Extra Life (fundraiser)

Extra Life is a fundraising event,^[1] the proceeds of which go to branches of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.^[2] 100% of all donations go directly to the hospitals.^[1]

Extra Life was formed in 2008 to honor Victoria Enmon, who died of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It was aided by the Sarcastic Gamer 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.^[3] 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 media company Rooster Teeth,^[4] to East Carolina University Board Gaming Society,^[5] 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.^[6]

Event totals and participant numbers

• 2008: $120,000^[1][7]
  • Gamers: 1200
• 2009: $170,000^[1][8]
  • Gamers: Unknown
• 2010: $451,000^[9]
  • Gamers: 4,500
• 2011: $1,100,000
  • Gamers: 15,500
• 2012: $2,100,000^[10]
  • Gamers: 17,000
• 2013: $4,100,000^[11]
  • Gamers: 43,000
• 2014: $6,218,000^[12]
  • Gamers: 50,000
• 2015: $8,451,590 ^[13]
  • Gamers: 55,000
• 2016: $9,600,000 ^{[citation needed]}
  • Gamers: 50,000
• 2017: $11,124,217 ^[14]
  • Gamers: 50,000
• 2018: $8,800,000 ^[15]
  • Gamers: 50,000
• 2019: $14,000,000 ^[16]
  • Gamers: 50,000
• 2022: over $10,000,000 ^[17]
  • Gamers: 50,000

References

1. "About Extra Life". Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
2. "History | Children's Miracle Network Hospitals". childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
3. "Hundreds across the region expected to participate in annual "Extra Life" event". Burlington Free Press. October 31, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
4. Schroeder, Audra (November 9, 2018). "Rooster Teeth's 24-Hour Extra Life Stream Brings the Pain—For Charity". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
5. Spade, Katherine. "Gaming group gathers to fundraise for Children's Miracle Network". The East Carolinian. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
6. services, Lisa Magers/cisd community. "Father, son team up for Cook Children's". Cleburne Times-Review. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
7. "Save life's with Extra Life". Forbes. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
8. "Save life's with Extra Life". Forbes. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
9. "Extra Life: Play Games, Heal Kids | GeekTime". geekti.me. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
10. . childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
11. . childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
12. "Charity drive Extra Life 2014 raises 'about $5.4M' and counting (update)". Polygon. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
13. "Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Financials". Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
14. Life @ 🏠, Extra (March 19, 2018). "The results are in! The amazing Extra Life community raised $11,124,217 for @cmnhospitals in 2017. That's a whole lot of miracles! Read a special thank you letter from Jo Ellen Enmon". @extralife4kids. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
15. "ExtraLife Gameday 2018". ExtraLife. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
16. "Extralife Facebook post". Facebook. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
17. "Extralife Twitter post". Facebook. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

External links

• Official website