Motor City Comic Con Announces Charity Partnership with Extra Life Detroit During 2024 Convention

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Motor City Comic Con Announces Charity Partnership with Extra Life Detroit for the May 2024 Convention.

May 17-19, 2024 – Suburban Collection Showplace

Extra Life Detroit empowers gamers to raise funds for their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

Motor City Comic Con (MC3), Michigan’s largest and longest running comic book and pop culture convention since 1989, is pleased to announce a collaborative partnership with Extra Life Detroit during this May’s Convention. Extra Life is a peer-to-peer fundraising program that unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Extra Life Detroit volunteers will be on-site with games, activities, and giveaways at the Suburban Collection Showplace during Motor City Comic Con, which will be taking place May 17 – May 19, 2024.

Extra Life Detroit,

which supports pediatric needs at Corewell Health Children’s (the new name for Beaumont Children’s), will be giving guests of all ages the opportunity to play, donate, and win some amazing prizes throughout the weekend at Motor City Comic Con.

Extra Life Detroit will be on-site providing fun activations all weekend long inside and outside of The Kids Den, located on the second level of the convention center. On Saturday and Sunday kids and their families will be encouraged to play oversized yard games like giant Connect 4, Unicorn Bowling, Giant Jenga, and Corn Hole. On Saturday afternoon, guests can visit the Extra Life table for a chance to meet and take photos with some special characters.

The Kids Den,

which is open throughout the entire convention is a great place for families to hang out, have fun, and even enjoy a little quit time. The Kids Den features kid and family-friendly programming and activities, including crafts, story time, and kids cosplay contests. All Kids Den activations are free of charge.

Throughout the weekend, in addition to the scheduled appearances and activations in the Kids Den, guests will be able to take part in several fundraising initiatives for Extra Life Detroit that will support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Prizes and giveaways will be awarded to guests who donate and play certain games like a giant dice roll to see if you win a small, medium, or large prize or “rock, paper, scissors” where winning against a volunteer or special guest can get you entered to win a grand prize gaming console.

All donations collected throughout the weekend

will go towards providing life-saving services and vital pediatric equipment that will be utilized for Pediatric Oncology at local Corewell Health Children’s facilities in Southeast Michigan.

“We are so happy to have Extra Life Detroit involved in The Motor City Comic Con. It’s the perfect opportunity for them to provide additional programing, and excite not only gamers but attendees, as they interact with families throughout the weekend,” stated Beth Burland, Show Manager for Motor City Comic Con.

“Extra Life Detroit is proud to partner with Motor City Comic Con in May to raise awareness for this incredible program. Our community of gamers and the pop culture fandom at MC3 can come together to have fun and change kid’s health in Southeast Michigan. Last year, our gamers raised over $100,000 to support child life services at Corewell Health Children’s. We’re excited to see how this partnership can help us raise even more to support our impact area for 2024, pediatric oncology,” stated Hannah Goodman, Program Director for Extra Life Detroit.

Motor City Comic Con will be taking place Friday, May 17 – Sunday, May 19, 2024

at the Suburban Collection Showplace located at 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi, Michigan. A full schedule of events for the Kids Den will be available in the upcoming weeks. Tickets for the May 17-19 convention can be purchased now at MotorCityComicCon.com Kids 5 and under get in FREE all weekend with a paid adult and Sunday is Kids Day where all kids 12 and under are free with a paid adult!

About Extra Life, A Program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals 

Extra Life is a fundraising program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®. The Extra Life community uses gaming as a platform to fundraise year-round. Donations go to local member hospitals to fund critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, along with innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment, and child life services. Since it’s inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised over $110 million USD to support children’s hospitals across North America.

In Detroit, Extra Life participants fundraise to support local kids being treated at Corewell Health Children’s (the new name for Beaumont Children’s).

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay within the community where the funds were raised. Learn more at Extra-Life.org and  CMNHospitals.org.

ABOUT MOTOR CITY COMIC CON: 

Michigan’s largest pop-culture event since 1989, Motor City Comic Con gathers comic book and multimedia dealers from across the country, offering a vast variety of pop-culture merchandise, including comics, art, t-shirts, movie memorabilia, posters and more. Over 250 comic book creators, writers and artists are featured at Motor City Comic Con each year, as well as actors from the television and movie industry. Motor City Comic Con offers fun for kids young and old. For more information, visit http://www.motorcitycomiccon.com

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