The Mohawk Valley Community College Strategic Gaming Club will host its annual Extra Life Weekend Saturday–Sunday, Nov. 11-12, in the Information Technology Building Lobby at MVCC’s Utica Campus. This 24-hour gaming marathon will benefit Extra Life, a grassroots movement that mobilizes gamers of all types to help Children’s Miracle Network hospitals treat sick and injured children. This is the fifth year the club has taken part in the Extra Life movement.
“Extra Life gives gamers a chance to take one of the things we love the most, playing games, and use them to help our local community,” said Melissa Barlett, Ph.D., Associate Professor in MVCC’s Math and Natural Sciences Department and advisor to the Strategic Gaming Club. “The students really get excited about this event every year, and it’s their enthusiasm to help raise money ‘for the kids’ that makes this a success.”
The marathon will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday and run through 8 a.m. Sunday. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, the club invites the public to join them in gaming and raising money. There will be board games, video games, and card games. A variety of tournaments will be held, including League of Legends, Hearthstone, and Smash
Bros. Raffle tickets will be sold for chances to win a Nintendo Switch, as well as a variety of smaller prizes. Pins, lanyards, and T-shirts will be available to purchase. From 6 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday, club members will continue gaming, and donors can pledge for every hour they can keep going.
For more information about tournaments or to make a donation, visit www.extra-life.org/team/MVCCSGC<https://www.extra-life.org/team/MVCCSGC>.
-mvcc.edu-
—
Katie Voce
Marketing Assistant
Mohawk Valley Community College
1101 Sherman Drive
Utica, NY 13501
315-792-5330
