I am someone who all his life has appreciated and supported military as well as its culture. I started to inquire about the organization then and there I met with their community leader at the time. I signed up, signed up to be a Stacks Leader of the island of Puerto Rico it opened doors for me gave me purpose something of which was missing in my life. Don’t remember much of the timeline but months later I met with a gentleman named Cuddles (the game case) I met with him to b

The fireworks may no longer be exploding in the skies, but that doesn’t mean the July 4th holiday is over. Coming out of America’s birthday, Stack Director Stephanie Owens along with volunteers from Stack Up gathered together under the roof of Microsoft’s store for a very special event. The flagship store for the company,  the NYC Microsoft Store boasts a secret area where few have access too, but has great power: The eSports and Gaming Studio. Stack Up and DammmitRooster alo

The Boston Stack Debuts Its Monthly Game Events at Local VAs! Back at PAX East, Boston Stack Leads Ben Irr and Dylan Connolly learned about how a Stack out in California had been holding gaming events at their local VA for the past four months. The Stack had started out with modest, single console events that gradually grew to sizable four console tournaments; something that the local veterans had come to look forward to every month. Back in April, Connolly and Irr decided to

The Fayetteville Chapter of The Stacks Has Far Cry 5 Fun! by: Alexander Lynne On March 31, 2018, the Fayetteville North Carolina chapter of The Stacks teamed up with Microsoft to play FarCry 5 on the game’s release weekend! They live streamed gameplay right from the mall while spreading the message and mission of Stack Up to people passing by! Microsoft also had 5 Xbox One’s set up for people to play, to help drive people our booth and help generate buzz. Microsoft was so ple

The Boston Stack Celebrates Its Most Heavily-Attended Event Outside PAX East! Way back in November, the Boston Stack leads had started planning with their friends at Microsoft to hold a big event in their store at the start of the new year. Microsoft’s community outreach programs state that if any employee volunteers for a local nonprofit, Microsoft will donate an hourly amount of money to that organization, per person. The store’s Game Manager explained that if the Boston St

The Stacks GAME NIGHT/STACKING UP FOR A BARBECUE AND LAN PARTY with The Stacks: Hosted by Marine Veteran Charlie “Quadcapable” Merritt By: Reshekia Fraley After Hurricane Irma passed through, Charlie Merritt opened up his home to Florida members of The Stacks and allow family, and friends to get together. We had some computers set up and grouped up for gaming throughout the evening. Some people that couldn’t make it out because of the effects of the storm were able to watch t

Back in July our Jacksonville chapter of The Stacks took a day to meet up with other like minded gamers during the Jacksonville Community Meet-Up! Stack Leader Patricia Boyda took the time to write a bit about their experience and shared a few pictures. Read on to check it out! We teamed up with Jacksonville Community Meetup to play some awesome games and spread the word. We got to meet some amazing people and even got to tell them about what we do for Stack-Up. We got to rel

This past weekend on July 16th, members of The Stacks from all over the region and even the country convened in New York City. We had gathered for a special event at the Nintendo Store in Rockefeller Center. It was a fun filled afternoon of fun and games sprinkled with a dose of nostalgia. We knew we were in for a treat when right off the bat when Mario himself was waiting to greet us! From there it was time for the Red Shirts to get some gaming on. The folks from Nintendo ha

Despite its name, the Boston chapter of the Stacks seems more like the New England Stack. Members live hundreds of miles from one another, from New Hampshire to Rhode Island. So while the Boston Stack is proud to actively participate in their community, the sparsity of their members make it difficult to attend the regular events. Over the past six months, the Co-Leads Ben and Tanner have struggled to show off red shirt support at events. Fortunately, with a little help from h

On Sunday, March 26th the Queens chapter of The Stacks headed out to the Huntington, Long Island, Microsoft Store for a look at the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The store provided a table for the Stack, so we could hand out information cards and spread the word about Stack-Up. At the same time, the store had an Oculus Rift demo for all comers, so as to attract more foot traffic. Wladyslaw Labuda, a filmmaker from Poland came to help, and took footage of the event for what we hop

