Buy/Win Gears of War Weapon Replicas for Charity

[bayonetbrant]

Epic Games is holding a fundraiser for a local girl who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident

http://www.wncn.com/story/24003278/epic-games-holds-auction-to-help-injured-insomniac-games-artist

A local video game illustrator was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident last week, and now the Triangle's gaming community is coming together to help with her medical bills.

Ana Kessel, an interning artist with Insomniac Games in Durham, was struck by an unlicensed driver on Nov. 11. She was driving her motor scooter on Rock Quarry Road when she attempted to make a left turn onto Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and was hit by Michael Deontea Jones.

Jones initially fled the scene of the collision but was later arrested and charged with felony hit and run, and driving without a valid license.

Meanwhile, Kessel was transported to WakeMed where she had to have one of her legs amputated.

To help with her medical bills, friends and family established a GoFundMe campaign to raise $150,000.

In addition, Cary-based Epic Games is auctioning off replica guns from their highly popular game franchise "Gears of War" to help Kessel.

"It's great to see the human spirit do great things in such a tragedy," said Josh Marlow, with Epic Games.

The company is auctioning three autographed Lancers on eBay with the proceeds going toward Kessel's medical bills.

All three auctions end Nov. 22.

So far, Kessel's GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $45,000.

auction pages here:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/181262423967?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

[Staggerwing]

There's no way I could swing an auction bid but I'd like to donate. I'm just a little leery of doing so without Paypal.

We should pool our resources and donate something together from Grogheads. I'll put up something if you guys will. One of the mods can do the final donation directly to the site.