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Million Minute Family Game Challenge Goal Reached

Record participation reached

Playthings Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 1/12/2011 10:56:57 PM

Beloit, WI - The "Million Minute Family Challenge," organized by game manufacturer Patch Products, proved that life can be all fun and games by logging a total of 1,063,129 game-playing minutes by participants from September through December 2010. This recent challenge resulted in a record-high participation and a 93 percent increase over the previous year in the number of people who joined in the challenge.

The challenge is organized by Patch Products to encourage interaction and communication among family and friends by setting a national goal of playing games for at least 1 million minutes during the four months. A total 851 groups, clubs, classrooms and families showed interest in the challenge. Washington finished as the highest scoring state with 96,964 minutes and hogwarts of Augusta, ME, was the highest scoring group logging an impressive 73,755 minutes.

The top minute-logging family, the Game Theorists of Gresham, OR, added an additional 19,413 minutes. The mother of the Game Theorists, Judy, used the challenge as a fun and educational activity that she and her children could do together.

"Today's technology leads us to a solitary lifestyle where we are always in front of a screen. I think it is really important in our society to be together as a family, facing each other, laughing, learning life lessons and having fun, and board games help us to do that," said Judy. "It was a privilege to participate in the 'Million Minute Family Challenge' and to have logged the most minutes."

For more information on next year's "Million Minute Family Challenge," visit millionminute.com or call 800.524.4263.

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