game night – San Antonio Nerd Night

Nerd Night @ Knight Watch Games Benefiting Book Buddies

Join us from 2pm-10pm for a full day of board gaming in support of Book Buddies. Nerd Night is holding a book drive to collect books for this year’s fairs. We will have Knight Watch’s library at our disposal, or bring your own games to play while you make new gaming buddies. Bring a book to donate, stay and play games all day!

Book Idea List HERE. You can donate any kids book appropriate for K-5th Grade: https://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1WZZHJYQ11YRJ?&sort=price-asc

(Hint: Shop at smile.amazon.com and select San Antonio Nerd Night as your charity! We receive a tiny donation at no cost to you with every purchase.)

Book Buddies is an initiative of San Antonio Youth Literacy. Book Buddies collects books suitable for kids in kindergarten through 5th grade and distributes them at the end of the school year in free book fairs at their Reading Buddy Schools.

At these book fairs, children choose books to take home to read over the summer, which helps prevent the “summer slide” — a regression in learning over summer vacation when they are not being actively taught. Studies also show that children who grow up in homes without books, and who are not read to as children, are far more likely to fall behind in school, fail to complete high school, and suffer the unfortunate outcomes associated with failure: drug use, criminal behavior, early pregnancy, etc.

San Antonio Youth Literacy developed Book Buddies as an offshoot of their Reading Buddy program, which exists in San Antonio Title 1 schools where at least 75% of the families are below the poverty line. Children at these schools attend the free book fairs at the end of the school year and take the books home and keep them as their own. They can read them over the summer, share them with family and friends, or even their parents. In many cases these donated books are the only books in the home. An added benefit is that children in more advantaged homes learn to share their no longer needed books with another child. Everybody wins!

Nerd Night @ Knight Watch Games Benefiting Book BuddiesStephanie2018-04-03T07:54:36-06:00

September Nerd Night @ Knight Watch

The Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas is the sole provider of ongoing, youth-focused grief support for families in San Antonio and South Texas. Most services are provided free of charge. Programs at the Center are designed to help children and families process the psychological and emotional challenges of death and loss in a safe and nurturing environment. CBCST helped over 1500 children and adult caregivers in 2015.

Join us at our September Nerd Nights as we gather items to support the Center in its mission to foster healing for grieving youth, their families and the community.

Items Needed:

Art supplies:
Washable Markers
Washable Acrylic Paint (Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Black, Yellow, Purple, etc.)
Paint brushes/foam brushes
Glue
8×10 Blank Canvas
Scissors
Scrapbooking items
Sidewalk chalk
Fabric paint
Paint markers

Other materials:
Individual sized fruit-flavored snacks
Individually packaged snacks (Cheese-Its, Ritz Bits, Graham Crackers, gold fish, etc.)
Granola bars
Facial tissues
Clorox wipes
Hand sanitizer
Glow sticks/glow in the dark necklaces, etc.
Flashlights
AA/AAA batteries
Funky duct tape

Gift Cards:
Office Depot/Office Max
Michael’s Arts and Craft Store
Hobby Lobby
H.E.B.
Walmart
Target
Lowe’s/Home Depot
Amazon.com

Birthday gifts:
New items for children 3-18 years of age

Teddy Bears:
NEW bears in brown, black or white

Every child that receives services from CBCST goes home with a teddy bear as a reminder that they are not alone.

Food/Drink: Bring your own, or we can order something as a group if there is interest.

September Nerd Night @ Knight WatchStephanie2017-09-15T10:16:48-06:00

July Nerd Night @ Knight Watch: SAMMinistries Back-to-School Bash

Our July Nerd Night events on July 14th and 23rd will support SAMMinistries’ annual Back-to-School Bash, taking place in August. Each year, SAMMinistries invites more than 200 children from their programs across the city to attend and shop for back-to-school clothing and supplies. See the list below for “most needed” items.

MOST NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES

3″ – 4″ Binders
Pocket Folders with Brads (different colors)
200-count Kleenex Tissues
9″ x 12″ Assorted Construction Paper (loose)
Red Pencils 10-count Divider Pages (for the binders)

July Nerd Night @ Knight Watch: SAMMinistries Back-to-School BashStephanie2017-07-11T22:18:14-06:00

July Nerd Night @ Geekdom: SAMMinistries Back-to-School Bash

Our July Nerd Night events on July 14th and 23rd will support SAMMinistries’ annual Back-to-School Bash, taking place in August. Each year, SAMMinistries invites more than 200 children from their programs across the city to attend and shop for back-to-school clothing and supplies. See the list below for “most needed” items.

MOST NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES

3″ – 4″ Binders
Pocket Folders with Brads (different colors)
200-count Kleenex Tissues
9″ x 12″ Assorted Construction Paper (loose)
Red Pencils 10-count Divider Pages (for the binders)

Free parking 2 blocks from the EC at the Frost Employee (surface) lot at Houston & Flores. Come play with us!

July Nerd Night @ Geekdom: SAMMinistries Back-to-School BashStephanie2017-07-11T22:15:32-06:00

Pre-PAX Game Night!

Join San Antonio Nerd Night as we get ready for a weekend of all things gaming at PAX SOUTH!

We’ve got you covered the night before PAX with a board game blowout next door to the convention center. Look for us in the 3rd floor Travis rooms, right after you get off the escalator. Bring your favorite games and join fellow PAX peeps as we support a fabulous local nonprofit, the Texas Burn Survivor Society.

**Bring a snack item, small toy, small game, or book to help us gather items to stuff into backpacks for the kids of Camp David. Camp David is a week-long summer camp for pediatric burn survivors (ages 7-16) and their siblings. This camp is a life-changing experience for these kids and it is provided free of charge to families by TBSS. Camp is a week of fun adventure and discovery, where the children learn self-esteem and coping skills that will allow them to re-enter and function happily in society.**

We are planning other activities including a silent auction! So come play with us, and Game for Good to warm up for PAX!

Important: Per hotel rules, no outside food is allowed. There are several food and beverage options inside the hotel, though!

Pre-PAX Game Night!Stephanie2017-01-22T02:06:13-06:00