DrLupo to hold 24-hour charity livestream for cancer research DrLupo, Twitter \/ St. Jude’sPopular Twitch streamer Ben \u2018DrLupo\u2019 Lupo announced an upcoming charity stream to benefit St. Jude\u2019s and children\u2019s cancer research, which will go live over a 24-hour period. Taking place on December 22 at 1 PM EST, DrLupo hopes to surpass his goal of one million dollars raised for St. Jude\u2019s throughout 2018. Lupo has already amassed a sizeable amount for the charity, raising a reported total of over $730,000 dollars as of December 21. Additionally, the top 100 donators during the stream\u2019s duration will win an special code for a gold foil version of Lupo\u2019s \u201cBuild Against Cancer\u201d shirt. Lupo\u2019s stream will likewise feature a raffle with an array of items as potential prizes, such as Fortnite\u2019s in-game \u2018VBucks\u2019 currency, a custom gaming chair, and more. Join us on December 22nd to help raise money for @StJude! Top 100 total donators from the 24 hour stream will receive a code for a gold foil version of the #BuildAgainstCancer shirt in the size of their choosing. Be part of something bigger than yourself. :heart:\ufe0f:purple_heart: pic.twitter.com\/DZgbg6IzOQ \u2014 DrLupo (@DrLupo) December 18, 2018 Lupo announced the event during a livestream on December 17, claiming that St. Jude\u2019s holds a \u201cspecial place in his heart\u201d due to their charitable work for children suffering from cancer. \u201cSt. Jude\u2019s holds a special place in my heart because they help people\u2026 they help kids fight things they should never have to face,\u201d Lupo stated. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about innocent children.\u201d On Saturday, Dec 22, @DrLupo will host a 24hr charity broadcast in an effort to surpass his goal of $1M raised in 2018 for @StJude. For the full video and more details on his event \u2013 https:\/\/t.co\/Moxs9H2Qlv pic.twitter.com\/mMlnigOEio \u2014 St. Jude PLAY LIVE (@StJudePLAYLIVE) December 20, 2018 Lupo also revealed that his fans had helped raise over $356,000 during his four hour block at Florida\u2019s GuardianCon in summer of 2018, boosting his total amount raised to $659,000 ahead of his current numbers. Lupo\u2019s charity stream precedes Fortnite streamer Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevin\u2019s New Years Eve event in New York\u2019s Time Square, where he will engage in a 12 hour live broadcast of the massively popular battle royale title to ring in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DrLupo to hold 24-hour charity livestream for cancer research DrLupo, Twitter \/ St. Jude’sPopular Twitch streamer Ben \u2018DrLupo\u2019 Lupo announced an upcoming charity stream to benefit St. Jude\u2019s and children\u2019s cancer research, which will go live over a 24-hour period. Taking place on December 22 at 1 PM EST, DrLupo hopes to surpass his goal […]<\/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-71921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71921","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=71921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}