Streamer and content material creator Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo joined the ranks of streamers who’ve raised ten-digit figures for charity in 2022. Lupo is one in all many gaming content material creators utilizing their platform to elevate cash for charity. As of his most up-to-date Build Against Cancer (BAC), he’s raised a cumulative $13 million for St. Jude Children’s Hospital over the 5 years he’s held the occasion.
During BAC, Lupo performs varied video games, reminiscent of Minecraft. 2022 marks the primary time he livestreamed the occasion on the St. Jude campus in Memphis, the place he interviewed and gamed with a number of visitors, together with different content material creators and St. Jude sufferers.
Build Against Cancer 2022 raised over $1 million for the hospital. Lupo advised GamesBeat in an interview that this marks his most social BAC to date. “The biggest thing for me was having so many people there in person. I’ve become accustomed to doing things like Build Against Cancer basically alone in my studio. It was jarring — in a good way — to have so many people around all working to make the event what it was. Couldn’t imagine doing BAC on my own again.”
While the symbiosis between players and charity predates the pandemic, there was a transparent uptick in giving throughout that point. Lupo himself raised $4 million for St. Jude in BAC streams held by way of 2020 to 2022. The Games Done Quick group raised $9.3 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation (through Awesome Games Done Quick) and $8.3 million for Doctors Without Borders (through Summer Games Done Quick). Jacksepticeye raised $22 million for varied charities through his Thankmas occasions throughout that very same time interval.
According to Lupo, players may help in different methods in addition to cash: “Spreading the word about what we’re doing for St. Jude via gaming is the most powerful method of supporting when financial contributions aren’t possible. Not everyone can donate, which is totally fine. But even Danny Thomas said he’d rather get $1 from a million people instead of a million dollars from one person. That can only happen when others hear about what St. Jude is trying to do.”
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