In the season of giving, Xbox has made moves to ensure children in need can get gifts for the holiday season. Xbox announced earlier that it has teamed up with both the charity group "Gamers Outreach" and the Wonder Woman 1984 film to give custom gifts to children's hospitals.
A total of ten children's hospitals have received unique Gamers Outreach (GO) Kart care packages fitted with an Xbox Series S and two custom Xbox wireless controllers. The care package also comes with the inclusion of a special message from Gal Gadot, star of Wonder Woman 1984, and an HBO Max subscription.
The Go-Kart kiosks are meant to help children enjoy their favorite games and movies while being able to socialize with other kids, to help avoid the stress of receiving treatment. On average, a single Kart helps entertain around 2,920 children a year. The Gamers Outreach care packages with the Xbox Series S were delivered to the children yesterday, December 23rd, just in time for the holiday season.
The list of hospitals receiving the packages are; Phoenix Children's Hospital, Hassenfield Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, Children's Minnesota, John Hopkins Children's Center, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Children's Medical Center Dallas, Children's Hospital New Orleans, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, Montana Children's Medical Center, and Children's National Hospital. The kiosk is attached to wheels with the Xbox Series S snugly placed inside so that the console can be brought over to the children's bedside if they are unable to leave their room.
This also isn't the first time Gamers Outreach has teamed up with Xbox, as back in November of 2020, the company teamed up with Dwayne Johnson to provide 20 custom Xbox Series X consoles to hospitals. Gamers Outreach was founded in 2007 to help children in hospitals cope with long term visits. The company provides technological activities to children with the goal to provide relief, socialization, and a sense of normalcy.
Xbox released a statement that as part of its power of play ideology, the company is happy to bring joy to so many children for the holiday season. The enjoyment and stress relieving factor of video games often goes unrecognized, so it is great that many children will be receiving age-appropriate sources of enjoyment. Hopefully, other companies will catch wind of this and also go out of the way to help children in need. Fans interested in getting a machine for their own local hospital can consider getting an estimate and start a fundraising page.