Ninja donates eye-popping amount to Z Event charity stream Mixer: Ninja \/ Z EventDuring the French gaming charity stream \u2018Z Event\u2019 on September 22, Mixer star Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins surprised participants when he donated an eye-popping amount to help push the charity past \u20ac3 million raised for medical research and treatments. Z Event is currently running from September 20 \u2013 23, and is a French charity project that streams to raise money for various organizations and causes. This is the fourth year that it\u2019s been held, as it first launched in 2016. While on the third day of the broadcast on September 22, participants were sent into a frenzy when Ninja charitably donated \u20ac26,000 (roughly $29,000) to help push them beyond \u20ac3 million raised for the Institut Pasteur \u2013 a non-profit organization in France that works on research and vaccines for various medical diseases. Ninja donates an insane amount French pro player Corentin \u2018GotagaTV\u2019 Hussein, who was participating at the event, thanked Ninja for the donation on Twitter with a massive \u201cTHANK YOU!!!\u201d and included a video of the exact moment that participants found out about the charitable act. Read More: Top 10 PewDiePie Minecraft moments so far – In the clip, everyone working the charity is ecstatic as they scream in happiness and chant \u201cNinja! Ninja!\u201d repeatedly in between clapping. \u201cThank you very much Ninja for your donation\u2026 \u20ac26,000, thank you!\u201d the stream host exclaimed over the roar of cheers in the background. THANK YOU !!! @Ninja :scream:#ZEVENT2019 :green_heart::green_heart: pic.twitter.com\/DsTL4dkQW4 \u2014 GotagaTV #ZEVENT2019 (@GotagaTV) September 22, 2019 The event had a goal of \u20ac3 million and they blew past that on September 22 with the help of donations from all around the world, as people rallied behind the event to raise money for medical research. The organized charity had over 50 streamers participating, and at its peak had over 500,000 viewers. While they were already on their way to make their goals, Ninja\u2019s donation was an incredible moment that only helped motivate and fuel those at the event even further. Later on the same day, the French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted about the event, congratulating the players for raising so much money. \u201c55 French gamers have just raised over a weekend more than 3 million euros for the benefit of the Pasteur Institute,\u201d he said. \u201cYou are inspiring and you show us that anything is possible.\u201d 55 gameurs fran\u00e7ais viennent de lever le temps d\u2019un week-end plus de 3 millions d\u2019euros au profit de l\u2019institut Pasteur. Vous \u00eates inspirants et vous nous d\u00e9montrez que tout est possible pour soutenir une cause pour laquelle on croit. Bravo #ZEvent2019 !https:\/\/t.co\/MlbC69uOs8\u2014 Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 22, 2019 Not the first time a streamer has helped a major charity On June 23, another charity streamer \u2018GuardianCon\u2019 raised over $3.7 million for St Jude\u2019s Research Hospital \u2013 one of the largest medical organizations in the United States that treats children who are admitted for cancer at no cost. Popular Twitch personality Benjamin \u2018DrLupo\u2019 Lupo participated and helped raise $920,000 in the first four hours. During his stream he got emotional, and gave a speech to his viewers. \u201cThank you for making me the last block of this thing and absolutely destroying anything that I thought we could do. I\u2019m going to sit here in my chair and cry for a little bit.\u201d As Z Event continues to wrap up with one last day, they are likely to break the record for most money raised during a charity stream, showing that gamers and the streaming community can rally together and get behind great causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ninja donates eye-popping amount to Z Event charity stream Mixer: Ninja \/ Z EventDuring the French gaming charity stream \u2018Z Event\u2019 on September 22, Mixer star Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins surprised participants when he donated an eye-popping amount to help push the charity past \u20ac3 million raised for medical research and treatments. Z Event is currently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}