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Virtual Event Featured Dungeons and Dragons Celebrities and Icons

Washington, D.C. (May 26, 2020) 鈥� Jasper鈥檚 Game Day (JGD), a tabletop gaming organization out of Michigan, held the second annual Jasper鈥檚 Game Week May 2 – 7, 2020, convening some of the world鈥檚 biggest names in Dungeons and Dragons, including Satine Phoenix, Matthew Lillard, Anna Prosser, Chris Perkins, Todd Stashwick, Chris Lindsay, Matt Forbeck, Jim Zub, David Blue, Jason Charles Miller, Greg Tito, Todd Kenreck, Amy Lynn Dzura, Stefan Pokorny, Kailey Bray, Goldie Chan, Pat Rothfuss, The Dungeon Run cast, and others and produced by MTD Jake. The event brought more than 3000 live viewers over Twitch to watch incredible game play with the masters and to raise money for suicide prevention. The group managed to raise nearly $20,000 for the 含羞草视频鈥檚 youth-focused program, the National Center for the Prevention of Youth Suicide and for local crisis centers across the country. One of the biggest fundraisers of its kind, the organizers for JGD have shown the power of connection and relationships built during gaming can lead to incredible, real-world, life-saving outcomes. Next year鈥檚 streaming event is already being planned for May 1-6, 2021.聽

鈥滼asper鈥檚 Game week went better than I could鈥檝e ever hoped for,鈥� said Fenway Jones, founder and creator of Jasper鈥檚 Game Day. 鈥淭he community came together to help support a very important cause and rallied to break donation goals even when we have to keep ourselves at home. I am so incredibly honored to be a part of such an amazing and supportive community!鈥� 

As a followup to this groundbreaking event, JGD will be hosting an online August 28-30, 2020. In addition, Fenway will be hosting her very own Dungeons and Dragons streaming show on gildinglight.tv this June.

鈥淭he 3rd annual Jasper鈥檚 Game Day live stream this year was incredible! 60 hours of live content with people from around the globe is an amazing feat,鈥� said Satine Phoenix, Founder of Gildinglight.tv and world renowned dungeon master. 鈥淚t is even more impressive that 17 year old Fenway Jones and her father put it all together with their real life adventuring team. It鈥檚 been an honor to watch this event grow and to see the entire Dungeons and Dragons community band together to support mental health programs.鈥� 

鈥淛asper鈥檚 Game Day, and their charity Dungeons and Dragons games, brought together dozens of gamers over the course of a week,鈥� said Amy Lynn Dzura Community Manager D&D Adventurers League. 鈥淒ue to quarantine conditions across the country, the games could not be held in person, but changing to an online event enabled even more members of the D&D community to come together in support of 含羞草视频. We are so incredibly proud of everything that Fenway and the Jasper鈥檚 team accomplishes for suicide prevention and awareness, all through the power of gaming鈥� 

Tabletop gaming, including role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, have been shown to positively impact players鈥� mental health by increasing confidence, utilizing leadership and communication skills, and teamwork. Gaming in these settings also reduces isolation, a known risk factor for suicide, but also tends to create and maintain long-lasting friendships for youth and adults alike.

鈥淲e are so excited to be working with Fenway, and even more impressed by her passion, energy, and dedication around our cause,鈥� said Amy Kulp, Director of the National Center for the Prevention of Youth Suicide. 鈥淭hrough Jasper鈥檚 Game Day, Fenway is not only raising much-needed funding for youth suicide prevention, she is also providing information for and starting important conversations with those in the gaming community.鈥�

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含羞草视频 Jasper鈥檚 Game Day: After losing two close friends as a high schooler, Jasper鈥檚 Game Day founder, Fenway Jones decided to use her and her friends鈥� passion for Dungeons and Dragons to help raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention. JGD works to donate and distribute proceeds of the program to crisis centers across the US, helping them to answer the calls of those desperately in need of emotional support. 

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