How Gold Star Gamers Works
Kids or their parent/guardian sign-up for an event or summer camp.
Camps are taught over summer by college-age pro gamers. They in turn get credits towards college expenses. Camps are divided by age and kids get better at gaming and “level-up” for the esports competition.
For competitions, kids are first connected with a safe military gamer from the same branch of the military as their parent or loved one. Note: We background check all people who will be in contact with your child.
The military gamer and child team will build a bond over a few live or virtual meetings and game playing, where they get to know each other as they speak the same gaming language.
On competition day, each team from the designated military branch will play against each other to get to a final match. The number of teams may vary and are organized by age.
The game is played online and could be Fortnight or another game.
On the same competition day, another group of kids and mentors from a different branch of military are playing each other in another gaming room.
The winning team from each one of two branches of the military will go on to compete on special team for a cash prize that will be donated to a charity that helps Gold Star families or kids, which is preselected.
Such as TAPS—Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, USO, Mt. Carmel Center of Excellence, and Warrior Gamer Foundation.
The final teams are made up of the winning kid, their military gamer and a volunteer professional gamer.
The competition is played live online and will attract kids and gamers from across the country and globe to watch.
Win or Lose!
kids are part of a team, and will learn new skills to build resilience for a lifetime, while finding healthy ways to process their grief and remember their parent or loved one.
You Don’t Have to be Alone in Grief.
Meet other kids like you, honor your loved one and get better at gaming. You will have fun, too!
When you sign-up for Gold Star Gamers, you can participate in a summer camp to “level-up” your gaming skills, or a competition where you will play with a military gamer and maybe a professional gamer. It’s fun, you meet other kids like you, win prizes and learn skills to build confidence and resilience that can help you for the rest of your life!