Caine Monroy’s story of his cardboard arcade hit the internet earlier this week and has grabbed national attention. In just two days Nirvan Mullock’s short film about Caine’s Arcade has been seen over 1 million times, over $115,000 has been donated to Caine’s scholarship fund and Caine has recieved a free $3,000 pinball machine from Pins And Needles in Los Angeles. Shira Lazar interviews 9-year-old Caine and his father George about the arcade and the attention it’s received in the past couple days.
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Caine’s Cardboard Arcade.
9-year-old Caine Monroy has created his own functioning cardboard arcade called ‘Caine’s Arcade’ located at 538 N Mission Rd, in Los Angeles, CA. Caine built the arcade over the summer using old boxes from Smart Parts, his father’s car parts store. Caine’s first customer, Nirvan Mullick was looking for a door handle for his car and came across Caine’s Arcade. Nirvan looked at ways to get more people to the arcade and turned to Facebook for help. October 2, 2011 a group of people surprised Caine wanting to play his arcade. Caine’s Arcade has it’s own website with hours and directions, you can also donate to Caine’s $25,000 college scholarship fund which has already raised over $10,000. Caine’s scholarship is receiving $1,000 every 30 minutes, it’s expected Caine will make the $25,000 goal by the end of the day. Caine’s Arcade even has a Facebook page with over 2,500 fans.
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