
video game retailer, offers the best selection of new and pre-owned
video gaming consoles, accessories and video game titles, in both
physical and digital formats. GameStop also offers fans a wide
variety of pop vinyl toys, collectibles, board games and more.
Through GameStop’s unique buy-sell-trade program, gamers can trade
in video game consoles, games, and accessories, as well as consumer
electronics for cash or in-store credit. The retailer operates
thousands of locations around the world under the GameStop, EB
Games and Micromania retail brands. Fans can find their local
GameStop store using the company’s online store locator tool.
To get the latest news on video gaming and gear, follow GameStop
on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. GameStop, EB Games,
and Micromania are part of GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a global
specialty retailer that makes the most popular technologies
affordable and simple.
MEDIA CONTACTS:Make-A-Wish: Casey Thompson via
cthompson@wish.org or 602.385.6862CMN Hospitals: Brian Golden via
bgolden@cmnhospitals.org or 757-620-5016GameStop: Martha Sotelo via
marthasotelo@gamestop.com or 817-424-2099
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