Meet Dennis: A Hot Sauce Superhero Gaming for a Cause
Twitch streamer DennisLA1219 is not afraid to suffer a little when it’s for a good cause. Every time he does a Breakthrough T1D Play charity stream, out comes the hot sauce. He also does a mean Morgan Freeman impression. And sometimes, he combines the two.
Video Game Tycoon Turns Nostalgia into an Enterprise
Limited Run Games co-founder Josh Fairhurst was born with an entrepreneurial spirit. “We had orange and lemon trees in our backyard and when I was five years old, I would gather the lemons and oranges and sell them door-to-door to my neighbors for 25 cents,” Josh recalled. His type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis at age 15 didn’t deter his drive. He was using an insulin pump by age 16 and has been able to keep his T1D well-controlled. The only exception? Nerves before important business meetings or presentations tend to cause his blood sugar to drop.
JDRF Honors Game2Give Creators Dan Connors and Hans ten Cate with the 2022 Huntsman Family Community Engagement Award
San Francisco, CA and New York, November 3, 2022— JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, announces Dan Connors and Hans ten Cate co-founders of Play, as the recipients of the Huntsman Family Community Engagement Award in recognition of their contributions to the organization. JDRF’s Game2Give connects video game players, streamers, and developers to raise money and awareness in the fight against T1D.
Livestreaming for a Cure
The name Jambo might not be familiar to you, but to more than 22,000 Twitch users and 38,000 Twitter followers, she’s a gaming influencer. Streaming started as a hobby for Jambo back in 2017, but it quickly developed into a full-fledged career. She’s fueled by two things: “Pizza and a desire to help leave the world a better place.” Jambo was aware of Breakthrough T1D after her type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis in her early 20s, but it wasn’t until learning about the Breakthrough T1D Play initiative that she became directly involved with the organization. “It’s an absolute honor to work directly alongside so many incredible folks who want to help make the world a bit easier for those who deal with T1D,” she said.
An Enemy You Can Beat: T1D in Video Games
So far, 2022 has been an amazing year for type 1 diabetes (T1D) representation in pop culture. First, two characters wearing diabetes equipment appeared in the Pixar movie Turning Red. Then, players of Animal Crossing™: New Horizons got to visit Omnipod Bay, a diabetes-themed island created by Insulet with help from Breakthrough T1D.
Diabetes Hits the Video Gaming and Livestreaming World (DiabetesMine)
A new wave of diabetes awareness and fundraising continues to grow as national diabetes organizations and companies tap into the video game and livestreaming industries as a way to reach more people and make diabetes more visible.
This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island Exists To Raise Diabetes Awareness (NintendoLife)
Over 1 in 10 Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a 2019 report from the CDC — which includes Type 1, caused by your own body attacking itself; Type 2, which can be prevented or delayed with lifestyle changes; and gestational diabetes, which develops in pregnant women and usually goes away after the baby is born.
JDRF is in Animal Crossing™ New Horizons!
JDRF Game2Give is a program that brings together the type 1 diabetes (T1D) community and the video game community. When Insulet, the makers of Omnipod®, asked us to team up on bringing diabetes representation to Animal Crossing™, we couldn’t say no!
Roblox, game developers, and JDRF team up to fight type 1 diabetes (GamesBeat)
Roblox is hosting a game inside its virtual world platform to help raise awareness for Type 1 diabetes. The game, was made by Roblox developer MelonDev with medical research nonprofit Breakthrough T1D, formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The Breakthrough T1D One World game is available today.
T1D streamers blast through $50K goal during Game Over, T1D fundraiser
JDRF Game2Give is an international program that explores philanthropic opportunities within the multibillion dollar video game industry. One of these opportunities is livestream fundraising—a modern spin on the all-day telethons that used to air on TV. Instead of celebrities performing and volunteers taking donations over the phone, the performances happen on streaming platforms like Twitch and donations are made online.
JDRF Teams Up with Video Game Industry to Fight Type 1 Diabetes
SAN FRANCISCO – September 18, 2019 – JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, is announcing a new fundraising effort in partnership with the video game industry. Spearheaded by the nonprofit’s San Francisco Bay Area chapter, JDRF Game2Give will kick off this November with support from Twitch and Humble Bundle.
