Child's Play
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<div class="IPBDescription">got some extra $$? Help some sick kids..</div>The second annual Child's Play charity is under way. I'll quote their page because they explain it better and more thoughtfully than I ever could:
<a href='http://www.childsplaycharity.org/' target='_blank'>Child's Play</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Last year, gamers around the world pitched in and donated over $250,000 in cash and toys
to the Seattle Children's Hospital.
This year Child's Play is expanding to help Children's Hospitals across the United States.
Each star on the map below represents a Children's Hospital that needs your help. Selecting
one will direct you to that particular hospitals Amazon wish list. Any items you purchase
from that list will be delivered directly to the hospital you selected. Also be sure to choose the shipping address to the hospital instead of your own!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-About Child's Play+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (About Child's Play)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Here's the deal.
Last year we set up a charity called Child’s Play. We set it up because we were angry the media decided to blame all the world’s problems on games and gamers. Basically they said that gamers were bad people, and we thought that wasn’t right. Apparently, you guys agreed: through Child’s Play you sent more than $250,000 in toys, games, and cash to the sick kids at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
That was awesome. You guys have proven over and over again that you are an overwhelming force, and you really came through and made a real difference to the 190,000 kids that Seattle Children’s Hospital cares for each year. So we’re doing it again this year, only this time we’ve expanded Child’s Play to five hospitals across the U.S. so you can send toys to a hospital a little closer to home.
Child’s Play works the same as last year. With the help of hospital staff we’ve set up Amazon Wish Lists full of video games, toys, and movies. You can go to each hospital’s list and buy a toy, and that toy will be sent to the hospital. Some of these kids are in pretty bad shape—imagine being stuck alone in a hospital over the holidays--so getting something from a fellow gamer would really raise their spirits. Some of the stuff the hospital will give away for kids to keep, while other gifts (like consoles) will be kept by the hospital for patients to use throughout the year.
Penny Arcade has a readership of something like three and a half million gamers across the world. We are arguably the largest community of gamers on the internet. The important word there being community. This isn’t IGN, this isn’t Gamespy, we are not a faceless corporation and you are not just a number tracked by a database and then relayed to hungry advertisers. You guys have proven yourselves to be a powerful force when stirred into action. Here is your opportunity to use that power to do some real good.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What greater cause is there than helping a sick child? And you'll help show the world that geeks care and that we aren't all just a bunch of hateful anti-social nutcases. But most importantly, you'll be helping little geeks & their parents to get through what will probably be the toughest part of their lives. And then hopefully they'll grow up and the you can totally own them with the rocket launcher.
Moderators: I think this is a very important thing, and the NS community has some of the most generous people on the entire Internet in it, so I think it would be great if you could sticky this post after a day or so until the event is over. Also, if you don't mind please take a more-aggressive-than-usual response in regards to nuking hateful/troll posts. Thanks.
<a href='http://www.childsplaycharity.org/' target='_blank'>Child's Play</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Last year, gamers around the world pitched in and donated over $250,000 in cash and toys
to the Seattle Children's Hospital.
This year Child's Play is expanding to help Children's Hospitals across the United States.
Each star on the map below represents a Children's Hospital that needs your help. Selecting
one will direct you to that particular hospitals Amazon wish list. Any items you purchase
from that list will be delivered directly to the hospital you selected. Also be sure to choose the shipping address to the hospital instead of your own!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-About Child's Play+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (About Child's Play)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Here's the deal.
Last year we set up a charity called Child’s Play. We set it up because we were angry the media decided to blame all the world’s problems on games and gamers. Basically they said that gamers were bad people, and we thought that wasn’t right. Apparently, you guys agreed: through Child’s Play you sent more than $250,000 in toys, games, and cash to the sick kids at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
That was awesome. You guys have proven over and over again that you are an overwhelming force, and you really came through and made a real difference to the 190,000 kids that Seattle Children’s Hospital cares for each year. So we’re doing it again this year, only this time we’ve expanded Child’s Play to five hospitals across the U.S. so you can send toys to a hospital a little closer to home.
Child’s Play works the same as last year. With the help of hospital staff we’ve set up Amazon Wish Lists full of video games, toys, and movies. You can go to each hospital’s list and buy a toy, and that toy will be sent to the hospital. Some of these kids are in pretty bad shape—imagine being stuck alone in a hospital over the holidays--so getting something from a fellow gamer would really raise their spirits. Some of the stuff the hospital will give away for kids to keep, while other gifts (like consoles) will be kept by the hospital for patients to use throughout the year.
Penny Arcade has a readership of something like three and a half million gamers across the world. We are arguably the largest community of gamers on the internet. The important word there being community. This isn’t IGN, this isn’t Gamespy, we are not a faceless corporation and you are not just a number tracked by a database and then relayed to hungry advertisers. You guys have proven yourselves to be a powerful force when stirred into action. Here is your opportunity to use that power to do some real good.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What greater cause is there than helping a sick child? And you'll help show the world that geeks care and that we aren't all just a bunch of hateful anti-social nutcases. But most importantly, you'll be helping little geeks & their parents to get through what will probably be the toughest part of their lives. And then hopefully they'll grow up and the you can totally own them with the rocket launcher.
Moderators: I think this is a very important thing, and the NS community has some of the most generous people on the entire Internet in it, so I think it would be great if you could sticky this post after a day or so until the event is over. Also, if you don't mind please take a more-aggressive-than-usual response in regards to nuking hateful/troll posts. Thanks.
Comments
I think it should be stickied here too...
Oh and think of the kids!
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