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

[SecretAsianMan]

Sorry I'm a little late to the party, but just ordered these for Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, Spokane WA:

Books: Down by the Cool of the Pool, Dinosaurumpus!, and I Spy Spooky Night

DVDs: Dora the Explorer - Dora's Ultimate Adventure Collection

DS Game: Final Fantasy III

XBOX 360 Game: Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Grand Total: $158.98

 

[Tobolo]

Bump for a good cause!

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: SecretAsianMan
Sorry I'm a little late to the party, but just ordered these for Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, Spokane WA:

Thanks :thumbsup:

We're over $7,000

 

[snoopdoug1]

can we break 10k by xmas?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

It looks like Child's Play may break $800,000.00 in donations this year. :thumbsup:

From Penny-Arcade.Com.

Wednesday's Child's Play Charity Auction and Dinner was (I believe it is fair to say) ridiculously successful - photographs of the ridiculous success in progress may be discovered here. Powerful winds took out power to the office, making Kiko's update of the official bar difficult - we'll do it as soon as we're able to. But the new total, as of yesterday, now sits at $760,000. That's Earth Dollars, not shells or bottle caps. Yes, that's just this year. My hope is that we will top eight hundred thousand, because the rhetorical payload is simply too potent: Child's Play will have, officially, raised "millions" of dollars. Specifically, you know... two million. I was going to downplay that figure, but then I remembered that it was two million dollars.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

There's still time to make a donation if anyone is feeling festively generous :gift:

 

[Tobolo]

Come on yall we need some more big hearts out there this christmas!!!!!

 

[PHiuR]

please donate if your name is Nate.

 

[snoopdoug1]

please donate if your name is <insert your name here>

 

[DaveSimmons]

"We really shook the pillars of heaven, didn't we, Wang?" -- Jack Burton


Thanks to everyone who donated!

It looks like both Lo Pan and this first charity challenge are laid to rest, but to finish things off I bought these at the same time as the last DS Lite:

3 - "Dance Baby Dance! - Classical Stacker" Fisher-Price; Baby Product; $9.99
1 - "Mario & Luigi Partners In Time" Video Game; $34.82

$64.79 - Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis IN

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Thanks, Dave, Evad, and Ameesh.

Giving kids in the hospital a bit of distraction really is a worthwhile cause. It's a scary and unfamiliar place for them and anything, whether it be a video game or book or toy, that takes them out of it for a while has got to be a blessing to them and their families.

That said, there are countless worthy charities out there; it was really your exceptionally generous matching that served to magnify our small contributions and make the opportunity impossible to ignore. So, thank you.

 

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Thanks, Dave, Evad, and Ameesh.

Giving kids in the hospital a bit of distraction really is a worthwhile cause. It's a scary and unfamiliar place for them and anything, whether it be a video game or book or toy, that takes them out of it for a while has got to be a blessing to them and their families.

That said, there are countless worthy charities out there; it was really your exceptionally generous matching that served to magnify our small contributions and make the opportunity impossible to ignore. So, thank you.

I totally agree. Thank you.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I was finally able to place my order. I had to paste the total from another page onto the first page.

LINKY!

EDIT: Better link, from the confirmation e-mail.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
I was finally able to place my order.

:thumbsup::beer:

 

[DaveSimmons]

One last bump so the evening crowd can see that ShotgunSteven got us up over $7,500 (!)

Thanks everyone and see you again next year

 

[SuperNaruto]

r we done ? i was hoping to place a few more...

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I got my thank you letter today

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Wow, Amazon.Com is really on the ball. Even though the site initially said the items wouldn't ship until after Christmas, every item I ordered for Children's Mercy Hospital has now shipped.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I'm still waiting for GT4 to ship. Stupid Sony!

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: SuperNaruto
r we done ? i was hoping to place a few more...

MrChad says no!

Just PM me and I'll keep updating as long as people keep donating.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Today's Penny Arcade says they could hit $1m when sponsor toy donations are converted to the cash equivalent

 

[meltdown75]

Sent the following to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:

1 of: MLB 06 The Show - Grand Total: CDN$ 39.83

Better late than never. Let's get some more Canadian users joining in

Happy Holidays :heart:

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

still time to put in a little more money?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Yes, the Amazon wish lists are still working, or you can donate paypal directly to Child's Play that will be dvided among all of the hospitals.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

From Penny Arcade.

As of today, Friday, December the 29th, your efforts with Child's Play have amassed $963,160(!!!). This is by no means the final figure, nor is it the final post on the subject - there is still a tremendous amount of tabulation to occur, new checks, community initiatives, last minute rushes, and perhaps even New Year's Epiphanies. I have faith that we will reach a million straight up in donations, and if we do not, I am steeling myself to make a financially debilitating charitable contribution.