Thank you to every one who got your game on for Geeks Who Give Game Night for Philadelphia Futures. From Apples-to-Apples to Yahtzee, we all had a good time for an excellent cause, making it a win-win situation for everyone involved. And of course, we love Tattooed Mom for hosting our shenanigans and making the [...]
The GamesMasters over at RedCap’s Corner have donated some epic loot for some very lucky geeks at tonight’s Geeks Who Give Game Night for Philadelphia Futures at Tattooed Mom 6-9!
World of Warcraft Trading Cards starter kit.
Never played a trading card game? Have no fear, the World of Warcraft Drums of War set has everything [...]
Philadelphia Futures is looking for a few good geeks, in the form of new mentors! From board games to card games, and maybe a few mind games, (Werewolf anyone?) G2: Geeks Who Game will be all about old school fun for some new school altruism. Tattooed Mom is raising the stakes with some amazing specials [...]
Philadelphia Futures is a local nonprofit that has been the youth of Philadelphia teens realize their dreams of a higher education for more than 20 years. Inspired by Geeks Who Give, I’d like to take a moment of your time to ask you to consider donating. . . more of your time.
What Futures does is [...]
Come out for a good time and help a great cause: Philadelphia Futures! Join us for G2: Geeks Who Game Night at Tattooed Mom’s on Thursday March 26th.
Put some skin in the game with a minimum of 1 jump drive or 1 package of school appropriate office supplies (pens, notebooks, highlighters, etc).
There will be drink [...]
Philadelphia’s high school graduation rate is approximately 50%. You read that correctly: only 50% of high school students in Philadelphia actually graduate (compared with 89% in the suburbs). The percentage of those Philadelphia students who actually go on to four year colleges and universities is much lower.
Philadelphia Futures is a local nonprofit that has [...]
It’s not a foreign concept to the Geeks Who Give community: mobilize people through the use of Social Media (in this case, namely Twitter) to get together, have fun, and do some good.
Originating in London in the fall of 2008, Twestival has since grown into a global effort to help raise money for Charity:Water; [...]
Organized by the “Concerned Library Workers of Drexel University”, the power house group behind the Save the Libraries Campaign – Bibliodiscotheque was a huge “Fund and Awareness-raising” success. By using Facebook, the community-driven organization was able to mobilize people quickly; as a result, National Mechanics was packed, and Philadelphia Weekly was there to watch [...]
This Saturday, December 20th, 2008: Bibliodiscotheque at National Mechanics in Old City, Philadelphia:
Three librarians and one geek will be spinning great music to the tune of saving the eleven branches of the Philadelphia Free Library that are slated to close due to Mayor Nutter’s budget cuts.
Like the libraries this event aims to save, this event [...]
Please join us on Thursday April 2nd for our next GWG event to benefit Philadelphia Futures!
Get involved, become a mentor!