Ben “DrLupo” Lupo, the Twitch transmitter, announced today that he was able to raise $ 2,307,106.57 over the past day for St. Louis Children’s Research Hospital. Jude. The fundraising flow of personality, known as Build Against Cancer, proved to be another alarming hit in what has now been its third installment.
Build Against Cancer has been running since 2018 and is an event that sees DrLupo broadcast non-stop for 24 hours with the goal of raising as much money as possible for cancer research. This year’s iteration, which started yesterday, December 19, led to several guests passing through the course of the stream. Some of the most notable appearances included guest spaces by Jordan Fisher, Robbie Amell, Mark Hoppus, Felicia Day and many, many more. DrLupo himself also played a lot of popular games in the section they included Autumn boys, Between us, i Minecraft to name a few.
Today, the games have raised $ 2,307,106.57 per @StJude. 💜❤️
– DrLupo (@DrLupo) December 20, 2020
With about an hour to go before Build Against Cancer ended, it looked like DrLupo might not reach its goal of reaching $ 2 million, but Twitch had other plans. Like last year, Twitch intervened in the final moments of the broadcast to announce that it would once again contribute a million dollars in total to Build Against Cancer. DrLupo himself was unaware that this would be breathable and became quite emotional once he learned of the development.
So far, DrLupo has been able to raise nearly $ 10 million in these Build Against Cancer flows, which is amazing. The Twitch check he sent to DrLupo to surprise him even contained an Easter egg of sorts that contained the amount the streamer has been able to generate in the past. Now, that total will have to incorporate the new $ 2.3 million figure that was raised this weekend.
It inspired them all the money you raised, so Twitch did it again. 1 million donations per @StJude!
We now exceed $ 2,118,000 to work to end childhood cancer.THANKS!#BuildAgainstCancer pic.twitter.com/pEXeD8ORTp
– DrLupo (@DrLupo) December 20, 2020
DrLupo’s latest event has demonstrated how positive and uplifting the video game community can be when it comes together for a single cause. Not to mention, seeing DrLupo continuously use his platform definitely in this way is always encouraging. Close to him to continue to have a major impact on the lives of many each year.
If you want to see some parts of the Build Against Cancer live play, you can find the full video here.