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Child's Play - Get your charity on, suckas.
The Geek
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Child's Play is go!
It's that time once again to show everyone how generous you horrible nerds can be.
If you are some kinda dumb person and don't know what the hell I'm talking about, Child's Play is a super awesome charity project that Penny Arcade started up back in 2003 to raise money and games and toys for the Seattle Children's Hospital. Since that time, it has grown into nothing less than a world-wide phenomenon, regularly raising over a million smackers in cash and prizes for kids stuck in hospitals around the globe. Not only do we raise huge amounts of donations, everything is absolutely 100% free of any kind of stupid admin fees. Everything goes straight to the kids.
(actual piles of goodies for the kids, and that's just a small sample for one hostpital)
Just head on over to the OFFICIAL WEBSITE and choose how and to where you would like to donate some cool stuff for sick kids.
Oh, and there's this super awesome fancy charity dinner auction every year in December, where you dress up nice and pretend you are civilized human beings for an evening, spending lavishly on various nerd paraphernalia . This is serious business, folks. No shirt and jeans here, you damn slobs. I'm totally gonna go this year, finally, and rent a tux and everything.
What are you waiting for, go be frickin' charitable already!
It's that time once again to show everyone how generous you horrible nerds can be.
If you are some kinda dumb person and don't know what the hell I'm talking about, Child's Play is a super awesome charity project that Penny Arcade started up back in 2003 to raise money and games and toys for the Seattle Children's Hospital. Since that time, it has grown into nothing less than a world-wide phenomenon, regularly raising over a million smackers in cash and prizes for kids stuck in hospitals around the globe. Not only do we raise huge amounts of donations, everything is absolutely 100% free of any kind of stupid admin fees. Everything goes straight to the kids.
(actual piles of goodies for the kids, and that's just a small sample for one hostpital)
Just head on over to the OFFICIAL WEBSITE and choose how and to where you would like to donate some cool stuff for sick kids.
Oh, and there's this super awesome fancy charity dinner auction every year in December, where you dress up nice and pretend you are civilized human beings for an evening, spending lavishly on various nerd paraphernalia . This is serious business, folks. No shirt and jeans here, you damn slobs. I'm totally gonna go this year, finally, and rent a tux and everything.
What are you waiting for, go be frickin' charitable already!
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(surprise for them though i will probably do both.)
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They're donating what they make beyond recouping the cost to Child's Play.
Probably will again this year.
Seattle's too far for some dinner though.
I went to this last year
but I didn't donate anything
hell, khoo bought my ticket, and my suit! to make up for it I will try and donate some this year
I watched first little episode of that The Guild thing and it was terrible. Never looked back.
Speaking of giving, I am going to split my donations between the local hospital (Boston Children's) and a hospital that probably doesn't recieve too much in a poorer area of the country. Anyone have suggestions for the later?
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I gave it to Neville
Drama ensued
Giving a whole bunch of free awesome games to kids who really fucking need a good day? Ya, I could see that being pretty fun.
You're aware those toys make those kids live longer, if only by reducing their stress, right?
but that's what so good about child's play
there are hundreds of charities set up to fund study into medical research
but so few set up to make the kid with the disease any happier while he or she is sick
and the other thing is it's bigger bang for buck. $100 donated to the leukaemia foundation pays for like, 30 seconds of lab time or half a DNA test
but a hundred bucks to Childs play buys a DS that a sick kid gets to keep
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I think they have some costume ones at the party supply store down the street, but if I remember correctly, I couldn't get it to stay over my eye correctly. It was the wrong size.
Oh wow, the kids get to keep the systems? I thought they were up there and like handed out to kids in the wards. I donate either way, but that's neat.
but they hand DSs out because each year they get like a thousand of them
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Satans..... hints.....
I want to donate it, but have to do my budget first.
Why? It was yours to give away.
Not going to go this year, despite it being a great event:
1 - No money
2 - Finals right after (same as last year). And this semester I really DO need to study. :S
It added a dimension to the feeling I get knowing that, beside the industry and noforumers, our little corner of the internet helped make that possible.
If I ever make it rich I am just dumping truckloads of money into this thing but since I probably won't I will settle for attending probably next year
edit: also it will let you buy Dragon Age for 10% off