A Blue and Yellow Dog with big yellow ears sitting down giving a smug expression with pink glasses
The schedule for #PAT7 is out!!!
Which runs are you most excited for?
preventathon.com/schedule
#PAT7 volunteer applications are now due in about 10.5 hours (new deadline is March 24th 2:59 AM EDT)!
Feel free to apply to any role you're interested in, but they are especially looking for the following roles:
- Host
- Social Media
- Clip Taker
- Tech (all roles)
Consider applying if able! 🩵💛
What's that? Pat says the volunteer applications has a new deadline?! It's now Tuesday, March 24th, at 2:59 AM EDT?!
That's right! We're especially looking for:
Host
Social Media
Clip Taker
Tech (all roles)
But you can apply for any and all roles!
Share with your pals! #Pat would like that!
Seeing everyone applying for SGDQ but feeling too intimidated by the big stage? Consider applying for Prevent-A-Thon 7!
Most roles don't require experience, meaning this is your chance to gain it for the next big event!
And it's all remote, so no need to worry about accommodations, just log in!
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Feeling the post Frame Fatales blues? Come join us here at #PAT! We have so many different roles to choose from, and no experience required for most of them!
This is an excellent way for first timers to dip their feet into the world of volunteering 👀
But you gotta hurry, it closes in a week!
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Feeling the post Frame Fatales blues? Come join us here at #PAT! We have so many different roles to choose from, and no experience required for most of them!
This is an excellent way for first timers to dip their feet into the world of volunteering 👀
But you gotta hurry, it closes in a week!
⬇️
Marketing graphic announcing new staff members. The Prevent-A-Thon blue flame logo is situated in the top left corner. First row of images: Picture of a person smiling to the camera, holding their hands up in the shape of a heart. A crowd is seen behind them. Artwork of an individual with blue and purple hair, brown fuzzy animal ears, smiling towards the viewer. Second row of images: Picture of a purple-haired woman, turned slightly away, looking at the viewer. Text reads starting from the top: "New Staff Members! Ad129 Socials Staff Pumpkin Socials Staff Alara Creative Production Lead Staff Position Changes Ikariosa Socials Staff, arrow pointing right, Socials Lead"
Mr. President, a second set of #PAT staff just dropped 👀
@ad129.bsky.social - Socials Staff
@pumpkinpower.bsky.social - Socials Staff
@alaracutie.bsky.social - Creative Production Lead
Additionally, @ikariosa.bsky.social is now Socials Lead!
Welcome to the team!
Marketing graphic for announcing Prevent-A-Thon 7 volunteering applications. The PAT logo is situated in the top left corner with its blue flame in the middle. Two Pat the dogs are doing finger guns back to back slightly off center in the background, and Wide Pat is peaking up from the bottom. The text reads: "Volunteer Applications for Prevent-A-Thon 7 OPEN! Prevent-A-Thon 7 will run April 30th through May 3rd, 2026. Experience is useful, but not required for most roles. The following roles are available: Comms Buddy Donations Host Interviewer (NEW!) Social Media Clip Taker Video Editor (NEW!) Restreamer Tech Checker Green Room Setup Twitch Moderator Flex For questions, please contact the relevant staff role or an Organizer on Discord. Volunteer applications close Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 @ 2:59 AM ET"
Volunteer Applications for #PAT7 are now OPEN!
We have a few new roles available, along with some role shadowing options.
Additionally, Pat has found a way to duplicate so he can be in all the channels at once! (don't fact-check me)
🏌️ forms.gle/96hJTUpqwjNB...
#PAT7 run submissions close in just over 12 hours!
Prevent-A-Thon 7 will be held April 30th through May 3rd, 2026, with 12+ hours of runs and showcases each day, and you can be a part of it too!
But hurry up, time is running out!
