We wanted to give a big thank you to everyone who participated in our t-shirt fundraiser! Bonfire should be processing the orders shortly and you will get your shirts as soon as they do. By helping us raise funds, you have enabled us to fill numerous pending orders for our troops! We are so thankful… Read more
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T-Shirt Fundraiser Update!
We are now officially a verified non-profit with our shirt provider, Bonfire. This allows us to receive a discount when going through the order process there, meaning less overhead for us and more money we raise through it going straight to fulfilling our mission of getting games into the hands of our military members! Thank… Read more
T-shirt Fundraiser!
There are nearly 173,000 US active duty personnel serving outside of the United States. We respect and honor each of these individuals and the sacrifice that they have chosen to make by trying to bring them comfort in some small way. We will do this by enthusiastically raising funds, and then using those funds in… Read more
Four More Game Orders Filled!
Games for Troops is happy to announce that we have filled more four more orders for games! We are making our way through our order list and have sent out some awesome games like “Pandemic”, “Dixit”, “7 Wonders”, and “Star Wars Imperial Assault: Jabba’s Realm”. We look forward to filling more orders and, as always,… Read more
Heroicon 2022 Is This Weekend!
Heroicon is our biggest fundraiser of the year and is coming this weekend. Heroicon is Decatur, Illinois’ first and only tabletop gaming convention! With almost 15,000 square feet of gaming space, there is ample room for board games, miniatures, RPGs, card games, open gaming and more! We are excited to announce the following details: WHAT:… Read more
A Games for Troops Success Story!
This comes from the mother of one of the soldiers who received one of our board game requests. We are frequently reminded why we do the things we do. Thank you very much for sharing this touching story!
Game Request Updates
We here at Games for Troops wanted to provide a quick update regarding requests that are pending. We hope to have all pending game requests (as of April 28, 2022) sent out by the end of the weekend of May 8th, 2022. We are so fortunate to be able to do so and help our… Read more
Heroicon 2022!
We are so happy to announce Heroicon 2022 registration is live and games are going to be able to be submitted on Monday, February 7th at 8:00a! Heroicon is the largest fundraiser we have here at GfT and we are so excited for it to return this year. For more information on Heroicon, visit the… Read more
Games for Troops Is Back Open!
I hope this post finds everyone well. I know things have been very quiet on our front, but we are hoping this changes immediately. The pandemic has, for us as many others, slowed down operations to a near stand-still. However, we are beginning to look at 2022 as a new year with the opportunities to… Read more
Games for Troops 2021 Elections
Games for Troops held elections for new Board Members. The current board is: Steve Sanders – PresidentScott Rueter – Vice PresidentKrystle Tempel – SecretaryZach Tindell – TreasurerJeff Wells – At Large Board Member Congratulations to all Board Members.
