Griz Esports Fundraising
Griz Esports is holding a fundraiser this year (2026) for Hawthorne school. Hawthorne needs to raise $50,000 for their playground equipment replacement. There will be several ways you can get involved! Check out below about all the different events and ways you may be able to help contribute to make sure kids can have accessible play!
What Events are happening?
There will be a few events throughout the month to promote raising funds for the playground.
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First week of February: We will be doing a "Griz Gummy Gram" (gummy bears and a note) drive for every $5 donated, we will deliver a candy gram to a student at school. Once we reach the amount... right around $1700, every student will receive one.
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Heart Wall: For every $25+ donation, Hawthorne will put up a paper heart with the donor's name taped to the Hawthorne Cafeteria.
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February 20th: Griz Esports will come do a good digital citizenship, internet safety talk to all grades at Hawthorne.
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February 28th-March 1st: Griz Esports will do a 24 hour stream-a-thon at the University of Montana Griz Esports Arena. Will be live on twitch.tv/umt_esports.
Monetary Donations: Click here to donate!
Donate prizes for raffle: Prize Submission Form – Fill out form
Streaming Incentives for Griz Esports 24 hour stream: Streaming Schedule
These are incentives to be met before and or during the stream!
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$1,000- Hawthorne Teachers Vs Esport Students
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$2,500- Griz Alumni vs Current Students
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$5,000- Costume stream (Esports players will dress up as various characters)
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$10,000- Ryan Knowles (Competitive/Broadcast Director) will 1v9 in Starcraft 2
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$25,000- Cale Patenaude (Assistant Director of Griz Esports) dyes his hair, chat picks live on stream
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$50,000- Michael Cassens (Director of Griz Esports) plays a horror game at midnight
Prizes for Meeting Goals for the school:
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$5,000- Every grade gets an extra recess on the Friday after the fundraiser!
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$10,000- Class popcorn party
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$25,000- Ms. Keilman and other staff members will get a pie in the face by Monte!!
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$50,000- Schoolwide Dance Party with Monte!