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If you haven't heard of?Shift2?and the truly incredible things their dedicated team is doing, please let me share a little about their endeavors! Shift2 provides technology a second chance at life.I know that may sound goofy but just hear me out with this example. Your company is looking to upgrade everyone's computers, the ones you've been working with since the Bills last won a Super Bowl. What happens to those computers? Often times they end up in a landfill. But what if you convinced your boss to donate them to Shift2, the ewaste non profit you just heard about that can take care of them for you? Shift2 will take your company used-computers in any condition. Then (if they have more digital life to live) clean them up, fix them and give them a second chance. These computers then end up in the hands of other non-profits or young students who are in need of access or an upgrade in their technology! From this post, my request from you is to please visit Shift2's website, look at what they offer, and consider donating any old technology that could use a second chance! www.shift2nfp.org/donate Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Visit Rochester Greater Rochester Enterprise Rochester Area Community Foundation Rochester Institute of Technology #Rochester #Donate #Charity #Ewaste

Strategists of Rochester! Connect with fellow enthusiasts and challenge yourself with classic strategy titles like Stellaris, Civilization, and Age of Empires—all while enjoying an immersive, collaborative gaming environment. For just $25, attendees receive an all-day pass and a complimentary beverage to fuel your strategic conquests. Join us this Saturday (and every Saturday following), and engage with a community of like-minded thinkers in Rochester. Whether you're a casual player or a dedicated strategist, there's a place for you to showcase your skills and have fun. Secure your spot and explore the details at our Meetup page or connect with us here on LinkedIn for more information. Meetup: https://lnkd.in/eEHKUhdX Poster designed by Zachary Eggebrecht #RochesterGaming #StrategyGaming #GLGLounge #NetworkingThroughGames

What an incredible time at the 2nd Annual Mayor's Madden Invitational! ?? Huge thanks to Mayor MALIK EVANS for having us at Great Lakes Gaming attend this amazing event hosted at the Rochester Rec Centers. The competition was fierce, with so many exciting matches on Saturday! Special shout out to Christopher Williams from AGN for organizing the bracket and to Dan from 585 FighterZ for the awesome live-stream commentary! And of course, thank you Courtney Thomas, Jr. for the Wegmans Food Markets pizza and wings that kept us going all day. More esports events and opportunities are coming to the City of Rochester, so stay tuned—this is just the beginning! #Esports #Madden #GamingCommunity #RochesterNY #GLG #AGN #585FighterZ #Wegmans #EsportsOpportunities

This summer, Great Lakes Gaming, hosted 10 weeks of camps, 6 of which were focused around esports & video gaming. Incredibly, GLG was blessed to have hosted 80 campers, ages 8-16, from 28 different schools in the Rochester region. This up 10 TIMES since last years camps of only 8 campers. You can read more on the camp report as well as join our new email list for upcoming youth events & activities: https://lnkd.in/eiZ3DjR5 We were truly blessed to have met Allen Pinkins & Rebecca Ferri from the Education Success Foundation which led to so many more conversations on hosting these camps. Thank you everyone at Greater Rochester Afterschool & Summer Alliance (GRASA), especially Raegena C. Lawrence for believing in our mission and everyone else at the Rochester Area Community Foundation for supporting these programs. We concluded our 6 weeks of camps with a massive group from the Rochester R-Centers. This, was a fun week for sure. So many incredible campers of all ages working and playing together. I couldn't have asked for a better group to end our gaming & esports sessions. Lastly, thank you to the incredible team at GLG. You guys all made this possible and I couldn't have done it without you! Akber Ahmed Jay Horsfall Miguel Hsu Luke Straut Zachary Eggebrecht Emma Mankowski & Kent Reese #Rochester #Esports #Gaming

Yesterday we concluded 10 weeks of summer camps at Great Lakes Gaming! An entire summer full of fun and learning and craziness. I will have a more detailed post coming soon, but for now, I rest a little. Please enjoy some of these awesome photos from our last session ?? #Rochester #Summercamp Shift2 Education Success Foundation Greater Rochester Afterschool & Summer Alliance (GRASA) Rochester Area Community Foundation Visit Rochester Greater Rochester Enterprise Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce

