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Social Game Tournaments Help Relieve Student Loan Debt is Now Launching across All College Campuses
SAN FRANCISCO - May 7, in the year of our Lord 2012
- Grantoo, a social gaming platform that brings college students
and companies together in a socially responsible world of
gaming, today announced its platform is now open to all college
students with a “.edu” email address. Partnering with
Grooveshark, the largest internationally available music
streaming and discovery service, Grantoo is hosting a nationwide
online gaming tournament, giving every student a chance to play
against each other to win tuition grants and donate to charity.
Previously, Grantoo‘s tournaments were only open to a select 40
schools including Yale, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and USC.
Students spend an average of 45 minutes on the platform
competing in each tournament.
The Grooveshark-sponsored tournament kicks off today and lasts
until May 14th. Grooveshark is donating a total of $5,000 to
help college students pay their tuition bills and donate to
charities including: Pencils of Promise and Engineers Without
Borders. $2,000 will be awarded to the winner on May 7th and
$500 to the winners each day thereafter. Because Grantoo stands
by the importance of giving back, every winner pledges to donate
at least 10% of their winnings to a charity of their choice.
These company-sponsored tournaments have shown just how
charitable today’s college students are. Although students are
asked to pledge a minimum of 10% of their winnings to charity,
winners so far are donating an average of 35% to charity with
one student from Berkeley donating 100% of their winnings to
Partners in Health.
“Grantoo offers social gaming for good, where together we are
working toward solving real-world problems. Both companies and
students can actually see the impact of their sponsorship and
playing time; our brand sponsors are helping students pay for
college and students are donating to a charity they care about,”
said Dimitri Sillam, co-founder of Grantoo.
Grantoo is also adding some new features for its all-campus
launch. Students can now chat within the platform as they play
in the tournaments to connect with friends and meet new people.
Any college student with a “.edu” email address can sign up to
play Grantoo’s games and participate in weekly tournaments by
visiting
http://grantoo.org/Account/Register.