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

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Holy cow that was a fast $600. I have $1400 more people, come on!

$623 order placed for Kansas City:
1 of: Busy Dog (Farm Library) [Illustrated], Russell Julian $8.99
1 of: Cars (Widescreen Edition), Owen Wilson (Actor), Bonnie Hunt (Actor) $15.99
1 of: Dora's Stories: A Boxed Set (Dora the Explorer) [Box set], Various $9.99
1 of: Down By The Cool Of The Pool, Tony Mitton, Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrator) $11.32
1 of: I Spy Spooky Night (I Spy), Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Illustrator) $11.16
1 of: Junie B. Jones Collection: Books 17-20 [Audiobook] [Unabridged], Barbara Park, Lana Quintal (Narrator) $12.78
1 of: Junie B. Jones's Second Boxed Set Ever (Books 5-8) [Box set], Barbara Park $10.85
1 of: K Is For Kissing A Cool Kangaroo, Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrator) $11.64
1 of: Miss Hunnicutt's Hat, Jeff Brumbeau, Gail De Marcken (Illustrator) $11.53
1 of: Nintendo DS Electric Blue [CD] $119.44
1 of: Nintendo DS Lite - Polar White [CD-ROM] $129.82
1 of: Nintendo DS Lite Onyx Black $129.82
1 of: Nintendogs Labrador Retriever & Friends [Unknown format] $29.82
1 of: Sonic Rush [CD-ROM] $19.99
1 of: Spongebob Squarepants Creature from the Krusty Krab [CD-ROM] $39.82
1 of: Spyro: Shadow Legacy $29.99
1 of: Where's Waldo? The Wonder Book (Waldo), Martin Handford (Illustrator) $10.87
1 of: Yawn Like a Hippo!, Delia Noel, Ruth Galloway $4.95

Half 1
Half 2
 
Just made the following donation to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO:

2 x Cars
1 x PS2 Console

Total: $160.98
 
i would recommend people buy lots of smaller items than just a couple big items... more fun and toys for more kids per dollar.
 
If you have enough to spare for a console or handheld that's a good choice too, since other people with less to spare can then buy the games for it. The consoles are loaned out to kids, so over time one GameCube will be used for hundreds or thousands of hours by many kids.

There isn't a bad choice in your shopping, the consoles, games, toys and books will all make some kids happy 🙂
 
this is a great cause, thanks for posting this. i'm humbled by the generosity of my fellow members!

my order:

1 "My Colors/ Mis Colores" Rebecca Emberley; Board book; $6.99
1 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)" Johnny Depp; DVD; $14.99
1 "Cars (Spanish Language Widescreen Edition)" Cars; DVD; $15.99
1 "LEGO QUATRO Large" LEGO; Toy; $23.74

Total for this Order: $61.71
Shipping To
Childrens Hospital Oakland
Oakland, CA
 
I'm afraid we're settling in to 1-2 new donations a day, so I might not be buying my next DS Lite to match before Thanksgiving 🙁


But :thumbsup: and much thanks to Beller0ph1 today, for pushing us over $5,000 ! by making a very generous donation of a DS Lite Onyx Black and New Super Mario Brothers DS for Children's Hospital in Wauwatosa, WI
 
Originally posted by: BornStar18
How much more do you need for the next match?
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Just 1 more person to donate $25+ for Ameesh's matching, and 2 more people for me to get another DS Lite.

Evadman is matching dollar-for-dollar (including the matching from me and Ameesh) and could explode into a shopping frenzy at any moment! 😉
 
Just made an order for Childrens Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO.

1 of "I Spy: Fantasy: Fantasy (I Spy)" $9.95
1 of "Ice Age - The Meltdown (Widescreen Edition)" $15.87

Grand Total: 25.82
 
Thanks for the donations everyone! Here's my next matching purchase:

1 gamecube for:
Childrens Hospital of Michigan - 103-0824646-1033415
Shands Childrens Hospital at AGH Gainesville, FL - 103-9561876-6211825
Childrens Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO - 103-7538398-1295057
Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin Kenosha - 103-7328903-2288616
Nebraska Medical Center - 103-6109013-1514208
Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis, IN - 103-2695661-5330253
Childrens Hospital and Health System Warehouse Wauwatosa, WI - 103-0046230-7859825

2 gamecubes for
Childrens Hospital Omaha, NE- 103-7915593-3623064
Child Life Specialist 5600 Akron, OH - 103-2201925-8185401
The Association of Volunteers Denver, Colorado - 103-8514596-8359038

Total for this order: 1,291.82
Total matched: ~$1917

I still have some $ for matching. Come on peeps who haven't done anything, give a few bucks. For those that did, excellent job 😀


 
:thumbsup: to both of you, and to all the people who donated to get the matching 🙂

from the OP:

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!! - 10 hospitals
Made possible by donations from:
Beller0ph1, HeroOfPellinor, joelmold, minendo, Mwilding (x2), rgwalt, snoopdoug1, SuperNaruto
 
If someone donates another 360, I will match another 360 to the hospital of their choice. That would put us over 6000. I'll do that if somoene donates 'till friday. If no one gets one by that point I will regular match to my limit.
 
2 gamecubes for
Child Life Specialist 5600 Akron, OH - 103-2201925-8185401

Rock on, glad to see Akron getting some love. On a sidenote the stuff I ordered for them has been shipped. 😀
 
My girlfriend decided to make a purchase too(not sure if this counts for the ATOT count, but I figured I'd post it anyway because she has a big :heart: )! These were also sent to the hospital in Kansas City.

Count with Dora! (Dora the Explorer) $4.99
The Hiccuping Hippo $11.04
Commotion in the Ocean $7.95

Order Grand Total: $29.95


 
I Spy Little Animals (I Spy) - Jean Marzollo
$6.99

Ordered for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
We already donate lots of $$ to the hospital but I figured I could crack the coffers open a little more. Sadly my 2 kids are all to familiar with the hospital and the stays we've had they have read the I Spy series dozens of times.

great cause, great hospitals

Edit: Now if I could deduct that $6.99 from the several thousand I still owe them...
 
ya know... I just read through this thread some more and nearly got teary-eyed (ok... I did get teary-eyed)
Honestly, it is stuff like this that make me love this time of the year. People helping other people. Not friends or relatives or even coworkers. But people that they will never meet at all. Blindly sharing with those that need something extra in their life during a hard time. And some of the amount of donations is just CRAZY. You guys have some seriously big hearts.

Have to been to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin numerous times now over my childrens' lives (nothing serious in the grand scheme of things mind you, just stupid little complications here and there) I can tell you nothing in more depressing, yet uplifting. Sick kids everywhere, from infants to old many of them having their childhood or even lives ripped away from them for no reason. Yet, whats amazing is, no matter how many scars they have, no matter how many bandages or wires and probes, they are almost always smiling. Kids are kids.

On behalf of a parent that has likely benefited from charity drives like this I have to say thank you.
 
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