The Untold Truth Of Gen Con

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

Like many conventions, Gen Con also has some charity partners for gamers to be able to give back to the community. Per the Gen Con page, some of the charities they have previously contributed to include School on Wheels, Child Advocates, Special Olympics Indiana, and the Indiana Math and Science Academy, among others. The convention chooses one or two charities each year to partner with.

Since 1999, Gen Con has been conducting the Cardhalla every year. For the event, people donate thousands of game cards and volunteers construct buildings, towers, and an entire city out of all the donated cards, per Forbes. There is a designated time during the convention when attendees can start throwing their spare change to try and destroy the city of cards. All the money collected from Cardhalla is then donated to charitable causes. Since 2003, Gen Con has so far raised $340,000 from Cardhalla, sponsors, attendees, and exhibitors.

Gen Con 2021 is scheduled for September 16-19.

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