Dragon Con, Atlanta’s internationally known pop culture, sci fi, fantasy, and gaming convention, has selected CURE Childhood Cancer as its official charity for 2023.
Over the last decade, since 2013, the convention has consistently raised more than $100,000 for each of its annual official charities, including a dollar-for-dollar match from the convention up to $100,000. After the 2022 convention raised more than $206,000 for official charity Open Hand Atlanta – a record amount, even as the convention was smaller than pre-pandemic years – Dragon Con elected to increase its match to $125,000 in 2023. Funds are raised through convention-based auctions, special merchandise sales, special events, and the dollar-for-dollar match.
“We are blessed with a generous fan community who never fail our official charities. The charity changes every year, but our fans always find a way to give unselfishly to make a difference here at home,” said Pat Henry, president of Dragon Con, Inc. “I expect nothing different in 2023 and I’m looking forward to sending CURE a really big check.”
Dragon Con 2023 is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 31 to Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 in downtown Atlanta. The convention attracts more than 60,000 fans from all 50 states and several foreign countries who come to Dragon Con to meet their favorite actors, creators, and experts, show off their latest cosplay, make new friends, and revel in the joy that is Dragon Con.
Since CURE’s founding in 1975, it has raised millions of dollars to advance promising research, lobbied for important legislation, and provided tangible support to thousands of childhood cancer patients and their families in the Atlanta metro area and across Georgia. Over the last 12 years, the organization has invested more than $38 million in innovative research. Callaway’s law, which requires insurance companies operating in Georgia to pay for experimental therapies to treat childhood cancers is CURE’s signature legislative achievement.
For more information, visit https://curechildhoodcancer.org/ or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About Dragon Con
Dragon Con is the internationally known pop culture convention held each Labor Day Weekend in Atlanta. Organized for fans, Dragon Con features more than 3,500 hours of comics, film, television, costuming, art, music, and gaming over four days. For more information, please visit www.dragoncon.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.