Child's Play Children's Hospital Challenge - ( CP breaks $1 million !! )

[DaveSimmons]

Final update for CP 1-5-07: $1,024,400 !!

"You guys did it. You broke a million dollars in just over two months. Child's Play started as a way to show how good our community can be, but it's turned into something greater than we could have ever imagined. We're making an impact on lives. See you next year."
(Child's Play)



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Child's Play is the charity founded by the Penny Arcade guys to donate games and books to children's hospitals so kids there for treatment have something to take their mind off their illness.

It's really easy to donate, you click the link above or type www.childsplaycharity.org into your browser, pick a hospital on their map, and purhase items on the wish list using Amazon.com gift registries (no need to gift wrap). You can see what they need, and how many have been donated so far.



Let me know how much you donated (PM or post here), and whether you want it listed anonymously, as your username without an amount, or as name - amount - hospital.

Note: I am not collecting money from people, you should donate through the link above.

Tote Board (alphabetical by username) = $4,513.28 + $3,159.60 matching = $7,672.88:

Cernax.com hosting (AgaBoogaBoo) - $29.99 + $50 matching- Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis IN
alexeikgb - $48.00 - Childrens Hospital, Washington DC
alexeikgb (second donation) - $103.69 - UNM Childrens Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Ameesh - $519.60 matching - Rady Childrens Hospital, San Diego CA
AUMM - $33.95 - Childrens Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
Baked - $31.83 - Children's Hospital, Oakland CA
Beller0ph1 - 164.64 - Children's Hospital in Wauwatosa, WI
binister - $66.88 - Children's Hositpal, Oakland CA
BlueWeasel - $32.86 - Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville TN
brtspears2 - $34.83 - Rady Childrens Hospital, San Diego CA
Dave Simmons (") - $104.85 + $590 matching - Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis IN -&- UNM Childrens Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Dave Simmons (second) - $109.19 - UNM Childrens Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Dave Simmons (for Ghastly) - $129.82 - UNM Childrens Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Dave Simmons (who needs food?) - $64.79 - Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis IN
Dwarf (Neerav Shah) - $29.99 - Children's Hospital, Oakland CA
Bobby Mozafari (eits) - $66.09 - Children's National Medical Hospital, Washington DC
Evadman - $2,000 matching - Kansas City & many others (see below)
fs5 - $25 PayPal (all hospitals)
HeroOfPellinor - $29.99 - Childrens Hospital, Oakland CA
HeroOfPellinor - $25.95 - Childrens Hospital, Oakland CA
Homerboy - $6.99 - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Hyperlite - $15.00 - PayPal (all hospitals)
joelmold - $61.71 - Childrens Hospital Oakland, Oakland CA
Juno - $32.34 - Childrens Specialized Hospital, Mountainside NJ
Kaervak - $114.00 - Akron Children's Hospital, Akron OH
KarenMarie - $44.86 - Childrens Specialized Hospital Foundation, Mountainside NJ
Scott Tran (Kraft Single) - $34.82 - Childrens Medical Center, Dallas TX
LadyBuggy - $44.00 - Children's Hospital, Wauwatosa WI
William Gene Miller (MBony) - $33.88 - Shands, Gainesville FL
meltdown75 - $39.83 - Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, CA
Evan Hyde (Mill) - $28.80 - Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital, Nashville TN
minendo - $39.99 - Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
minendo (second donation) - $160.98 - Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO
mjuszczak - $26.99 - New Jersey Children's Hospital, NJ
MmmSkyscraper - $53.13 - Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool (UK)
MrChad - $80.46 - Childrens Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
mugs - $39.99 - Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Honolulu, Hawaii
Mwilding - $115.76 - Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Mwilding (second) - $121.81 - Childrens Specialized Hospital Foundation
mzkhadir - $104.43 - Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
Pete Quiroz (PeteyCPU) - $75 - Paypal, All hospitals
PHiuR - $29.94 - Childrens Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Linh Nguyen (randomlinh) - $29.01 - Children's Hospital, Washington DC
randay - $129.99 - Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Honolulu, Hawaii
rgwalt - $59.64 - Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, IN.
GottaDeal.com (RossMAN) - $89.37 - Children's Hospital, Wauwatosa, WI
SecretAsianMan - $158.98 - Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, Spokane WA
ShotgunSteven - $121.69 - Children's Mercy Hospital
sil3nt t0rnado - $41.98 - Children's Hospital, Oakland CA
Slew Foot - $34.52 - Children's Hospital, Oakland CA
snoopdoug1 - $25.82 - Childrens Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO
snoopdoug1's gf - $29.95 - Kansas City
SP33Demon - $114.09 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Sphexi - $35 - Seattle
Sphexi - $55 - Vancouver, BC
stinger25 - $15.87 - Rady's Childrens hospital, San Diego CA
SuperNaruto - $216.02 - The Childrens Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
SuperNaruto (second donation) - $82.80 - UNM Childrens Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
SuperNaruto (third donation) - $101.01 - Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
SuperNaruto (unstoppable!) - $126.04 - Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SuperNaruto (Giving Spree!) - $116.75 - Childrens Specialized Hospital, Mountainside NJ
SuperNaruto (Giving Spree!) - $99.94 - Children's Hospital, Boston MA
SuperNaruto (Giving Spree!) - $117.63 - Carlion Medical, Roanoke VA
thejnaitor - $49.94 - Sacred Heart Hospital, Washington
thirdeye - $50 - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
tk149 - $80.39 - Children's Hospital HSW, Wauwatosa, WI
Clay Bennett (AKA Tobolo) - $38.92 - Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital, Nashville TN
TwinkleToes77 - $25.89 - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto CA
YOyoYOhowsDAjello - $29.99 - Children's Hospital, Wauwatosa, WI

