The
Omnithon:Retro marathon held last weekend in Kent, Washington, raised $410 for
Child’s Play. This was not enough to meet the goal of the group of High School
students who were hoping to raise a little over $2000, which would have been
enough to make them gold sponsors of the charity.
“Though
it didn't raise as much money as most of our other events, it was one of the
most fun marathons we've done,” said Kyle Owsen, the founder of Omnithon. “That's
thanks to the people we had at the marathon, both in the house and on the chat,
and that strong sense of friendship and community.”
Omnithon
will continue to raise money for Child’s Play. The group is already planning a
Halo marathon to be held in August. Owsen said the group is already thinking of
ways to improve the event.
“We're
going to get the word out there earlier,” Owsen said. “And we'll try to get
people on our twitter and facebook so we can keep our audience instead of
fighting to get them back every time.”
Gaming2Give
is also planning their next event, which will be held on April 28. The marathon
hosted by the group on March 31 raised $150 for Child’s Play.
“It
went good for the first event, if nothing else we made it the full 24 hours,”
said Brandon Templeton, Gaming2Give’s founder. “We didn’t get as much feedback
from the community as we had hoped, but hopefully that will start to happen as
we continue to get more people on the social pages.”
April’s
marathon will be similar to the marathon held in March, but the money raised
will go to the Big Brothers Big Sisters charity instead of Child’s Play.
Gaming2Give
volunteer Victor Caldwell said he enjoyed the marathon in March, and wishes he
didn’t have to wait three weeks for the next one.
“I
would have been sitting at home playing games if I hadn’t done the event,”
Caldwell said. “At least this way I was able to do it with a purpose that
allowed me to help others.”
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