What do you do when your best isn't good enough? Carbon St., Suite K, Marion, sells anime/manga, accessories, toys, board games, card games, rpg games and accessories, cosplay necessities, comics and apparel. Louis Children's Hospital, each team has the liberty of choosing which hospital will receive their money. While Asteroids 2 Zombies is raising money specifically for St. Visit and join an existing team or create one of your own.
"We are not done raising money here." Rethorst said, adding their goal is $2,500 by November, at which time there will be a big online gaming party thrown by the Extra Life Campaign.Įveryone is welcome. Either way, they are determined to continue helping the Extra Life Campaign. Rethorst said that if this marathon went well, Asteroids 2 Zombies may hold more. "The more you put it (gaming) out in the community, the less of a negative connotation," she added. She and her husband came early on Saturday and intended to stay until midnight. Instead, she said, it's a family-oriented pastime. "There is a negative connotation with gamers, that we just hang out in the basement and don't do anything," Waldrop protested.
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The store has a bookshelf full of games that are available for play if you do not have one of your own to bring. It is everything from Candyland and Pokemon, to Magic and Pathfinder. "Gaming," in this case is not gambling, nor is it video games. "We are the crazy people who go to Applebee's for three hours playing card games, because why not?" "It's what we do in our off time," Waldrop said, sitting at one of the gaming tables on Saturday. Stephanie Waldrop of Johnson City was introduced to gaming by her husband and has fallen in love with it. The event itself was free, though there was a donation jar for the Extra Life Campaign that accepted both cash and card. Rethorst and Scott donated $5 for every person who came, up to the first 200 people. Rethorst has a personal connection to the Children's Miracle Network, which she says played a key role in saving the life of her best friend's daughter. "We have people from every age group," she said, looking around her store. "We like to give back to the community and help in any way we can."Ĭo-owner Janice Rethorst of Benton stated that this is the new store's first year of involvement with the Extra Life Campaign and their hope is to inspire other gaming stores in the area to get involved. "We were looking for a fundraiser that was right up our alley," Scott said.
Store co-owner April Scott said the fundraiser had two things that appealed to them - it would help children and it involved games. The gaming store partnered with the Extra Life Campaign run by Children's Miracle Network, a campaign founded in honor of a 15-year-old from Texas, Victoria Enmon, who died from leukemia.Įnmon was an avid gamer, so her loved ones felt that raising money through gaming would be the perfect way to honor her. Asteroids 2 Zombies has been in Marion only since March, but they made a mark on the community this weekend in a unique way - a 24-hour gaming marathon to raise money for St.
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