We love to blog about how the ROOV community is creatively impacting the world around them. Last weekend a fellow ROOVer posted a gathering in the “Play Poker” ROOV. They called the event ROOV Royale. It was a time for experienced and inexperienced players from all over the Dallas area to come together and play. Proceeds for the evening went to benefit two charities.

Kiva is a non-profit with the mission to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. It is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entreprepenurs in the developing world. The event contributed to the dreams of one of these entrepreneurs, Sambath Haun.

Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. The event helped to sponsor one of Compassion’s children.

The thing we love about Gatherings like this is that it serves multiple purposes. People have a reason to gather. It’s an opportunity to meet new people. It serves a good cause. And conversations continue around things of substance afterwards.

So… kudos to the Poker ROOV for a job well done.