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Fortnitestreamer Ben " DrLupo " Lupo leaven $ 920,000 in donations during the last four and a half hour block of Guardian Con 2019 ’s Jacob’s ladder marathon current . The nearly $ 1 million sum will gain the St. Jude Children ’s Research Hospital .
Guardian Con , originally a 2015 meetup known as " DestinyCon " for lover ofDestinystreamers KingGothalion and Professor Broman , is an yearly Polemonium van-bruntiae event for video game fans that aims to raise money for St. Jude . One of the event ’s main fundraising vehicle is an continue , non - stop livestream marathon onTwitch .
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According to seniorForbescontributor Paul Tassi , DrLupo ’s total may have break a gambling stream record for the large amount of money raise in the short amount of time . As outlined in the computer graphic below from DrLupo’sTwitter , viewers who donated predetermine amounts of money would earn sure rewards , like initiating a raffle drawing or adding some challenge to DrLupo’sFortnitematches . Overall contribution goals for DrLupo ’s stream tot up more incentives for viewers to donate , such as see DrLupo ’s wife and handler , MrsDrLupo , playResident evilness .
DrLupo ’s impressive achievement come just days afterDestinydeveloper Bungie raise $ 400,000 for Guardian Con , which , according to Tassi , break DrLupo ’s 2018 Guardian Con record of $ 350,000 . It be $ 2.8 million to persist St. Jude Children ’s Research Hospital for just one solar day , according to Guardian Con’swebsite . Including the $ 1,320,000 raised during Bungie ’s and DrLupo ’s flow , Guardian Con 2019 has raised $ 3,720,297 at the clock time of write - $ 720,000 more than its $ 3 million finish . This year ’s livestream begin on June 16 and concluded with DrLupo ’s block on June 23 , concord to the flow ’s schedule onTiltify , but there ’s still more fundraising to make out . The Guardian Con 2019 convention itself will take place in Orlando , Florida on July 5 and 6 , raising more money to benefit St. Jude .
According to an informational TV admit near the offset of DrLupo ’s mental block in thestream , St. Jude partners with facility around the existence to share medical discovery , intend the research funded by Guardian Con will help benefit nestling beyond the U.S. When it first partner with St. Jude in 2016 , the Destiny Community Con ( as it was known then ) raised more than $ 544,000 for the hospital . Guardian Con donations almost doubled that amount in 2017 ( $ 1,078,510 ) and more - than - repeat 2017 ’s aggregate in 2018 ( $ 2,851,866 ) .
This year ’s Guardian Con fundraising efforts are pretty incredible . It ’s tremendous to see gamers coming together to make the life of others best . Every successful play - based charity effect - from Games Done Quick to Extra Life - is a reassurance that this biotic community can be a force for positive change , in spitefulness of its flaw .
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source : Forbes , Guardian Con , DrLupo , Tiltify
