Gamers Helping Gamers is an American nonprofit organization that assists aspiring college students who play the collectable card game Magic: The Gathering by awarding tuition scholarships.
History A small group of dedicated Magic: The Gathering players founded Gamers Helping Gamers in 2012. Aspiring scholarship recipients can apply for the funds by submitting a FAFSA form, a high school transcript, and a series of essay responses. As of 2013, the scholarship awards $5,000 a year for college.
Scholarship recipients 2012: Dylan Fay, Douglas Johnson 2013: Isaac Goldstein 2014: Nathan Calvin, Brandi Mason, Kenneth Siry 2015: Lirek Kulik, Dylan Quinn 2016: Faolan Sugarman-Lash, Jacob Schliesman, Oliver Tiu 2017: August Peterson, Autumn Cook 2018: Carter Newman, Clay Spicklemire 2019: Jacob Maro, Roen Blanke 2020: Makena Waldron, David Phan
As of 2021, the board of directors of Gamers Helping Gamers is Timothy McKenna (President), Eric Berger (Secretary) Jon Finkel (Treasurer), Chris Pikula, Robert Maher, Jr., Matthew Wang, Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz, and Jamie Parke.
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External links Official Website