1:24 AM on 12.09.2006 |
Niero
Penny Arcade has truly outdone themselves -- their 4th annual Child's Play fund raised a whopping half million dollars in toys, games, and those bound printout things for children's hospitals nationwide already. Unlike most lame fundraisers which consist of waspy women vengefully spending their husband's play money, their upcoming auction is genuinely going to excite a lot of gamers. For example, the event will "offer once-in-a-lifetime items including an appearance in a Penny Arcade comic strip, a speaking line in Halo 3" ... (ZOMG!) and tickets to the Halo 3 launch party. Plus zome ugly Zune ztuff.
While there's a ton of great stuff to bid on, I know most of us don't have the disposable income to fight with yuppies over this stuff -- but if we all give a little it adds up. Hit the jump to see what it's all about and how you can get involved.
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| Toys and Games Pour into Children's Hospitals Through Gamer-Supported Child's Play Charity Sold Out Charity Auction to Offer Once-in-a-Lifetime Items Including an Appearance in a Penny Arcade Comic Strip and a Speaking Line in the Upcoming 'Halo 3' Videogame Seattle, WA - Dec 08, 2006 More than $495,000 worth of toys, games and books on the wish lists of more than 35 participating children’s hospitals have already been purchased as part of the gamer supported charity, Child’s Play (www.childsplaycharity.org). Next week, the Child’s Play charity auction dinner is expected to enable the purchase of more entertaining goodies for sick children as attendees bid on rare and hard to get items including a new Nintendo Wii game system autographed by the company’s infamous President and COO, Reginald “Reggie” Fils-Aime, a speaking line in the Halo 3 videogame under development by Bungie Entertainment, a Sony PlayStation 3 and an appearance in a Penny Arcade comic strip. Additional items expected to be part of the sold out December 13th auction taking place in Bellevue, Washington include: - Original Penny Arcade Artwork
- Tickets to the Halo 3 launch party
- A Microsoft Xbox 360 game system
- A Microsoft Zune ultra pack
- Alien Hominid skateboards
- ATI Radeon X1900XTX video cards
- Pirates of the Burning Sea Treasure Packs
- Signed Guildwars Nightfall Collector Editions
- Seattle Seahawks Club Level Tickets
- A WidowPC Sting 517D Laptop
- A Dell XPS 700 Desktop computer system
- A Dell XPS 1710 Notebook computer system
- A trip to Iceland for 2 and a tour of CCP Games
- An appearance in the Penny Arcade Adventures videogame
“A huge thank you to all of you who are helping improve the lives of kids this holiday season,” said Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo. “The generous support of the game community has allowed Child’s Play to grow each year, reaching more children in more cities around the world.” In recent weeks Child’s Play has welcomed a number of new participating hospitals, including Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas, Tulane Hospital for Children, Carilion Hospital for Children, Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital, BC Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Children's Hospital of Boston and Children's Hospital of Michigan as well as Mater Health and Sydney Randwick Children's Hospital in Australia. Even though the auction dinner is sold out, there’s still time to fulfill the wishes of your hospital of choice by visiting www.childsplaycharity.org. Learn more... About Child’s Play Child’s Play is a non-profit organization begun in 2003 by Gabe and Tycho, the creators of the Penny Arcade comic strip, as a way to help sick children and show the world the softer side of people who play videogames. Through the generosity of gamers and the videogame industry, Child’s Play has raised over 1.5 million dollars in toys, games and cash for sick children through an ongoing online toy drive and annual charity auction. Now in its fourth year, Child’s Play is developing a worldwide network of beneficiary Children’s Hospitals in order to brighten hospital stays for children internationally. For more information go to www.childsplaycharity.org. |
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12/09/2006 11:03
"its sad when 20% of the money goes to them"
Are you talking about the Penny Arcade guys? Because they don't take any of it. What people buy goes to the hospital directly and any money that's donated goes towards buying the stuff on the list.
-Robert Khoo