MATCHING: $10 x 59 DONATIONS - me
EXTRA MATCHING $5 x 10 DONATIONS - Cernax.com hosting / AgaBoogaBoo
EXTRA MATCHING $25 x 20 DONATIONS - Ameesh
EXTRA MATCHING $2,000 1:1 - Evadman


First matching purchase: - Nintendo DS Lite Coral Pink - $129.82 - UNM Childrens Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Made possible by donations from: Cernax.com hosting (AgaBoogaBoo), Baked, Dwarf (Neerav Shah), Bobby Mozafari (eits), HeroOfPellinor, KarenMarie, LadyBuggy, Evan Hyde (Mill), minendo, Linh Nguyen (randomlinh), randay, Clay Bennett (AKA Tobolo), YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Second matching purchase: - Nintendo DS Lite Polar white - $129.82 - UNM Childrens Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Made possible by donations from: alexeikgb, binister, BlueWeasel, brtspears2, Scott Tran (Kraftsingle), mjuszczak, William Gene Miller (MBony), mugs, mzkhadir, GottaDeal.com (RossMan), SuperNaruto

Third Matching - Evadman: - Nintendo DS & 2- DS Lite, games, books - $623 - Kansas City
Made possible by donations from: alexeikgb, Ameesh, BlueWeasel, DaveSimmons, Kaervak, SuperNaruto (x2)

Fourth Matching - Ameesh: - Xbox360 & games - $519 - Rady Childrens Hospital, San Diego CA
Made possible by donations from: alexeikgb (x2), Beller0ph1, binister, BlueWeasel, brtspears2, DaveSimmons, joelmold, Scott Tran (Kraftsingle), Kaervak, minendo, mjuszczak, mzkhadir, Mwilding, rgwalt, snoopdoug1, SuperNaruto (x3)

Fifth Matching - Evadman: - 13 GameCube consoles!! - $1300 - 10 hospitals
Made possible by donations from: Beller0ph1, HeroOfPellinor, Homerboy, joelmold, minendo, Mwilding (x2), rgwalt, snoopdoug1, SuperNaruto

Sixth Matching - Nintendo DS Lite Polar white & Super Princess Peach - $164.98 - UNM Childrens Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Made possible by donations from: SuperNaruto (x3), alexeikgb, Beller0ph1, DaveSimmons, HeroOfPellinor, joelmold, Kaervak, minendo, Mwilding (x2), rgwalt, snoopdoug1, SP33Demon

