PUBG, the famous online game, also worked for #NoKidHungry campaign. It co-produced a charity raising event named as GAMING 2 GIVE BACK, on the 24th of June 2020, with Jeremiah Fraites and Deadmau5. PUBG_US announced to give 1$ for each unique viewer and totaling it up to 100,000$ in the United States of America. Each dollar can provide almost ten meals to the needy children.
PUBG is one of the most played games in the world and people like it very much. Jeremiah Fraites and Deadmau5 made a very good decision of joining hands with PUBG to raise the money for hungry kids in such an acute situation of pandemic Coronavirus. Thousands of people are suffering from this deadly disease, further people are striving for food because of lockdowns everywhere in the world.
PUBG is not only popular among players but eSports viewers also like it, so hundreds of people viewed this event due to which a big amount of donation was collected. The event was live-streamed on twitch.tv which is viewed by a large number of people.
Jeremiah Fraites from The Lumineers and Joel Thomas Zimmerman, called as Deadmau5, are well-known musicians and also PUBG lovers. So, a reason to organize GAMING 2 GIVE BACK can be utilizing their gaming skills into a positive cause that can help children in this time of need.
Jeremiah Fraites showed his concern by saying that as a father of a two-year-old daughter, children should not figure out how they will get food. The same as Deadmau5’s tweet showed his concern about the hungry kids in the United States. Both the musicians collaborated with PUBG and NoKidHungry campaign to give benefit to the hungry children. NoKidHungry campaign is run by the ShareOurStrength organization. The other sponsors of the event were, GRUBHUB, Intel, and RAZER.
Each sponsor contributed to the event in its own style. As PUBG announced to give 1$ for each viewer, RAZER gave 15 gaming laptops with Intel Core 7 processor and GRUBHUB gave a discount of $5 on every order given on the event day. Furthermore, Jeremiah Fraites launched his new song “Player Unknown” licensed by PUBG before the beginning of the streaming to attract more and more viewers for the donation.