🏃 oengus.io/marathon/PAT7
Marketing graphic containing the logo of Prevent-A-Thon in the top left corner and a wide Pat the dog emote in the bottom. He's smiling. Text reads: "Submissions for Prevent-A-Thon 7 OPEN! Run Submissions Prevent-A-Thon 7 will run April 30th through May 3rd, 2026. We're looking for speedruns and gaming-related showcases of all kinds! Run submissions close Monday, March 2nd, 2026 @ 2:59 AM ET Games Committee & Producer Applications Applications are open! Want to comb through interesting content to add to our schedule? Or keep things running smoothly during the event? Consider applying! GC and Producer applications close Thursday, February 26th, 2026 @ 11:59 PM ET Other volunteer roles will open at a later date. Pat approves"
Run Submissions, GC & Producer Applications are now OPEN for Prevent-A-Thon 7!
#PAT7 will run for 12+ hours each day (no overnights) on April 30th-May 3rd, 2026.
Pat said he's so excited, he had to be included in the post - we agreed!
🏃 oengus.io/marathon/PAT7
🎮 forms.gle/4kjXiJK9qy6Q...
So honored to be part of PAT’s host staff and working with an incredible geoup of people! Prevent-A-Thon has been one of my favorite events ever to work with and I’m so glad to continue working with the staff in a bigger capacity!!
hey team:
thrilled to now be able to announce i've accepted positions for safety staff with @preventathon.com as well as socials staff with @steelcityspeedster.bsky.social!!!
both of these organizations are near and dear to me and i'm super excited to be along for the ride to help them grow. 🧡
We are still looking for Socials Staff and a Creative Production Lead, so if you're a creative individual looking to volunteer for a great cause, check out this post for more info ⬇️
Marketing graphic announcing new staff members. The Prevent-A-Thon blue flame logo is situated in the top left corner. First row of images: Artwork of a brown-haired individual wearing a mask, holding up the peace sign in their right hand, with 6 wings. Picture of an individual wearing a mask and holding up a Charmander plushie. Picture of an individual staring to the left. Second row of images: Artwork of an anthropomorphic neon colored moth. Artwork of an individual looking towards the viewer, smiling. Picture of a tortoise named Jim. He's cool. Last row is of a logo that's red, black and white, with a gray background. It's like 3 shurikens, but overlayed and shifted. I'm sorry I'm not smart enough for this. Text reads starting from the top: "New Staff Members! Demasu Tech Staff Charleymander Safety Staff Toronite Host Staff Focus Tech Staff Ellsey Safety Staff TurtleRun2412 Host Staff KuritasKRT Technical Production Lead Staff Position Changes NickRPGreen Tech Staff, arrow pointing right, Tech Co-Lead Opprimereu Socials Staff, arrow pointing right, Infrastructure Team Lead"
New PAT staff just dropped! #PAT
@astudyinfutility.com
@charleymander.bsky.social
@toronite.bsky.social
@focussight.bsky.social
@ellsey.bsky.social
TurtleRun2412
@kuritas.bsky.social
Additionally, @nickrpgreen.com is now Tech Co-Lead and @phoul.bsky.social is now Infrastructure Team Lead!
Marketing graphic for staff opening. The Prevent-A-Thon logo is situated in the top left corner, containing a blue flame. Pat the dog, a blue and yellow beagle wearing pink sunglasses, is in the middle of the image, pictured sitting and facing the viewer, with a grin. Yellow text reads starting from the top: "Staff Opening! Creative Production Lead Socials Staff Deadline: Sunday, February 15th, 2026 @ 2:59 AM ET"
We are looking for more staff members! #PAT
- Creative Production Lead
(Co-leading production during events and organizing interstitial content)
- Socials Staff
(Posting on social media and assisting with video editing/posting runs on YouTube)
Apply here: forms.gle/UjGWdYLPEJdr...
Hmm, what's that? Could it be?? The dates for Prevent-A-Thon 7 were just announced!?
Join us April 30-May 3, 2026 for our seventh event in support of Little Warriors! Run and volunteer submission dates will be announced soon! 🎉
🎉🎉🎉 PREVENT-A-THON HAS A NEW DONATION PB!!! $3,649.06 CAD raised for Little Warriors this weekend! 🎉🎉🎉
A huge thank you to all runners, commentators, volunteers, viewers, and donors. This event is not possible without you all!
