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Daily Herald- Pinball Expo is Bouncing Back to Chicago Area for the 38th Year!

NEWS ARTICLE ALERT!

Project Pinball Charity, along with Stern Pinball were mentioned in Chicago’s LARGEST daily newspaper, the Daily Herald!

Submitted by Rob Berk and his Team at Pinball Expo, the article was published yesterday, Oct. 13th.

Project Pinball’s partnership with Pinball Expo was highlighted, and we feel just as excited for the future of this AMAZING pinball event!

We are so incredibly thankful for all the support, shoutouts, & mentions from everyone in the community.

See you soon Pinball Expo!!

https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20221013/pinball-expo-is-bouncing-back-to-chicago-area-for-the-38th-year

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School Days Pinball Debut- Lockwood Elementary School

Special Needs Teacher at Lockwood Elementary School in Eaton Rapids, MI-
Ms. Gochenour has updated us with her student’s progress since the School Days pinball machine has been dedicated this year!
School Days is a rethemed Williams Ding Dong.
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“The students have been super excited about learning their scores. I’m finding that our number recognition is improving since we talk about scores in the thousands now.
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Overall, the pinball machine is an amazing addition to our classroom, as well as to Lockwood in general. We have staff that utilizes the machine almost daily. We have specific students that will ask for Pinball Play on a daily basis. The games have been easy to fit into our routine at school. To be honest, now that it is here, I can’t imagine life without it!
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Thanks again and please let the team know that we truly appreciate their generosity. The pinball machine is absolutely making a positive impact at Lockwood Elementary!”

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Introduce Our New Marketing & Communications Specialist

The Project Pinball Team are proud to officially announce our newest addition!

Meet Taj Kniceley! She was born and raised in Springfield, OH, and attended Wittenberg University. She is currently completing online Gardening and Landscape courses at Stratford Career Institute and will be finishing her bachelor’s degree in English at Michigan State University. She also works at her neighborhood market in the cheese department and in the garden center! A little over two years ago she moved to Michigan and now resides in Grand Rapids with her significant other, two cats, a leopard gecko, 20 plus plants, and whatever wildlife that finds their way to her.

“I’m very excited to be a part of this community! It’s so important to free our minds of the stress reality can sometimes swallow us in and pinball is a great outlet. When I’m not helping out the charity, I like to hike, restore antiques, and get lost playing Mario on my old Game Boy. My goal is to help the team at Project Pinball grow the charity even more and continue creating fun and safe spaces for people of all ages to relax and recover. I’m looking forward to my first machine dedication–it will definitely be one for the books!”

Taj will oversee and help coordinate all of Project Pinball’s events and marketing. If you are interested in pairing up with Taj on a fundraising event OR if you are are interested in Project Pinball volunteer opportunities, you can contact her at develop.projectpinball@gmail.com.

She will be attending the 38th Annual Pinball Expo in Schaumburg, IL, with the team on October 19th-22nd. Be sure to give her a warm welcome to the pinball community! She might even accept a high-score challenge on her favorite machine, The Mandalorian.

Thank you to our followers this week that donated to help save the PinMobile! So far we’ve raised a little over $1000 with 22 donations! To learn more and help out the charity’s PinMobile you can click our GoFundMe link → https://gofundme.com/f/help-us-save-the-project-pinball-mobile

Tell us your name and leave a comment! We will gladly share your words of encouragement with the Escalade before surgery.

Help Us Save The Project Pinball Mobile!

We need your help! (See the end of the post for the link)
As you’ve seen the last few days, the PinMobile is essential to not only the team but also to the charity by helping us place pinball machines nationwide.

Every year the Love Across America (LAA) Tour adds on about 15,000 miles, and therefore the engine is no longer as healthy as it once was, causing oil pressure to steadily leak. Our goal is to raise $10,000 before the next LAA tour and replace the engine so we can take our esteemed workhorse on the road for the next chapter of its life.
If the Escalade reaches retirement, then traveling to dedications, expos, and fundraising events will prove to be difficult considering the lack of appropriate resources.

Click the link below to donate and help us save the Project Pinball Charity Mobile!

Every dollar counts, and we thank you in advance with love in our hearts. The Escalade is part of the Project Pinball family and will do anything to keep it that way!

To help out the charity’s PinMobile you can click our GoFundMe link →https://gofundme.com/f/help-us-save-the-project-pinball-mobile
Tell us your name and leave a comment! We will gladly share your words of encouragement with the Escalade before surgery.

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Project Pinball’s Iconic Escalade

If you’re familiar with Project Pinball, then you know our iconic Escalade.
If you’re a newbie, then let’s meet the PinMobile!

When the charity began in 2011 we needed a vehicle large enough to transport pinball machines, so our founder generously donated his personal car. 11 years later and OVER 350,000 miles and here we have our trusty steed.
But even a hero calls in sick. Due to high mileage and working long shifts on the road, our precious Escalade is ill.
Losing oil pressure by the minute, we decided to contact a doctor for an engine transplant. Our team is currently at home base, but soon we are back on the road and can’t imagine our long trips without it!

Keep our beloved PinMobile in your thoughts as it wheels down the road of repair.

