Lately, I’ve been throwing around the idea of starting a project / organization centered around gamers giving to charities. Ideally, this organization/project would plan and execute LANs and tournaments for the sole purpose of raising money for charities, as well as providing donations to other local causes (say, donating canned goods / food to local CUOCs, donating clothes to Salvation army, etc). It will take awhile, years mind you, before it is on the national level. But that is the end goal I would like to see achieved. Ideally, this would turn a positive image of gamers in the public eye as well as having gamers give back to society.
I would like some feedback from the community. Is this a good idea? Would you want to attend a charity LAN? Do you think it’ll have a positive impact for both gamers and charities? Hopefully, I can run a pilot LAN and see about raising money for a local charity, such as Victory Junction or some other benefit, over the summer. If you’re in NC and would like to help out, let me know.