Role-Playing Game Research - Keep the RPG Community Center Doors Open to the Public, hurry and Donate Today!

The RPG Community center urgently needs to donations to keep the accessible free programs open to the community it serves.

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The non-profit RPG Research's Role-Playing Community Center is a public community center dedicated to providing free programs and community support using the power of role-playing games to improve lives.


The Spokane center is facing an urgent funding crisis, with the threat of closure looming over its head. If the center does not raise at least $4,000 per month by June 1st, it will be forced to close its doors to the public and all of its free community programs until enough money is raised to cover the insurance, utilities, and rent.


As a community, we cannot allow this to happen. The RPG Community Center provides a safe and inclusive space for the Spokane community to come together, socialize, share their passion, and learn from each other. It offers a range of free programs for all ages from 4 through 104, including game nights, workshops, and educational seminars, all of which are designed to foster creativity, collaboration, empathy, compassion, cooperative problem solving, and personal growth.


We must act now to save the RPG Community Center. Every donation, no matter how small, can make a difference. Your contribution can help ensure that this vital resource remains open and accessible to everyone in the Spokane community.


The RPG Community Center (www.rpgcenter.org) is offered by the Spokane-based 501(c)3 non-profit research and human services charity, RPG Research (www.rpgresearch.com). The organization is distinctive in that it is 100% volunteer-run, no one at the organization, including the founders, board of directors, or any other staff are paid, it is a truly altruistic endeavor by passionate people wanting to help improves lives. The organization has been providing programs to communities for over 40 years. It took a big leap, with encouragement from many, to acquire a property to create the most accessible role-playing game dedicated community center possible. Offering accessible and adaptive cooperative social programs to people with mobility, grasping, hearing, vision, developmental, or other disabilities to the under-served and un-served populations.  RPG Research also hosts the world's largest free and open research archives on the effects and uses of all role-playing game formats: tabletop, live-action, electronic, and hybrids with more than 10,000 content items on the topics!. An incalculably valuable resource to everyone around the world.


This is now all on jeopardy due to a drastic decrease on donations in 2023.


Here are some reasons why you should donate today:


  1. You can help preserve a valuable community resource. The RPG Community Center provides a unique and important service to the Spokane community. By donating, you can help ensure that this resource remains available to the community.


  1. You can help support a safe and inclusive space. The RPG Community Center is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive space for all individuals. Your donation can help ensure that this space remains safe and accessible to everyone.


  1. You can help promote creativity, collaboration, and personal growth. The programs offered by the RPG Community Center are designed to promote these values. By donating, you can help ensure that these programs continue to be offered to the community.


  1. You can make a real difference in people's lives. The RPG Community Center has helped thousands of individuals find a sense of belonging and community through the power of cooperative role-playing games. Your donation can help ensure that this important work continues.


Please consider donating today to help keep the RPG Community Center open. Every donation counts, and together, we can make a difference. Let's come together as a community to ensure that this vital resource remains available to all.


Hawke Robinson

Known across multiple industries as "The Grandfather of Therapeutic Gaming" because he has been studying the effects and uses of role-playing games and their potential to achieve therapeutic goals longer than anyone else, Hawke Robinson is a Washington State Department of Health Registered Recreational Therapist.

He has a diverse and deep background in Therapeutic Recreation / Recreation Therapy, computer science, neuroscience, cognitive neuropsychology, neurotech, research psychology, nursing, play therapy, education, music, and role-playing gaming.

  • Hawke Robinson has been involved with role-playing games in community settings since 1977.
  • Studying methods for optimizing the experience of role-playing games, software development, and online since 1979.
  • A paid professional game master since 1982.
  • Studying the effects of role-playing games upon participants since 1983.
  • Providing role-playing games in educational settings and for educational goals since 1985.
  • Working with incarcerated populations since 1989.
  • Researching and using role-playing games to achieve therapeutic goals for a wide range of populations from 2 years old through senior adults since 2004.
  • Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit 501(c)3 charitable research and human services organization, RPG Research.
  • Founder and CEO of the for-profit RPG Therapeutics LLC and RPG.LLC.
  • Author of multiple books in technology and gaming W.A. Hawkes-Robinson books available on Amazon.
  • Creator of the wheelchair accessible RPG Mobile fleet vehicles and trailers.
  • Founder of the experiential learning Role-Playing Game RPG Museum, and much more.
  • Creator of the Brain-Computer Interface Role-Playing Game (BCI RPG) and many other related projects.
You can learn more about Hawke Robinson at www.hawkerobinson.com.

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