See you all in 2026! 💜
Eggman is all cozy in a Sonic onesie and definitely doesn't look cursed in this comfy penultimate run from @punkinspice.bsky.social at #Preventathon6 !
💙 www.twitch.tv/preventathon
Shadow the Hedgehog looking anatomically correct for a normal hedgehog
GOTTA GO FAST! @punkinspice.bsky.social is here with the Dark Story in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle ... with a twist? Apparently the hedgehogs are now anatomically correct???
You donated for it, so hurry in to witness this special adventure!
www.twitch.tv/preventathon
#Preventathon6
We can't be the fastest if they are vibing like that!
Donate: preventathon.com/donate
Tune in: twitch.tv/preventathon
Schedule: preventathon.com/schedule
#PAT6 #Prevent-A-Thon
Congratulations to @aleck47.bsky.social for getting a new World Record on Sonic Mania during the run, beating the old WR time of 1:11:57 with a 1:01:22, crushing the previous record by over ten minutes!
Catch Donkey Kong Bananza at www.twitch.tv/preventathon
#PAT6 #Prevent-A-Thon
DK! Donkey Kong!
Thanks to everyone for donating and meeting our incentive of C$3100! Come in and join Karateman running our bonus run of Donkey Kong Bananza - Any% up next.
Tune in: twitch.tv/preventathon
Schedule: preventathon.com/schedule
Donate: preventathon.com/donate
#PAT6 #Prevent-A-Thon
We are just a little over $150 away from unlocking a bonus run of Donkey Kong Bananza, ran by Karateman. Let's try and get this incentive met by the end of Sonic Mania!
Donate: preventathon.com/donate
Tune in: twitch.tv/preventathon
Schedule: preventathon.com/schedule
#PAT6 #Prevent-A-Thon
The Kongs did a lil bit of shenanigans and swapped the schedule around, next up is Sonic Mania Any% No Major Glitches, All Emeralds, Mania Mode by @aleck47.bsky.social #PAT6
Watch live here: twitch.tv/preventathon
Donate to see those sweet, sweet incentives met! preventathon.com/donate
I love a boss with a good beat, do you? #PAT6
Continue watching Leah run Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Any% (Modern Mode) here: twitch.tv./preventathon
And we still have cool incentives open, let's get those met soon!! preventathon.com/donate
Screenshot of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle with Sonic the anatomically correct Hedgehog, along with the text "Press START" in the middle.
We have opened up a new incentive for....... anatomically correct hedgehogs?! This @punkinspice.bsky.social SA2B Dark Story run will look absolutely BONKERS #PAT6
We need C$175 to get that met, get your donations in NOW at preventathon.com/donate
twitch.tv/preventathon
Picture of Donkey Kong (Pat the Dog) and Diddy Kong (Pineapple), standing menacingly, I think?
Leah is coming up next with Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Any% (Modern Mode)! #PAT6
Pat and Pineapple Kong are ready?
We've also got a C$3,100 milestone incentive to add Donkey Kong Bananza Any% on the schedule, let's get that met!! Donate here: preventathon.com/donate
www.twitch.tv/preventathon
*checks time*
yup, it's normal
www.twitch.tv/preventathon #PAT6
Picture of Pat the Dog, a blue and yellow dog wearing pink shades, holding a red bowling ball between his front paws
Next, we have @zachary20xx.bsky.social showing off BOWLOUT!
Come watch some pin destruction, live at #PAT6!
Tune in: twitch.tv/preventathon
Schedule: preventathon.com/schedule
Donate: preventathon.com/donate
#Prevent-A-Thon #PAT6 #Speedrunning
Check out this super cool out-of-bounds setup in RAGE, performed by @danejerus.bsky.social!
We still have a few minutes left in this run, tune in below!
Tune in: twitch.tv/preventathon
Schedule: preventathon.com/schedule
Donate: preventathon.com/donate
#Prevent-A-Thon #PAT6 #Speedrunning