May 7, 2016 at 1000 hours, the San Francisco Bay Area Stack hosted their Call to Arms event. It was a rainy and dreary day which would put a damper on any outside activities. Prior to the event, Anthony and Randi spent many hours prepping the backyard with new mulch and laying down artificial grass to better accommodate guests. However, this did not deter the event from being successful. The weather did help keep the house cool for all the guests. Shortly after 1100 hours, th

When: May 7, 2016 from 12pm-6pm Where: Three Alarm Comics, 15210 Lemoyne Rd., Biloxi, MS #support #Biloxi #event #ThreeAlarmComics #stackuporg #veterans #charity #Stacks

White Sands Stack will be meeting up in the nearby mountain town of Cloudcroft to give back to the community by cleaning trails while hiking them. The Stack will be putting down their controllers to enjoy the outdoors. Come join us for this great opportunity to hang out, have fun, and show our community we care and support those around us as well as abroad. Event Details: When: April 16th at 10:00am Where: Cloudcroft Hiking Trails What: Hiking, fun, and cleaning the trails #N

Monday, March 7th,2016 At 9:00pm, the Queens Stack held its first ever event. Led by Marc Whinston, we met up at the GameStop on Central Park Avenue in Yonkers for The Division game release party. #support #TheDivision #event #troops #GameStop #stackuporg #Queens #veterans #charity #Stacks #military

Friday, March 25th will be our first get-together for the Dallas Stack.  Come join us at 6pm for some pizza and games at CiCi’s Pizza located at 1025 Hebron Pkwy W Suite 140, Carrollton, TX 75010.  The first four people will get pizza free…our treat!  We will also have Smash Bros 4 set up for some gaming fun while we socialize and discuss plans for future events and how we can help the community. The event is open to anyone in the area, and we look forward to seeing you there

On April 16th, 2016 from 10am to 1pm, the North Bay Veterans Center and Stack-Up are collaborating on a gaming LAN event at the North Bay Veteran Resource center located at 6225 State Farm Drive, Suite 101, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. The LAN event is open to all combat Veterans. The LAN event will be a time where Veterans can connect and socialize. At this event, games will be played on the Xbox One and include such titles as (Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Halo 5.

The Stacks Los Angeles is a community of Angelenos, and as such, some of our activities are the things I put in the category of “Only in LA”. Our friends at IAVA gave us the incredible opportunity to watch a screening of ‘The Unknowns‘ at the New York Film Academy’s screening room on the Warner Brothers lot. The documentary detailed the amazingly dedicated soldiers who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. These soldiers constantly push themselves to their mental and physica

The people in this photo have represented Stack-Up since the beginning. Jake (Left) George (Middle left) and John (Right) always love hearing when I come in and tell them something new happening in the Stack-Up world. When I walked into GameStop to tell them I wanted to talk during their midnight release of “The Division,” they said yes before I could finish the sentence! They helped me set up a raffle where we gave away 3 Stack-Up shirts. We had a little over 45 people sign

February 24th, 2016 We all know the stereo-type that folks have when it comes to the Gaming Community. Everyone outside of the community pictures overweight guys with fedoras and neckbeards playing in their mom’s basement and yelling at kids on Xbox. The flip-side to that is the view those inside the Community have, that we are all badass Night-Elfs, Orcs, Assassins, and Mages saving the infinite universes from the diabolical schemes of one villain after another. Here at Stac

On Friday, March 4th, Kat Quinn and the Los Angeles Stack will be joining our friends in IAVA to view a special screening of The Unknowns, a documentary about the Sentinels of “The Old Guard” that protect the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Following the screening, the Director, Producer, and select members of The Old Guard will be on site to answer questions about the film and their time as Sentinels. This will be a great time to meet up, learn about one of the most prestigious