Seventh Matching - Evadman: - Barnyard, Open Season & Pac Man World Rally gamecube games - $89.97 - Women and Childrens Hospital, Buffalo NY

Eigth Matching - Nintendo DS Lite Polar white & Super Princess Peach - $164.81 - Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis IN
Made possible by donations from: AUMM, fs5, Hyperlite, Juno, MmmSkyscraper, MrChad, Peteycpu, PHiuR, SecretAsianMan, ShotgunSteven, sil3nt t0rnado, Slew Foot, Sphexi, SuperNaruto, thejnaitor, thirdeye, tk149, TwinkleToes77

 

[DaveSimmons]

bump to find someone whose :heart: grew three sizes larger today :grinch;

 

[Tobolo]

Tote board is a lil light!

Clay Bennett (AKA Tobolo) - $38.92 - Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital, Nashville TN

 

[DaveSimmons]

Thanks Clay! At this rate I'll be spending the money on hookers and blow instead.

 

[Tobolo]

Hey thats not cool!!!

Hey ATOT Members! Do you really want him spending is money on hookers and blow instead of us? NO!!!! Give to the children so he won't have the money to do it!!!!!

 

[minendo]

Bump for an excellent cause. I'll be making a donation this evening.

 

[randomlinh]

Linh Nguyen (randomlinh) - $29.01 - Children's Hospital, Washington DC

 

[Tobolo]

Way to go Bobby and Linh!!!

Lets keep it going!

 

[Ayah]

This is a good cause.

 

[DefDC]

STICKY!

 

[Baked]

The page loading is stuck. I'll try again tonight. Been a PA fan for ages, so I know they've been doing this for a while. These guys are awesome. You can either donate money or buy toys from their wishlist on Amazon.com. All the toys will be shipped to Gabe or Tycho's house and they'll bring the toys to the hospital. I get a laugh every year from their photos.

 

[Tobolo]

This year they are doing it a lil diffrent and all the items being bought from Amazon, will be shipped directly to the hospitals.

 

[DaveSimmons]

The Child's Play page is working fine for me, so you can go pick a hospital where kids can discover the fun of Mario Kart

 

[Tobolo]

Grats for another donation!

 

[KarenMarie]

VIDEO GAME Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts
and
DVD Over the Hedge (Widescreen Edition) - Bruce Willis

to: Childrens Specialized Hospital Foundation
Mountainside, NJ

paid for by the b/f :heart:

 

[Tobolo]

Way to go to KarenMarie's b/f!!! And Karen too for laying the guilt trip down <wink>.

TTT!!!

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: Tobolo
Way to go to KarenMarie's b/f!!! And Karen too for laying the guilt trip down <wink>.

TTT!!!

seriously... he is a big, tough hard ass.

but for kids, animals, me and his mom.... he is a huge softie.

 

[Mill]

Is there anyway to get Penny Arcade to add a Children's Hospital?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Thanks KarenMarie & Evan /Mill! And to Clay / Tobolo for the bumps

From their (FAQ) it sounds like you need to get a fundraising person at the hospital to contact them:
Q: Can you include my local hospital in Child?s Play?
A: Possibly! The ideal new hospital is far from other hospitals since we?d like to get even coverage, and not duplicate effort. If you want your local hospital to get involved then contact it, evangelize Child?s Play, and ask someone in charge of fundraising or donations to email klindsay@penny-arcade.com.

 

[minendo]

Madden 2007 ($39.99) sent to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City per minendo.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Thanks minendo! Looks like we might reach the $500 mark today

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

YGPM

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

$7.50 away from $500, someone freakin buy the Where's Waldo book or something

 

[Tobolo]

Woot almost $500 lets keep rolling!!!

 

[mugs]

Marked for later. I had Final Fantasy III in my cart and ready to check out, but they were making me enter my credit card number. My Amazon.com card is at home. I'll order it when I get home.