Thursday, Sept. 12 16-Bit Bar+Arcade (254 S. 4th St.) will be celebrating National Video Game Day by hosting a Mario Kart competition benefitting Gamers Outreach, a nonprofit that provides entertainment to young people in hospitals.
The event kicks off at 8 p.m. and is $10 to enter. The winner receives a $200 16-Bit Bar+Arcade gift card. Sign up ahead of time online! You must be 21+ to participate.
Helping Kids Level Up
Gamers Outreach works to provide kids in hospitals the ability to be just that - kids.
The nonprofit began with a group of high school kids donating and delivering video games to children's hospitals. They saw how many kids were in the hospitals long-term and felt lonely, isolated and bored.
Gamers Outreach created Gamers Outreach Kart, a portable, medical-grade gaming system nurses could use to transport video games to children who couldn't leave their hospital beds. The video games were not only fun, but gave children means of socializing, distraction and even education.
Want to learn more and give back? Click here!
16-Bit Brews
Jared Langston
Hulk Hogan
Blueberry vodka + Lemonade + Bomb Pop
Kevin Bacon
Maple bourbon + Ginger ale + Real bacon jerky
The Boss
Blueberry + Raspberry slush puppie + cherry vodka, whipped vodka or fireball
Carrie Fisher
Coconut rum + Blueberry vodka + Blue Curacao + Pineapple and lime juice + Rock candy
Bill Nye
Rye whiskey + Sweet vermouth + Angostura bitters + Cherry
Patrick Swayze
Gin + Lime juice + Ginger beer + mint
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