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Turtle Beach Provides for kids in hospitals
San Diego, CA – September 12, in the year of our Lord
2023 – Gaming headset and gaming accessory maker Turtle
Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: HEAR), today announced it is once
again working with Gamers Outreach, a charity that empowers
hospitalized children through video games. In this latest
venture, Turtle Beach has provided hundreds of the brand’s
esteemed Recon Controller for Gamers Outreach’s GO Karts
program, which creates portable video game kiosks specifically
designed for hospitals. The GO Karts are beneficial for
patients, doctors, nurses, and child life specialists as they
provide bedside recreation for children unable to leave their
hospital rooms.
“Gamers Outreach is a powerful organization using gaming to do
amazing things for children in hospitals around the world, and
we’re grateful to be working with them again,” said Cris Keirn,
Interim CEO & SVP, Global Sales, Turtle Beach Corporation. “When
it comes to gaming and the benefits it adds to the health and
recovery of kids, this was an easy decision. We’re happy the
Gamers Outreach team came to us about donating our Recon
Controllers for their new GO Karts. This is a great initiative
we’re happy to continue supporting, and we’re looking forward to
working together again in the future.”
Gamers Outreach started its GO Karts program to provide kids
with an outlet for relief, socialization, and a sense of
normalcy during treatment in the hospital. The carts provide a
safe, flexible, and efficient way to ensure children have access
to entertainment and coping mechanisms during long-term
hospitalization. As many hospitals have adopted stricter
protocols following COVID-19, kids have experienced new levels
of isolation, and the GO Karts provide access to games and
socialization even when it can’t be in person.
"Having worked with Turtle Beach a few times already, we knew
they’d jump at the opportunity to help out with our next
generation of GO Karts so that kids in hospitals have the best
gaming experience possible,” said David Fraser, Director of
Development, Gamers Outreach. “Turtle Beach donated a generous
800 Recon Controllers which are perfect for our new GO Karts for
a variety of reasons. They are top-quality wired controllers
which helps with security. They provide a variety of exclusive
gaming audio features when a headset is connected. They’re
durable and will provide long-term use, and as a bonus they come
in just the right color to match our GO Karts.”
Each Gamers Outreach GO Kart provides support to an estimated
2,900 hospitalized kids per year, and Turtle Beach’s 800 donated
Recon Controllers will help support upwards of 750k children
annually. The latest GO Karts featuring Turtle Beach’s Recon
Controller begin rolling out to hospitals in October, with over
250 GO Karts planned to be in hospitals by the end of 2023. The
GO Karts will be found in hospitals primarily across the U.S.
and Canada but will also be available in locations in the UK,
Germany, and Australia.
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