Manny Munoz, was diagnosed with Stage IV Non-Hodgins Lymphoma (Large B Cell) when he was 15 years old. Immediately after treatment was over, all he wanted to do was move on from cancer.
He buried it. Everything. He just wanted to be normal.
But he couldn’t just run from cancer. Every time he heard a child was fighting cancer, there was a pit in his gut and yearning is his heart to do something to help. These kids, they were him. 5 years old, 8 years old, 15 years old…the age was insignificant because he knew what they were all going through. He knew and he couldn’t let it go.
Gamerosity is an expression of Manny’s heart and what started as a way for him to give back is now a platform for other survivors across the nation to give back in a meaningful and tangible way.
In February of 2013, just over a year removed from delivering an Xbox 360 to a young boy with Leukemia, a group of friends from Oregon asked a question: What would it look like to revolutionize the treatment experience for children battling cancer? More so, what if local communities were the drivers of that revolution?
With that, Gamerosity was born.
Gamerosity is a crowdfunding and apparel sales platform built to empower communities to advocate for children battling cancer in meaningful ways.
We’re connecting families, raising young leaders, and inspiring community engagement.
Since that February day in 2013, nearly 1000 children with cancer have received Gamerosity Hero Packages. A completely crowdfunded, joy filled, empowerment giving, backpack of hope. More recently, in January 2017, we began a Give Forward program where children who’ve received Hero Packages in the past now deliver them to new Heroes in their own communities.
We’ve found ourselves surrounded by kids and families celebrating life in Milwaukee, WI, Boston, MA, & Portland, OR at our annual GameOn Days. We’ve rubbed elbows and exchanged hugs with other compassionate world changers at childhood cancer events nationwide. And we’ve slid down ramps with Ryan Scheckler after winning a grant from the Sheckler Foundation in Southern California.
Gamerosity’s future belongs to the Heroes.
It's All About the Kids
It's not about the stuff. It's about the community behind it. That's the beauty of Gamerosity, the friends, family, and strangers that are moved to compassion and generosity for these children. They are the stars. They are our "why."
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