We are wrapping up our first session of the BuildIT summer camp with Shift2 with a final presentation. We ask the campers each week various questions such as, what they liked or didn't like, what they learned, what they would like to see next time and more. Here are some of the answers from this week's campers: "I liked trouble shooting problems and making a tutorial video on how to fix the problem" - A. "Learning what a bloated (lithium) battery means and to not throw it away, but recycle" - M. "I'd like to keep developing my game (a racing game) on my new laptop" - T. "Continue learning computer networking by going to college" - T. We had an incredible group of 24 campers these last two weeks, it'll be sad to see them go, but we will be right back at it next week with 23 more ?? Photos by: Miguel Hsu Thank you to our staff team this week: Luke Straut, Leonardo Catalano, Jay Horsfall, Miguel Hsu & Zachary Eggebrecht #Rochester #Roc #SummerCamp Greater Rochester Afterschool & Summer Alliance (GRASA) Rochester Area Community Foundation Greater Rochester Enterprise Megan Alchowiak

We are heading into our 2nd week of the BuildIT camp. An IT summer camp in partnership with Great Lakes Gaming & Shift2 where we teach campers about various computer skills and even how to build one! Some of the lessons throughout the first week: 1) Understanding PC components & what works best for a gaming computer 2) How to disassemble and reassemble computers 3) Troubleshooting lessons with PC settings And so much more to come this week! If you're interested in learning more shoot me a message or follow me as I am planning to post a few more times on this camp. Photos taken by: Miguel Hsu #Rochester #Roc #SummerCamp #IT Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Greater Rochester Afterschool & Summer Alliance (GRASA) Rochester Area Community Foundation Greater Rochester Enterprise NextCorps Innovation Square

Last week we concluded our 2024 Gaming & Esports summer camps. We had the pleasure to end with a big group from the City of Rochester R-Centers as a part of their summer sports camps. During this session we did many competitions in games like Fortnite & Smash Bros, but we also introduced them to knew games like Tekken 8 and Valorant. This summer we also worked with EnCompass: Resources for Learning / The Hive to provide a new summer learning experience. During these sessions we did a ton of gaming, but also explored making Minecraft mods and video editing highlight reels from their game play. Overall we did 6 weeks of gaming and esports this summer with nearly 80 campers, that's up from two weeks and only 8 campers last year! Thank you Allen Pinkins & Rebecca Ferri from Encompass for their support and bringing their awesome program to us at GLG. Big shout out to Raegena C. Lawrence and Greater Rochester Afterschool & Summer Alliance (GRASA) for helping us with grant support to offer opportunities with campers in our surrounding downtown area. And thank you too all of my incredible staff that made it such a fun and exciting experience for these campers. Jay Horsfall, Miguel Hsu, Akber Ahmed, Kent Reese, Zachary Eggebrecht & Ben Kingsley #Rochester #Gaming #Esports Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Greater Rochester Enterprise Rochester Area Community Foundation MALIK EVANS

Last year we ran only 2 weeks of summer camps with only 8 campers. This year we have 10 weeks with nearly 130 campers already with room for more! Talk about growth ?? We are in the middle of week two right now, but still have spots available! Thanks to the Rochester Area Community Foundation / Greater Rochester Afterschool & Summer Alliance (GRASA) & ESL Federal Credit Union we are able to provide free tuition to our camps for a limited # of slots! I am looking to connect with any youth programs looking to offer their kids a unique experience at our gaming & esports camp. Or if you know of any families with students in the City of Rochester area in need of support for summer camp activities please send them my way! The GLG Gaming & Esports Camp Info: 1 Week sessions, Monday - Friday 8AM-4PM Teaching, coding, video editing, gaming together & socializing More info here: https://lnkd.in/gR3S7S8V Session Availability: July 8-12th: 7 Spots July 15-19th: 8 Spots For those seeking assistance they can email me at [email protected] Visit Rochester Greater Rochester Enterprise Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Rochester Institute of Technology Macaroni KID KIDS OUT AND ABOUT LLC #Rochester #Gaming #Esports #SummerCamp