Everyone loves games. You know what else everyone loves? Helping people in need. So I thought, how great would it be if we could play games... while helping people at the same time? And with that sudden epiphany, my partners and I set out to create an epic 24-hour Game-A-Thon to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network (CMN), while simultaneously doing what we love to do.
After going through the... "entertaining"... process of renting out our high school for the weekend, persuading teachers to volunteer to be our hosts, and spreading the word to everybody, our idea finally came into fruition. We had a bigger turnout than expected... at first I thought everyone was just coming as another reason to hang out and play games, but as more and more people came, I realized that wasn't even the reason. I had requested a minimum of a 25 dollar donation for everyone who attended, but very, very few people gave this much... They gave more. In fact, the average donation made was over twice that.
I was impressed, even humbled, by our classmates' willingness to go above and beyond just the bare minimum with their donations to the CMN. I was honored to have helped sponsor such a successful event, to have raised so much money, and to have given everyone such a great time. Even the teachers put aside their usual maturity and had fun with the students, and many people who didn't even participate (and didn't even go to our school) generously donated food and TVs. It was amazing seeing our community band together for one cause like that.
The event was such an incredible, fun, and successful experience, that we are holding another one in just two weeks, and due to the overwhelming success of the first, we are expecting at least twice as many people to show up. That weekend showed me that people really do care about helping causes, and participating in community events is just a fun and engaging way to support them. It certainly sparked an interest in me to participate in and help out with other community events. And that, to me, is the most important thing... realizing what's going on, and actively take part in it.
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