Where is caines arcade

Nirvan bought the Fun Pass. After the flashmob, Caine told his dad that that was the best day of his whole life. The film received over 1 million views in the first 24 hours, and trended worldwide on twitter. Kids all over the world were also inspired to create cardboard games and creations.

And we received thousands of emails from educators and parents, sharing stories of kids in their communities, and asking what we could do to help support the imaginations and dreams of kids worldwide. Caine and Nirvan began being invited to travel around the world to share their story. Nirvan also started the Imagination. Imagination has continued to grow, engaging over , kids around the world in our Global Cardboard Challenge, and launching Imagination Chapters to foster kid creativity year-round.

Our goal is to engage over 1 million kids in creative play each year. Help bring this to kids in your community by taking and sharing the challenge: imagination. June 14, — Hello my name is Caine and I want to tell you my story. In 4th grade, I noticed I was different from my classmates. As all of you may know there are three different kinds of learners: fast learner, average learner, and a slow learner. I was a struggling student. School was very hard for me and I stuttered a lot when I spoke.

Also, school was very difficult for me and I would often daydream. When I first built my arcade out of cardboard, I was nine years old. He kept the packaging from the parts he sold in the back. I saw that he had stacks of cardboard, and so I decided to build my first arcade game, a finger-based soccer table using cardboard and little green action figures to act as goalies to make the game challenging. Caine's Arcade became a destination spot after a film made about his handmade games went viral.

Since April , the video has more than 7 million online views. Caine's vision and sense of entrepreneurship has led to meetings with celebrities -- his favorite is Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul. The closing of the arcade at N.

Mission Rd. However, while he may be off to junior high and starting work on his other project, the arcade and its inspiration will live on. It will become a traveling arcade in a partnership with Toms shoes, his father said. The goal is to engage 1 million kids in 70 countries in creative play and provide curriculum to schools around the world.

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