Registration for Gamers For Cures 2023 is active!

This year’s event will be held on 11-11-23 once again at the Gamer’s Armory in Cary NC

To participate in the event please fill out the Registration form and either bring it in to the Gamers Armory or mail it to GamersForCures@gmail.com.

Then be sure to go to our DONATION SITE for the $125 donation to register to be a Marathon player.

Once, you have sent in the form and made the donation we will contact you and let you know you are all set! We have limited space, food and swag bags for marathon players so we have to limit to 50, and we will let you know you are all set as your registration is completed to ensure there is still space.

What will I get being a Marathon Player?

Marathon Players will have access to the store Sat at 8am and play until approx. 2am Sunday morning.

We will supply Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for the Marathoners (all dependent on donations from sponsors).

You will receive a Swag bag and T-shirt for participating as a marathon player as well!

Please be sure to send your friends and family to the DONATION SITE to help us raise as much money as we can for Turner Syndrome Society of the Carolinas and TSS US!

Any Questions feel free to email us!

GFC 2019 A Huge Success and a Huge Thank You!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year to everyone!

Gamers for Cures 9th Annual 24 hour charity Board Game Marathon Benefitting TS Carolinas and US was a great success this year!
Thanks to all who joined us, donated and spread the word. We could not have done it without you!

This year we Raised just over $16,000 which is an amazing effort by all, bringing our totals over the 9 years to over $145,000 raised.

As always there are a ton of people to thank from our Marathoners, to Scott at the Gamers Armory, to Adam Skelding, and of course all of the amazing Game Publishers who continue to help us with great game donations!

You can find all the winners of the raffles HERE!

I cannot forget a few before and after pictures of the event. We have our whole marathoners from about 9am and then those who made it the full 24 hours from 8am Sunday morning!

For more great pictures during the event please check us out on Twitter at GamersForCures.

The Beginning of our 9th annual event!
The Remaining Marathoners at 8am Nov 10th!

Thanks again for such a great event and we look forward to 2020 for our 10th annual event!

9th Annual Event is almost here grab some RAFFLES NOW!

Some Quick news today!

It’s less than TWO WEEKS from the event and we are ALL FULL on full marathoners! If you would like to be an overnight player there are still some slots left. Overnight tickets allow you to stay in the store from opening at 11am and stay overnight until 8am Sunday. The cost is $50 and that includes a T-Shirt. (sorry this does not include a swag bag or meals throughout the day). If you would like to be an Overnight marathon player please shoot us a mail at Gamersforcures AT Gmail.com

ALSO the WALL is currently up at the Gamers Armory. If you would like to see what is on there GO TO THE STORE. Or of course you can check out this AMAZING GEEK LIST that our wonderful longtime Marathoner Matt Wolfe has done again. And if you are NOT LOCAL you can also buy tickets for items by clicking on the link on the geek list and it will take you to the Gamers Armory site where you can buy as many $1 tickets as you would like! Or just click HERE and you can buy them as well. Just find what game you would like to buy for and add them to your cart. Your name will be put into the drawing, and you do NOT need to be present to win! You will however, need to pay for shipping for your winnings.

And finally if you would like to just make a tax free donation to Gamers for Cures you can do so HERE! And you can print our your tax receipt right there as well.

Thanks everyone and see you in less than two weeks!

Dan

9th Annual Event date is 11-9-2019!

This year’s event will be held on 11-9-2019, and as always we will hold the event at The Gamer’s Armory in Cary NC!

We are excited for this 9th annual event and already have had a ton of donations to make this year better then ever!

Stay tuned for more info and how you can sign up to be a part of this great event!

We will be at Gen Con as always this year so if you are a game publisher please reach out to me and I would be happy to stop by the booth for any and all donations you would like to make!

And if you would like to donate prizes or games after Gen Con please see the contact link at the top of the page or reply to this post with your info and I will get back to you ASAP!

–Dan

Happy New Year from Gamers for Cures!

Happy New Year everyone!

This is shaping up to be another great year for GFC. We are excited for this year’s event. We won’t have any real info just yet but don’t worry I am sure everyone will love it!

Some info on last year’s 8th annual event.

We raised just at $15,000 bringing our totals up to over $130,000 raised for Turner Syndrome Carolina’s and US chapters.

We had another great turn out with being full again on Marathoners and a good showing throughout the day and the evening time.

Here is a list of all the winners of the Raffles as well!

If there is anything you would like to see from the event next year, or any questions, comment or recommendations… OR if you just want some more information about donations/sponsoring the event please shoot us a mail and Gamersforcures AT gmail.com!

And finally our yearly picture of the before the event.

And below you will see some other Great pictures of the event!

More Info to Come later in the year so stay tuned here and to our Twitter page!

–Dan

Sign ups are here for Gamers for Cures 2018!

Sign ups are now active for this year’s event for both Marathon players and over night players!

You can print this sheet out and send it to us via mail. I will then E-mail you a confirmation and information about how to pay for your entry.

Registration forms– 2018_GfC_registration_v01

And the link for all other donations is HERE! So please let people know to donate tax free early and often!

More information soon!!!

Quick Spring update and excited for 2018!

Hey everyone!

Hope everyone had a great rest of the winter and a great start to 2018! Here at GFC HQ we are extremely excited for this year as we start to plan for this year’s event. With Game Convention season upon us I will be going out to cons to spread the word for this year’s event and also try and get us some great donations for THE WALL!!

More info on all of that to come….

As a quick aside Last year’s recap has gone AWOL so I wanted to just give a quick reminder to how this year’s event went.

Last year we raised over $17,000 and that has put us well over the $115,000 mark to date for TSSUS and TSS Carolinas.

Here’s a link to the raffle wall winners as well.

And finally a couple of pictures of the before (8am Sat) and the After (8am sunday) for last years event.

Thanks for all the support and hope to see everyone this year (Approx date for this year’s event is 11-10-18!

Dan

It’s Almost here!

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With the 7th annual event merely days away, here are some items and FAQ I wanted to post.

First if you would like to check out THE WALL, and all the great things we have up here’s the link!
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/232277/wall-1-raffle-item…
There are links on each item to where you can go to the Gamers Armory site and buy raffles yourself if you would like to try and win items and will not be in NC this weekend (Need NOT be present to win)

Also if you would like to make a tax-free donation here’s the link as well!
https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/gamersforcures/2017

Next we are FULL FULL FULL of Marathon slots but we have some overnight slots available. (Difference being no swag bag, no meals provided but you can come any time after 10am and stay till 8am Sunday! ) $50 donation, mail me at Gamersforcures AT Gmail or come to the Armory and ask on Sat!

People often ask if it costs to play games on Sat,,, NO IT DOES NOT! So please come on in and play games with us. Then buy some 1$ raffles or some of the big raffles as well. You can also purchase a donation package if you would like day of the event to help the cause as well…

Big Ticket Raffle prizes

Package #1 is a $30.00 Donation:

FREE T-Shirt
5 FREE Game Day Raffle Tickets
1 FREE Big Ticket Raffle Ticket

Package #2 is a $50.00 Donation:
FREE T-Shirt
5 FREE Game Day Raffle Tickets
Late Night Game Pass
**This Package is limited as we will only allow
a maximum number of Players for the overnight Event!!

Any Other Q’s Please respond here, Ask on the FB page or mail me directly!

Thanks and see everyone Sat!

Dan