The Charity of Gamers

Gamers Helping Gamers

While it is true that the charity efforts above help gamers, they also help non-gamers and bring a lot of joy and happiness into the world. These are not the only gamer-centric charities, they are good ones, and they need our support, but if you have more time than money you can still help!

In the United Kingdom you can head over to the website for TimeBank (http://timebank.org.uk/) where they will be happy to find you a worthy charity that can use your hands, legs, and sweat, and in the rest of the world you can find worthy charities to volunteer for by contacting your church, the Salvation Army, Goodwill, the Association for Retarded Citizens, or the Red Cross -- all of which will certainly either want your help or know of an organization that will.

If you are volunteering as an individual, or gathering together the members of your guild or gaming group to volunteer, make sure that the agency or organization that you are helping knows that you are a gamer helping make the world a better place! Remember, one person can make all the difference, so why not be that person?

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