Child's Play

[mmntech]

Has anybody heard of this charity? The Penny-Arcade guys created it a while ago. Basically, they collect video games, toys, dvds, and books and donate them to childrens' hospitals in several countries. I knew about it for a while but then I saw an article about it in the paper yesterday.

If you're in the Toronto area, the National Post is collecting new, unwrapped video games for any current or last generation console or portable, and will donate them the Hospital for Sick Children and North York General Paediatric Centre, both in Toronto, Ontario. This is their first year doing this but they want to make it an annual thing. I think it's a great idea.

Video games have been called a lot of things over the years, and sometimes they get a bad rap. But the truth is, for so many kids who are going to end up spending Christmas receiving treatment in a hospital, video games offer a chance to escape into another world. One where they can fly, one where they can explore strange new worlds, one where they can score a touchdown or win the Stanley Cup.

Click the link for where to drop games off in person.
They recommend games rated E-10 and under so they're suitable for younger children.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/...eo-game-drive-to-benefit-local-hospitals.aspx

Alternatively, Child's Play has an Amazon store. If you go to their website, www.childsplaycharity.org, you can select the hospital you want to support and it will go to an Amazon page that tells you games they want and how many they need. You can also make cash donations. The charity supports hospitals in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Iraq.

 

[Queasy]

stickied link for it in OT.

 

[mmntech]

stickied link for it in OT.

Ah, cool. I don't visit the OT forum vary often. Thanks.

 

[ivan2]

why does it have to be new, i have a few to give if that requirement isn't there.

 

[BenSkywalker]

The 'new' requirement is due to the nature of who is getting the games. A lot of these kids have extremely weak immune systems(either the sickness itself or the treatment making them so) and any sort of contamination could be very dangerous and perhaps even lethal for them(things anyone with a properly functioning immune system wouldn't even notice).

 

[DaveSimmons]

If you have used games you can sell them in FS/FT or on eBay then give the PayPal to Child's Play to be divided up among the hospitals.

The Penny Arcade guys cover the staff costs for Child's Play so all of your donations go to the hospitals.