Gaming to Conquer Mental Health (large scale streaming charity event)

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS GAMING COMMUNITY! I BEG OF YOU TO LEND ME YOUR TIME AND READ THROUGH THIS POST CAREFULLY!

I'm looking to set up a large-scale charity event aimed to tackle the issues around mental health disorders. Specifically, this would be with the goal of raising awareness around mental health disorders as well as giving donations towards charities that would help people afford treatment for any disorder they may be dealing with. This is a topic I'm very passionate about as I've dealt with major depression for a large part of my life as well as seen many people around me negatively effected by mental health problems, with some cases including suicide.

Overall, mental health still holds a large stigma throughout the world. Many people do not realize how defeating mental health disorders can be, and this allows for the cries of those suffering to be ignored. One of the biggest issues pertaining to mental health issues is the cost for treatment which acts as a barrier for those affected by mental health disorders from seeking treatment options.

This event would involve multiple streamers (as many as can be gathered) streaming for roughly 24-hours to raise awareness of the issue and any donations during that 24-hour period would be given to a charity of the streamers choice, as long as it is involved with mental health. There's no restrictions for the game to be played during the stream or even if it's a game to be played. The only thing I ask is for the focus of the stream to be around their charity.

If you would be able to donate even a small amount of time towards this event it would be greatly appreciated, I'm still gathering other streamers, charities, and organizations that would want to be a part of this, but my hopes is for this event to happen early January around new years, if issues with time start to arise then it would probably be held off until summer time. The total length of this event will be solely dependent on the number of streamers gathered to participate.

What I'm going to ask of the league community is to help spread the word of this idea and notify any streamers or charities you know of that would be interested. I'm acting to organize and coordinate this event. My hopes are that once everything finishes, we will be able to raise awareness on the issues pertaining to mental health as well as help thousands of people out there get treatment. If everything goes well, then perhaps this community can take one large step together towards the ultimate goal of conquering mental health problems.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration. The best way to contact me would be either adding me on league and speaking there, or by e-mailing me at [email protected].

Sincerely, Donovan

As a note, this entire idea was sparked from seeing the post titled "A Tribue to a Lost Friend" posted by Nockos on the boards earlier today. Please, go check out that post if you haven't seen it already.