Photos courtesy of Stack-Up.org
Stack-Up.org operates under the mission
statement “Veterans are our mission. Gaming
is our passion.” The organization supplies
soldiers with supply crates full of everything
they need to game while deployed overseas,
or when recovering in a military hospital.
The charity also has city-based fireteams
of people called “Stacks,” who help to get
veterans and civilians together to volunteer
for local charities. This gets them out from
behind their gaming systems and allows
them to engage with one another via their
shared interest in gaming, while also helping
them meet new people and form lasting
connections and friendships. Stack-Up.org
also offers travel as part of the “Air Assault”
program that flies deserving veterans to
gaming and geek-culture conventions such
as Comic-Con, Penny Arcade Expo (PAX)
and Ele 7G&