A KIDS OF STEAM INITIATIVE · GAMES FOR LOVE
3 million kids are hospitalized in the US every year. The people best at helping them? Other kids. Turn your birthday, your stream, your bake sale, or your tournament into a fundraising campaign. It takes about 5 minutes to set up. Every $1.50 touches one life.
⏰ ~5 minutes to launch|👪 Under 18? A parent helps set up|⭐ #1 Rated Gaming Charity|✅ 501(c)(3) Verified
HOW IT WORKS
Your campaign page tracks every dollar live. Donors see your name, your goal, and your why.
Your birthday. A gaming marathon. A school challenge. A chess bracket. Anything you already love doing can raise money for kids in hospitals. Steal an idea below ↓
Hit Start Your Campaign. Name it, set a goal, add a photo and your why. Under 18? A parent or guardian creates it with you. About 5 minutes, start to share-link.
Send the link to family, friends, teammates, your school. Your page shows every donation live. Thank each donor by name. Watch your total turn into lives touched.
CAMPAIGN IDEAS
Every goal below shows what it becomes: $1.50 = 1 life touched.
Ask for donations instead of gifts this year. The easiest first campaign there is.
Goal: $150 = 100 lives touched
Stream or marathon your favorite game. Friends pledge per level, per win, or per hour survived.
Goal: $300 = 200 lives touched
Class vs class. Club vs club. The winning team picks the pizza. The kids in hospitals win either way.
Goal: $500 = 333 lives touched
Chess bracket. Smash tournament. 3v3 at the park. Entry = a donation. Winner takes the glory.
Goal: $250 = 166 lives touched
Run a mile a day. Draw daily. Speedrun practice. People pledge per day you complete. Don’t break the streak.
Goal: $200 = 133 lives touched
Bake sale. Car wash. Art commissions. Lemonade with a QR code. If you can do it, you can fundraise with it.
Goal: $100 = 66 lives touched
YOUR FUNDRAISING KIT
Everything you need to launch is on this page. Steal all of it.
Send it to 10 people the day you launch. Family first. They start the meter so nobody has to donate first.
Real numbers beat vague asks. Put at least one on your campaign page.
Grab a parent or guardian. They create the campaign account with you and press the official buttons. You bring the idea, the energy, and the shares.
Never share your home address, school schedule, or personal info on your campaign page. First name only is perfect.
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WHERE THIS LEADS
QUESTIONS KIDS (AND PARENTS) ASK
Kids Helping Kids is the youth fundraising initiative of Kids of STEAM, a Games For Love program. Kids run their own fundraising campaigns: birthdays, game marathons, school challenges, tournaments. The money eases suffering for children in hospitals and funds free STEAM education.
No. But a parent or guardian needs to create the campaign account with you. They handle the official setup; you run the campaign, the sharing, and the thank-yous.
To Games For Love, a 501(c)(3) charity rated #1 in gaming on Charity Navigator. 86% of every dollar goes directly to programs that ease suffering, save lives, and create sustainable futures for children. Every $1.50 touches one life.
No minimum. A $30 campaign touches 20 lives. Set a goal that excites you, and raise it if you smash it early.
Yes. One campaign page can represent a whole class, club, or team. Or run one page per team and make it a competition. A teacher, coach, or parent sets up the page.
Kids Helping Kids is the giving side of Kids of STEAM: kids learn free coding and STEAM skills, connect with the industry at AccessCon, and give back by fundraising for the kids coming up behind them.
Five minutes to launch. One week of sharing. A number on your page that means real kids got real help.
A Kids of STEAM Initiative · Helping Kids For Life.
