Illness sucks - there is no questioning that. Perhaps the only thing worse than illness is illness in a child. So think about the smile that would be on a children's hospital patient getting to play some used videogames and system. Tell me that wouldn't make their day. Sadly, though, one such charitable gaming foundation looks to be closing unless perhaps it can get some people to help out.

From the article:

Ryan, who is trying to juggle his degree program with the operation of the Foundation, also mentions that the donated games and systems are overwhelming his capacity to store them. Coupled with the loss of two dedicated volunteers, the wheels of GWG are grinding to a halt. Ryan writes:

The Foundation has grown tremendously since I first started it. Unfortunately, my capacity to deal with the foundation has not grown accordingly. If anything, it has decreased, as my workload increases the closer I get to graduation…

I had two staffers who I could trust to help me run the foundation… (GP: great guys, I met them at E3 last year) Unfortunately, one of them recently moved to Washington, and the other has full-time school and a part-time job to contend with…

We need a shipping manager… We need a secretary… We need someone to handle our website. We need an accountant… Most of all we need an office…

So, barring some miraculous occurrence, this can’t happen… So when you notice the website is down and you haven’t heard of any new hospitals or whatnot, it’s because of this. The foundation has grown beyound the capabilities of its founder, and there’s no one available to take the reigns.

Again, thank you very much for your support over the years, and I hope we can work together again when the Foundation starts back up. I can promise at least that I’ll never let the Foundation die - it just has to rest for a while until there’s someone that can take care of it.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com