Extra Life is a
fundraising
Fundraising or fund-raising is the process of seeking and gathering voluntary financial contributions by engaging individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. Although fundraising typically refers to efforts to gathe ...
event,
the proceeds of which go to branches of the
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) (French: Réseau Enfants-Santé (RES)) is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. Donations support the health of 10 million children each ...
. 100% of all donations go directly to the hospitals.
Extra Life was formed in 2008 to honor Victoria , who died of
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the lymphoid line of blood cells characterized by the development of large numbers of immature lymphocytes. Symptoms may include feeling tired, pale skin color, fever, easy bleeding or bruisin ...
. It was aided by the
Sarcastic Gamer
SarcasticGamer.com was an independent video gaming blog and community site that was relaunched as a podcast. As part of the GamerCast Network, a community of independent podcasters, the website focused on parodying the latest events happening in t ...
community, who sent gifts and video games to her.
The main premise of the event is that group or teams get together and play different types of games for a 24 hour marathon. Many of these users will live-stream their game-play and activities on the platform Twitch. During this process, players will ask for donations that will then be sent to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Groups that participate range from
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
media company
Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC is an American digital media company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth is a subsidiary of Warner ...
, to
East Carolina University
East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university, public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina.
Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...
Board Gaming Society, and donations are given through cash or credit donation. Many participants have connections to the hospitals that they chose to highlight and donate their proceeds to and some donation pages continue to accept donations until December 31 of the year of the event.
Event totals and participant numbers
*2008: $120,000
**Gamers: 1200
*2009: $170,000
**Gamers: Unknown
*2010: $451,000
**Gamers: 4,500
*2011: $1,100,000
**Gamers: 15,500
*2012: $2,100,000
**Gamers: 17,000
*2013: $4,100,000
**Gamers: 43,000
*2014: $6,218,000
**Gamers: 50,000
*2015: $8,451,590
**Gamers: 55,000
*2016: $9,600,000
**Gamers: 50,000
*2017: $11,124,217
**Gamers: 50,000
*2018: $8,800,000
** Gamers: 50,000
*2019: $14,000,000
[ ]
**Gamers: 50,000
References
External links
*
Fundraising events
{{charity-stub