By Tyler Marr

Local embarks on video game marathon to raise money, goods for Food Bank

Dec 9, 2017 | 10:13 AM

Armed with Red Bull, Mountain Dew and coffee on the floor beside him, Adam Quiring picked up his controller, slid on his headphones, and is in for the long hall.

The twenty-six-year-old has launched into a rather quirky yet creative fundraising effort for the Prince Albert Food Bank — a 30-plus hour video game marathon of Far Cry: Primal.

“I am a young guy and I have played a lot of video games and I figure if I am going to play them anyway, I might as well play them for a good cause,” Quiring told paNOW as he stood beside his battle station in the Business Lobby of the Day Inn.

“I have never done anything that spectacular for the community, and I thought I might as well just give it a shot and see what I can do.”

This is the first time the young man has taken on such a feat and said how food bank staff were “kind of surprised” when he pitched the idea.

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“It is not the most common idea around these parts, but they were happy to back me up,” he explained. “A bunch of my family thought I might be crazy but they have been supportive.”

Those interested in supporting Quiring’s cause can head down to the hotel to hang out and donate, or, interested parties can follow along with his Twitch live stream of the play-through online. 

tyler.marr@jpbg.ca

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