Christine Edwards
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Podcast Appearances
So we do anything from like, um, converting somebody's basement into a DJ studio to, you know, helping, you know, uh, kids who want to be YouTubers one day set up their YouTube setups, like whatever it might be. Like if it, if you can plug it in, turn it on, like we're the, we're the group that helps Make-A-Wish make those happen.
So we do anything from like, um, converting somebody's basement into a DJ studio to, you know, helping, you know, uh, kids who want to be YouTubers one day set up their YouTube setups, like whatever it might be. Like if it, if you can plug it in, turn it on, like we're the, we're the group that helps Make-A-Wish make those happen.
There's nothing more powerful than a gaming community.
There's nothing more powerful than a gaming community.
There's nothing more powerful than a gaming community.
But I think we figured it out pretty well. What motivates gamers to give back? We have a pretty good strategy there.
But I think we figured it out pretty well. What motivates gamers to give back? We have a pretty good strategy there.
But I think we figured it out pretty well. What motivates gamers to give back? We have a pretty good strategy there.
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Oh, gosh.
Oh, gosh.
There's so many moments. And honestly, some of the things that I think stand out for me most, I won't go into detail, because a lot of them are actually really hard, really heartbreaking moments. But I think the ones that are most powerful that really stand out to me have been kids who maybe in the end didn't make it and who in their last days and their last weeks and their last moments
There's so many moments. And honestly, some of the things that I think stand out for me most, I won't go into detail, because a lot of them are actually really hard, really heartbreaking moments. But I think the ones that are most powerful that really stand out to me have been kids who maybe in the end didn't make it and who in their last days and their last weeks and their last moments
There's so many moments. And honestly, some of the things that I think stand out for me most, I won't go into detail, because a lot of them are actually really hard, really heartbreaking moments. But I think the ones that are most powerful that really stand out to me have been kids who maybe in the end didn't make it and who in their last days and their last weeks and their last moments
moved to games, moved to technology to bring those final moments of joy, to distract them from what they were going through, to distract them from the pain that they were maybe feeling. I mean, you all know, like once, like if you're in a game, like you are hardcore focused, like the world, you know, just kind of disappears around you.
moved to games, moved to technology to bring those final moments of joy, to distract them from what they were going through, to distract them from the pain that they were maybe feeling. I mean, you all know, like once, like if you're in a game, like you are hardcore focused, like the world, you know, just kind of disappears around you.
moved to games, moved to technology to bring those final moments of joy, to distract them from what they were going through, to distract them from the pain that they were maybe feeling. I mean, you all know, like once, like if you're in a game, like you are hardcore focused, like the world, you know, just kind of disappears around you.
And that's what we see, I think, at children's hospitals with Make-A-Wish kids all the time is these really hard, painful moments that they're going through when you immerse them in something that puts them in a different world and a different mentality. for just like a little bit, the world gets to fade away a little bit and they can just be kids.
And that's what we see, I think, at children's hospitals with Make-A-Wish kids all the time is these really hard, painful moments that they're going through when you immerse them in something that puts them in a different world and a different mentality. for just like a little bit, the world gets to fade away a little bit and they can just be kids.
And that's what we see, I think, at children's hospitals with Make-A-Wish kids all the time is these really hard, painful moments that they're going through when you immerse them in something that puts them in a different world and a different mentality. for just like a little bit, the world gets to fade away a little bit and they can just be kids.