Mission and services
We unite people online and in real life, pay off consolidated medical debt, and provide all-in-one video game consoles. We help people unable to escape their realities find solace in virtual worlds while also bringing people from online out into the real world as a community.
Our story
Life is preciously delicate despite human's ability to persevere and it can be lonely enduring by yourself. Because of this and the solitude of the current technological age, the Pub Crawlers formed. We formed in response to the personal need to connect with others by one of our founders, Bash. He was struck by a car at high speed while traveling on a motorcycle; resulting in a Traumatic Brain Injury and a severed spine. Stuck at home but with the help of a computer and the internet, an idea was organically grown by the force of a community's will. We grew our small corner of the internet into a few hundred people as a way for anyone to have a place to be, together. We themed our community as in the name of a pub to be welcoming to all walks of life. We founded our group on the idea that anyone can come and share their opinions and ideas with other people from all over the world from all walks of life. Specifically, we did not want to be a disabled group for disabled people, rather an open place for anyone to be, no matter their life's experience.
Over a few years our community grew into an organization which serves a charitable focus: We bring an escape to those who need it, and a reality to those who miss it.
To break this down, we provide an escape to people who are disabled, in hospice, long term care, displaced, and/or veterans of the United States Armed Services by providing all-in-one video game consoles. Video games are a virtual escape. We know from experience the quality of life improvements a virtual escape provides, and how much one benefits from community involvement within these virtual worlds. We chose all-in-one video game consoles to maximize our reach so individuals do not require any further peripherals or devices to use and enjoy the units we provide. To detail, sending a person a PlayStation 5 or Xbox series S|X may be nice, but it would require additional purchases such as constant access to electricity, a television screen, controllers, and other additional requirements. With our selection of all-in-one devices like the SteamDeck, Meta Quest series, and the Nintendo Switch(s) our donation recipients are not required to endure multiple further purchases.
In addition to bringing an escape to those who need it, we also offer a reality to those who miss it. As a gaming community focused charitable organization we know the reality of what it feels like to live behind a screen and detach from the world abroad. We host an annual meetup somewhere new each year as a means to bring individuals out from behind their screens and chairs and into the real world as a communal group to explore an area of the world together. We pay off consolidated medical debt because no one should be indebted for healthcare needs.
The Pub Crawlers is a Pub in the essence of the original meaning of a Public House, we bring people from all over, together, under one roof. Our roof just happens to be online.