motivational
An 81-year-old learned Minecraft and raised $150,000 for her grandson
She didn't know video games. She learned anyway.
Sue Jacquot was 81 and knew almost nothing about video games when her grandson Austin Self invited her into the family's Minecraft world. She said yes. Her other grandson, Jack Self, had been diagnosed with sarcoma in 2024 at age 14, and chemotherapy left him immunocompromised and unable to have visitors. Minecraft became the way the family stayed close. Jack and Austin found Sue's gaming so funny they told her to post it online. She launched a YouTube channel called GrammaCrackers, named for her fondness for graham crackers, and linked a GoFundMe for Jack's care. Donations reached $20,000, then kept going. The channel now has 874,000 subscribers and has raised $150,000, with a partnership supporting other families at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Jack is in remission and cancer-free. Strangers write to call her Grandma. "If you have a parent or grandparent, invite them to play a game with you," Sue says. "They might just say yes!"
