FaZe Clan and Marshmello expand Verizon’s Pay It Forward Live into gaming
31 Marzo 2020 - 3:30PM
Verizon will expand Pay It Forward Live, the weekly streaming
entertainment series that includes music, gaming, comedy and more
in support of small businesses affected by COVID-19, with its first
gaming event on Tuesday, March 31. Marshmello and FaZe Clan’s Nate
Hill will go head to head in Fortnite during the 45-minute event
which will stream live at 8:00 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST on Twitch,
Twitter @verizon, Yahoo Entertainment and on Fios Channel 501.
The duo will not only play, but also surprise
some of their favorite local businesses, engage with viewers, and
create small-business-themed in-game experiences - all while
encouraging viewers to support local businesses in their own
communities and to use the hashtag #PayitForwardLIVE to unlock
funds from Verizon to support small businesses on both Twitch and
Twitter.
“So many of us have been affected by the
COVID-19 virus, and now more than ever we need to stand together
and help each other. I’m proud to be teaming up with Verizon &
Nate Hill to help small businesses,” said Marshmello. “As a
musician a lot of my business is supported by the men and women in
local communities and their businesses who help bring shows and
festivals to life and who are now out of work for an unknown amount
of time. Let’s Pay It Forward and help them now!”
“The COVID-19 virus has taken a toll on many of
us, small businesses especially,” says FaZe Clan’s Nate Hill. “I am
proud FaZe Clan is teaming up with Verizon to help small businesses
in need. As a gamer, I rely on these companies like local
restaurants for food every day. I am honored to take part in the
Pay It Forward initiative alongside Marshmello and help those in
need.”
Pay It Forward Live launched on March 26 with an
intimate, at-home performance with Dave Matthews. Additional
performers and partners will be announced soon. More information
can be found at Verizon.com/PayItForwardLive.
Verizon has donated $2.5 million to Local
Initiatives Support Corporation’s (LISC) small business COVID-19
relief efforts. Throughout the Pay It Forward Live series, up to an
additional $2.5 million will be unlocked, $10 for each use of the
hashtag #PayItForwardLive, as viewers pledge support for their
favorite small businesses, bringing the potential donation to a
total of $5 million. LISC will use the funds to provide grants of
up to $10,000 to businesses facing immediate financial pressure
because of COVID-19, especially entrepreneurs of color, women-owned
businesses and other enterprises that don’t have access to
flexible, affordable capital in historically underserved
communities. All information, along with a link to apply for
grants, can be found here.
Verizon is also giving its own customers an easy
way to support small businesses by leveraging their customer
loyalty program, Verizon Up, which will give members the ability to
use their monthly reward for a Visa eGift card to use to support
small businesses throughout the month of April.
The funds from Pay it Forward Live are in
addition to Verizon’s combined $14 million donation to nonprofits
directed at supporting students and healthcare first responders,
including No Kid Hungry, the American Red Cross, the Center for
Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) COVID-19 Response Fund, Direct Relief,
and the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in support of the World
Health Organization (WHO)’s global response.
Verizon’s support for small business also
includes adding 15GB of high speed data for wireless consumer and
small business customers to be automatically applied with no
customer action necessary; providing first responders with priority
and preemption abilities for voice and data and no data caps for
consumer and small business Fios and DSL broadband internet
plans.
To find out more about what Verizon is doing to help its
customers, visit
verizon.com/about/news/our-response-coronavirus.
About VerizonVerizon
Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000
and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the world’s leading
providers of technology, communications, information and
entertainment products and services. Headquartered in New York City
and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of
$131.9 billion in 2019. The company offers voice, data and
video services and solutions on its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable
network connectivity, security and control.
About MarshmelloMarshmello’s
star continues to rise as the famously masked artist breaks
boundaries across the industry. With chart-topping singles and
collaborations with the likes of Bastille, Selena Gomez, Migos,
Khalid, Logic, and more, Marshmello has clocked a staggering 2+
billion streams across Spotify alone and over 44 million
subscribers on YouTube making him the 2nd largest musical artist on
the platform. Follow him @marshmellomusic on all socials.
About FaZe ClanSince its inception in 2010,
FaZe Clan has established itself as the most followed and powerful
gaming organization ever with a roster of over 85 influential
personalities, including gamers, content creators, pro-athletes and
multi-platinum recording artists. With over 215 million fans
internationally across all social platforms, FaZe Clan holds an
unrivaled position at the epicenter of sports and culture driving
how the next generation consumes content, plays, and shops. Follow
us @FaZeClan and @FaZeApparel.
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