Click below to:

Help Us Save The Project Pinball Mobile!

Kick Off Love Across America 2021

Coming up in the next few weeks, our team will be embarking on our ever-popular, 7th Annual Love Across America Tour 2021!

Over the course of 35 days, our team will be traveling across the nation, making pit stops state-by-state to hold fundraisers, attend expos and meet & greets, and of course, dedicating 5 pinball machines to Children’s Hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses!

More than ever, we need our arsenal of dutiful supporters by our side, helping us make our mission possible! Better yet, funds raised in-state remain in-state, keeping the heart where the home is – through the power of pinball! Follow us on our journey via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and be a part of the magic we are so grateful to be able to make a reality!

Project Pinball- Facebook

Project Pinball- Twitter

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Love Across America Tour 2020

Project Pinball Charity presents Love Across America Tour 2020
Placing Pinball Machines across the Northeast U.S During the Holidays

December 1st, 2020 – Project Pinball’s Love Across America Tour 2020 “Winter Edition”

The majority of our viewership are first-timers in the pinball community, but we do also have many friends, supporters, and followers who have been avid in the community for many years who reach out to us. We offer our services to aid them in making a difference in their local community.

Our goal is to get everyone super excited about our upcoming LAA Tour and to have many new friends made in the process of where our travels lead us this December. We will be dedicating 8 pinball machines in the span of 14 days and travel over an estimated 6,000+ miles! We will be showcasing our entire journey with the help of great supporters and be posting daily on our social media outlets such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, and more.

Travel Plans

The Project Pinball Team plans to travel from Fort Myers, FL to as far north as Akron, OH then as far West as St. Louis, MO. These travels will be taking us through some of our favorite communities that have shown support of our charity’s mission from the very beginning. However, due to the current circumstances that have to do with COVID-19, we are not making any extra stops along our journey this time around. Our travels are purely for the purpose of dedicating the pinball machines to each location and heading onto the next.

Proper precautions are being taken into consideration at all times, including but not limited to personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks, gloves, etc. We have been in contact and continue to keep a close eye on the status of the locations in which we are planning to visit, constant communication is key between Project Pinball and each facility to ensure safety for all.

Dedications

Project Pinball Charity will be dedicating 8 pinball machines in 14 days!
Starting with our very first dedication on December 1st in St. Petersburg, FL at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital where we will be placing a donated Hook pinball machine.

Along our journey we will be stopping at two locations in South Carolina; one at the beginning and one at the end of our LAA Tour. The RHMC of Charleston dedication of the Star Wars is on December 3rd with the help of ZEN Studios and many Twitch Streamers. Then, we head to North Carolina Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC on December 4th for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dedication.

We will make our way to Ohio where we have another two dedications; one at Akron Children’s Hospital on December 7th then the RMHC of Cincinnati will be getting an incredibly special dedication with the help of “Fluke Skywalker” on December 8th.

Our journey then takes us out as far West as we will travel on this LAA Tour to St. Louis, MO; one donated The Beatles Gold Edition Pinball Machine will be held on December 10th at Mercy Children’s Hospital and the very next day; on December 11th we will be dedicating a Hot Wheels Pinball Machine to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital with the help of Jason Fowler and the Slap Save Pinball Podcast!

We will end our journey back in South Carolina where we will be dedicating a Brand-New Avengers: Infinity Quest Pinball Machine to the RMHC of Columbia!

AmazonSmile Donations NOW Available Through Your Amazon App!

AmazonSmile customers can now support Project Pinball Charity in the Amazon shopping app on iOS and Android mobile phones!!
Simply follow these instructions to turn on AmazonSmile and start generating donations.
 
1. Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device
2. Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into ‘Settings’
3. Tap ‘AmazonSmile’ and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process
 
If you do not have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping app, update your app.
 
 
Thank you all so much for your support and please turn on your AmazonSmile in the Amazon App to easily generate funds for your favorite charities.
 
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Setting Up AmazonSmile in Your Amazon App!

Project Pinball Charity in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What a WONDERFUL article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
that perfectly depicts Replay FX this year!

“Dozens of booths also lined the floor of the convention center. Project Pinball, a nonprofit based in Florida that donates pinball machines to children’s hospitals, raised more than $1,000 at the festival, said Daniel Spolar, a Dormont native who runs the organization.

He said that pinball provides an escape for young cancer patients — as well as their parents.

“In front of the machine, they forget what they are dealing with”.

Check out the rest of this awesome article using the link below!

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other-sports/2019/08/04/Replay-FX-festival-gamers-Pittsburgh-Pinburgh-pinball-tournament/stories/201908040179?fbclid=IwAR2OPlkQDL80KTacwTZKuKNJoEvZAovqbLS3q-R0D3wrahFuRBH0khD91cA”>Replay FX Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

News Broadcast from Texas Children’s Hospital

Project Pinball Charity donates limited-edition pinball machine to Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands

Check out this amazing article from our Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands Pinball Machine Dedication!

Also, Check out this incredible News Coverage from ABC13 Houston! This is all about our Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands Pinball Machine Dedication and The Game Preserve!

ABC13 Houston- Texas Children’s Dedication and The Game Preserve