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Gaming brothers Josh and Trevor Hughes have shot at $10M to build local super school in Great Falls, Montana

In 2002, when Josh Hughes was graduating from high school and his brother Trevor was going into seventh grade, the Great Falls family found out Trevor had chronic renal insufficiency.

More than two years into his illness, his mother Cyndi recalls waiting for him to come out of one of more than 70 surgeries.

"Josh turned to me while we were in the waiting room and said ‘Mom, normal’s not working. We’ve got to go crazy. We’ve got to start the video game company. Trevor’s never going to be able to work a normal job, and I’ve got to do something for our family.’"

The brothers, both huge video game fans, had always talked about creating their own games, but it took Trevor’s illness to take that dream the next step.

In 2015, Josh and Trevor heard about a contest created by Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of Apple founder Steve Jobs, to award five winners each a $10 million grant to build an "XQ Super School."

Traci Rosenbaum [email protected]

Full Story: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2016/04/27/gaming-brothers-shot-build-local-super-school/83605956/

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