...when three college teenagers happened upon Mario Marathon, a group of three guys tag-teaming all seven Super Mario games in order to raise money for Child's Play. Child's Play, founded by the creators of the web-comic Penny Arcade, is a charity dedicated towards donating toys, movies, and video games to hospitals for kids during the holidays. After watching these three men (with the help of thousands of supporters) raise over $30,000, we decided that we needed to do our part to help young gamers through a difficult part of their life by tapping into another gamer demographic we know well: World of Warcraft.

The WoWathon Team will be gaming around the clock (rotating 12 hour sleeping/hygiene shifts). We're going to be broadcasting live from our dining room in the hopes of inspiring you, the viewer, to donate as well. Our first year, after 12 continuous days of play, we managed to raise $8287.82 through tons of help, support, and donations. Last year, we raised $5,639.05 bringing the total for this event across one 12-month period to $13,926.87! With the help of a supportive community, and generous donators, we hope this year will be just as successful.

The Team:

• Alex "Michael Phelps"
• EB "EB Games"
• Trevor "Indy"
• Richard "Croshaw"

• Janet "Heather"
• Jacob "Screech"

• Megan
• Dave
• RA
• Shane
• Malcolm