March brought Gamers for Good’s second service in our new Portland area, and this trip took us to the Oregon Food Bank, Portland office.
Our shift was a busy 4 hours

President Liz Cooper has committed to creating 40 pieces of content for the last 40 days of her 40th year. As part of that, she spent day 2 working in

Sunday morning out at Pointe Vicente it just doesn’t get much more beautiful. Getting to spend a few hours with other like-minded individuals who want to help human’s footprint on our

Moving up from service in SoCal, we were quickly reminded the Pacific NorthWest has all 4 seasons and right now it’s still winter. It was a brisk morning with a

Gamers took to the sand Sat Jan 27th to help clean up the shores of Hermosa Beach. With paper bags in hand, not plastic since a lot of what we

This past weekend thousands from around the globe gathered either local or remotely in one unified goal: To make games! Weather video game, board game, card game or somethign else

This upcoming weekend Jan 26-28 Global Game Jam 2018 will be happening!
The structure of a jam is usually that everyone gathers on Friday late afternoon, watches a short video keynote

The new Humble Bundle is all about “Hope for Orphans,” Funds raised by the Humble Hope for Orphans Bundle will support Change 30, an organization that provides “care, life skills

We heard your feedback requesting more notice on service oppurtunities and we are responding. We have upload through June for PDX area and will have remainder up soon. The OC/LA

With the new year come lots of changes for Gamers for Good. First off, we relocated to WA,  right outside Portland. So we will be getting move involved with PIGsquad

Gamers for Good had the opportunity to share some booth space with some generous friends at CTNX 2017 (Creative Talent Network Animation Expo). It gave us an opportunity to get

Was so great to see everyone gather for service of others. We all met and ventured into meet Jackie with Good+ Foundation. Jackie is the volunteer coordinator that would be

We here at Gamers for Good wanted to take a minute and thank all the organizations and gamers that jumped behind us to support “Quest for Caring 2017”.
Putting together a

PAX West – We donated $30K Thousand Dollars!!!!
I was lucky enough to get invited to not just 1 panel at PAX West but 2. So I got to speak on

Gamers for Good came out strong on the morning of 8/19/2017 at Griffith Park where we participated in an event to help fortify the organizations helping serve the homeless population

When extended an invitation to come and experience the Games for Change festival in New York City, it was too hard to pass up.

I want to see what/how the “alternate”

Today, the Salvation Army’s tradition of caring for our servicemen and women is as strong as ever. In Southern California, the Salvation Army operates numerous homeless shelters to help veterans

What is it?
Rescue Bear Operation is a free to play, one level, mini game intended for children; but appealing to all ages.
This game is intentionally kept simple and accessible. There are two

Given the state of the importance being placed on environmental concerns by the current administration in the US, we here at Gamers for Good hope each and every one of

GDC 2017 in my mind was going to be so much less stress than 2016 since NO BOOTH! I expected to get to meet so many people at a leisurely pace

Gamers for Good was excited to help out the Compton Initiative once again this January. They had contacted us ahead of the workdayto see if we were interested in working

There is nothing like the feeling of loading your teens up on Christmas Eve to go serve others. That feeling is magnified when you arrive and are greeted by friends who

The Salvation holds so many wonderful events around the LA, so I am always very excited when Gamers for Good gets invited to participate in these very special experiences they provide.
This

When we signed up to volunteer on Thanksgiving, we were a little afraid we would be alone. But never fail we had gamers come out to join us. We signed

Sometimes when we arrive at Compton Initiative we already know what our task for the workday is and other we just show up to rally and go with the flow.

While up in Seattle for PAX West, Gamers for Good decided to give back to the community of Seattle. We found an awesome organization Youthcare who serves the homeless youth in

There is nothing like getting your hands dirty community service to really help center any nonprofit worker. Sweat earned out in the community giving back is just the recharge of

What should we repeat?

There was a need for these reviews: When we went into planning this, we weren’t certain we would be active, we hoped, we thought, but not certain. We

Helping spread holiday cheer in Downtown LA with the Salvation Army. We helped prepare snacks and treats, got the prizes already, then got to play lots of games with all

Gamers for Goods took to the streets of LA and fundraised and walked our way around the Beverly Hills/West Hollywood area with the others that participated here in Los Angeles