Category: Extra Life

Extra Life 2019

Hi everyone!

This is my 7th year raising money for the children’s hospital. I will be dedicating 24 hours with thousands of other gamers across the world, to support our local children’s hospitals. This was started in memory of a little girl from Texas that fought hard, and this is her legacy. A local DJ contacted a gaming group to send in games to give her, and other kids fighting hard, something to do during long hospital stays. And that is how Extra Life was born! I am proud to support this cause! And thank you all for your support, LIKEs and SHARES!

John

Click on this link to donate to support the Children’s Hospital!

If you would like to view the video that tells Victoria’s Story…here it is.

Extra Life 2018

IT IS TIME FOR THE 2018 EXTRA LIFE CHARITY GAMING MARATHON!
This is the Gaming Marathon we participate in every year for the last 5 years! This will be our 6th year. This is not your traditional marathon. For this marathon, my friends and I have set aside tomorrow, November 3rd, as a day to fundraise for our local Children’s hospitals, by doing what we love – Playing Games. What makes it a marathon is, we are going to do it for 24 hours! And you are invited! (You don’t have to stay for 24 hours.) 🙂

But first, a little about our team. Our team consists of, myself & my son (playing for Children’s Specialized Hospital of NJ), Tony M (TX children’s hospital), Chris P (VA children’s hospital), Lou S, Howard N, and Larry D (all playing for Children’s Specialized Hospital of NJ). This year, we have one member participating from home, and one member flying in from TEXAS for the event!

Here is our schedule and some details. We would love it if you could stop by and say hello, and offer support and encouragement! We will have a way on site for you to support the hospitals with your tax-deductible donation! (There is also a way to donate at the bottom of this e-mail.)

Innovation Fitness Solutions in Butler has been generous enough to have hosted us for all 6 years. The website is http://www.innovationfitnesssolutions.com/. (The mobile version of the site appears down right now, so make sure you either go to the site on a desktop, or visit there Facebook page).
The address is:
1574 Rt 23 North
Butler, NJ 07405

Here is a rough schedule:

We will start to set up around 6:00PM on Friday. I’m blocking out 6-8pm for set up. During that time, we will be setting up the tables and network. I also plan on building an enclosure for games called Artemis Bridge and Star Trek Bridge Crew. We will be setting up at least one VR station for visitors to try out. We plan on being available for the visitors to stop by and see what we are up to, and try out the equipment until about 10pm. Then we will lock down for the night and head home for rest. We will start up again at 8:00am.

On Saturday, we start up at 8:00. We don’t usually schedule the games in advance. We usually just play whatever everyone wants to play for the moment. We break for lunch usually around 2, and dinner around 7-8. Besides those times, we will be gaming. We have several video games to play, as well as card, board, and tabletop games. You are welcome to join us in any game. We can help you learn and try out games you may have never heard of before.

We will play games until the early hours of the morning. Some folks will take a brake around 4am. Then we start moving again around 6:00-6:30. Keep in mind, this is the day everyone gets an extra hour of sleep, but not us.

We play the “clean up game” from 7:00-8:00am. When everything is packed up, we usually head to a diner for a wrap up. Again…if you are around, you are welcome to join us for breakfast!
And that is how our event usually runs. You can pop in virtually or in person. We would love it if you could stop by and support us and the hospital! We would like to make this year a record year!!!

You can support me by clicking here: Support JOHN PEZZINO

Extra Life 2018

Another year, another Extra Life!  This is my sixth year! Over the previous five years, we have raised almost $15,000 #ForTheKids! 100% of your donation for this event go to the hospital, so you don’t have to worry about fees or other expenses cutting into what you give. With that in mind, it doesn’t matter if you can give $100,or just $1, every little bit goes to help! Thank you for your support!!!!!

Click HERE to support my marathon now!
Thanks in advance!

Extra Life 2016

As you may already know, this is the fourth year we (NJLanParty) have been participating in the Extra Life Gaming Marathon to support the Children’s Hospital. The idea behind Extra Life is to provide an outlet for gamers to support a great cause. Some people are runners, and they can run marathons, to support good causes. Other people are swimmers, and they swim laps. Some people are athletic, and they do pushups, or other exercises. I am a gamer. I play games. When I heard that there was a gaming marathon, I thought “This is something I can really get involved with”.

 

Some people wonder why playing games, something I would do anyway given the chance, is something people should donate to? Someone actually said, “Why would I PAY you to do what you do for free on your own.”  The thing I stress is you are not donating to me, you are donating to the Children’s Hospital. All I am doing is drawing your attention to a great cause and the good works that the hospital does.  The work and the miracles that happen in these hospitals really is amazing. Just check out some of their YouTube videos and you will see.

 

By donating to me, you are saying, “I agree with what you are doing, and I want to support that cause”.

 

For the fourth year in a row, we will be holding our marathon at Innovation Fitness Solutions (address below). We are very appreciative of Rob and the other trainers at IFS, who put up with us disrupting the Saturday and Sunday workouts, while we setup (and take down) tables, computers, and networks for 24 hours of gaming.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to come on down and say hello to the NJLP Extra Life team. We will have several games to play, we are always looking for new players, and we would love to teach you how to play. We have board games, card games, and computer games. This year, one of the guys will be bringing his Virtual Reality (VR) setup to demonstrate to anyone interested. This is really a cool new technology. You won’t believe how amazing it is.

 

Innovation Fitness Solutions is located in Bromat Plaza on Rt 23 North In Butler. The address is 1574 Rt 23 North – Butler, NJ. For a hint, as you are coming North on Route 23, you will pass Outback, then Goodyear, and then Bromat Plaza (IFS) will be immediately after Goodyear. If you reach the traffic light, you have gone too far. Once you pull into the shopping center, IFS will be in the middle of the long side. If you are stopping by after noon, we may be locking the front door, so please drive around to the back. We will have the back door open, and we will be just inside the door. Even with 24 hours, there are too many games, and not enough time. I would say the best hours to stop by would be anytime between 1PM and 10PM.

 

I will include a link (http://www.extra-life.org/participant/murdock) if you can help out with a donation. If you would prefer to donate to the hospital with a check or in person, we will have a donation jar on site. Remember, your donation is tax deductible, and 100% of it goes to the hospital.

 

So that’s it for now. I hope you can stop by and say hello.

 

Sincerely,

 

John

Extra Life is THIS SATURDAY!

Hi everyone! This will be my third year participating in the Extra Life 24 Hour Gaming marathon to benefit the Children’s Hospital. The event is THIS SATURDAY! So far this year, I have raised $325 toward my goal of $1000. 100% of your donation is used for the kids. Any help you can provide will go a long way. This is an organization I really believe in and support with my time and money, and it really feels good to help these kids. I hope you can help me reach my goal. Here is a link to my page to support me.

Below is a fantastic video that was made in my local Children’s Hospital, with the doctors, therapists, staff, and children I support through Extra Life. I hope you can help me help them.