Community Corner
24 Hour Game-A-Thon!!!
On Saturday November
9th, 2013 beginning at 9:00 am and continuing until Sunday
November 10th at 9:00am new videogame store Retro-Taku Videogames
will host a 24 hour game-a-thon in support of Operation Supply Drop’s 2nd
Annual “8-Bit Salute.”
Retro-Taku
Videogames is located at 507 W. 11 Mile Rd. in Madison Heights, Michigan
(48071) and is owned by Air Force Veteran Dan White who was deployed to Iraq
once and Afghanistan twice during his seven years of service from 2006 to 2013.
Operation
Supply Drop (www.operationsupplydrop.org)
is a military gaming charity designed to send video games to soldiers deployed
to combat zones and recovering in
military hospitals has set a goal of $60,000 for this year’s event, which will
take place across the United States during Veterans Day weekend.
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Gamers
are asked to find donors who will sponsor them while they play various
videogames throughout the 24 hour time
span. Retro-Taku Videogames has a wide range of retro and
import games and consoles available for the event. White has a store goal of obtaining $1,000 in
donations for the event. Participants
can sign up in store, on-line via the
store’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/retrotakugames)
or by calling the store (248) 268-3299.
