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Play Games, Heal Kids

5in25: Help Us Reach $5 Million by 2025

5in25

Calling all gamers, streamers, companies, and communities who want to make a lasting impact! Join us for 5in25, an ambitious new Extra Life campaign to raise $5 million by the end of 2025 for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals.

By joining Extra Life and fundraising for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, you become part of something bigger—a movement to transform children’s health and help us reach our biggest goal yet. Let’s power up for the kids and make 2025 a milestone year!

Be a Next Level Hero

Extra Life unites gamers around the world to support their local Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals—and we’re proud to have you on Team UCSF Benioff! Whether you play tabletop games, PC games, mobile games, or classic board games, you can turn your passion for play into life-saving support for sick and injured kids in the Bay Area. Every dollar raised through Extra Life stays local and directly supports UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in Oakland and San Francisco. 

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How to participate in extra life

Why We Play

Your gaming can provide comfort, healing, and hope to kids who need it most. Extra Life funds our most urgent needs, such as:

 

Advancing Research

Research and Discovery

Discovery and innovation

Medical Innovations

Child Life

Child Life

art therapy

Art Therapy

Music therapy

Music Therapy

animal-assisted therapy

Animal-Assisted Therapy

urgent hospital needs

Urgent Hospital Needs

Join Our Team

Want to game for children's health? Join the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Extra Life team and connect with fellow gamers, streamers, and changemakers who care about kids. We'll keep you updated on local events, giveaways, hospital news, and ways to level up your impact.

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Bring Extra Life to Work

Extra Life at work

Get your colleagues involved to scale the fun and your impact:

  • Start a company team

  • Host a Game Day or streaming event

  • Encourage coworkers to match your fundraising

  • Ask your employer about corporate matching gifts

Gamer Inspiration

   

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In partnership with
Code Ninjas

 

Crystal Dynamics

 

EArts

 

Fandom

 

Gamestop

 

Giant Bomb

 

Kinda Funny

 

Maxis

 

Salesforce

 

Square Pie Guys

 

Ubisoft

 

For more information, please contact Abdur Shemsu, Extra Life Program Director.
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