{"id":4179,"date":"2019-11-18T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=4179"},"modified":"2019-11-18T13:17:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T19:17:40","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-donate-25000-to-ablegamers-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/pittsburgh-penguins-donate-25000-to-ablegamers-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Donate $25,000 to AbleGamers Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"textlayer\">For years, both professional sports and gaming have continued to move toward the same destination, sometimes butting heads over what is and what isn\u2019t a sport, but ultimately settling into a place of widespread mutual respect. Earlier this year, the NHL team Pittsburgh Penguins and Ablegamers came together to help bring the delights of video games to those who face obstacles when it comes to accessing them.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Penguins Foundation has gotten to know The AbleGamers Charity through an eSports event that we have partnered on together, in order to bring hockey, gaming and eSports to everyone,\u201d says Dave Soltesz, President of the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until we got to know the individuals behind the organization when it really clicked. You could see such a passion they had for their amazing cause, to provide inclusion in gaming to everyone, regardless of their situation. We knew that we wanted to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ensuing meetings resulted in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghpenguinsfoundation.or\"> Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation<\/a> in adopting Ablegamers and donating 25 thousand dollars to our case as well as further support for experience grant writers so the charity to seek out more funds from potential sponsors in the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From NHL &quot;Pens working with AbleGamers to bring hockey and esports to everyone&quot;<\/p>\n<p>We are honored &amp; thrilled to be adopted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Penguins<\/a>&#39;  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pensfoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PensFoundation<\/a> &#8211; Together we&#39;ll change lives by creating opportunities to enable play for people with disabilities<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FWjF77zqiG\">https:\/\/t.co\/FWjF77zqiG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9sO8W2Zia\">pic.twitter.com\/y9sO8W2Zia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AbleGamers Charity (@AbleGamers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbleGamers\/status\/1156256974851465216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to have \u2018adopted\u2019 The AbleGamers Charity as part of our Penguins family and will do anything to support them,\u201d says Soltesz. The Penguins\u2019 donation will help ensure that Ablegamers\u2019 doors stay open and we\u2019re able to carry on with our mission of making video games accessible for everyone. To see what Ablegamers does with donations,<a href=\"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/our-services\/\"> head here<\/a> to read more about our initiatives involving building accessibility-minded controllers, consulting developers and manufacturers, building accessibility playrooms, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Javy Gwaltney is a publicist working with Private Division and other fantastic clients. He was once a Game Informer editor and spends most of his time writing words or thinking about replaying Mass Effect. You can find him on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iv_javy?lang=en\">his twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/javygwaltney.net\">his website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nFor years, both professional sports and gaming have continued to move toward the same destination, sometimes butting heads over what is and what isn\u2019t a sport, but ultimately settling into a place of widespread mutual respect. Earlier this year, the&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/pittsburgh-penguins-donate-25000-to-ablegamers-charity\/\" class=\"link-more\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Pittsburgh Penguins Donate $25,000 to AbleGamers Charity\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":4187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","inline_featured_image":false,"wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ablegamers-news","category-our-story","entry","entry-type-post"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ablegamers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/penguins.jpg?fit=960%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4179"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4182,"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions\/4182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}