No silly goose, not Chucky.. charity.

This is a great thing you are doing MasterSplinter. My wife and I donate money every month to St. Judes Children's Hospital.

Man i'm glad you made this blog, i was thinking of making a sticky about it later this week. I've been donating to Child's Play since the day it started mainly because its a charity i feel i can believe in. As a gaming enthusiast i find the fact i can bring a little happiness to younger gamers in hospitals somewhat appealing, i guess it might be selfish, but i feel better by donating to this charity because i think it gives video games some better press in the public eye.

Honestly if you have even a small bit of extra money, £5 even, its worth donating to Child's Play. Sure we might be having a global credit crunch but i don't think anyone is on the verge of poverty from it that they cannot afford to donate a little something to kids in hospitals around the world.

God damn i love Penny Arcade.....i will be banning anyone who does not make a donation :P

i will be banning anyone who does not make a donation :P"

I am so donating soon, this such a wonderful cause! It really goes to show that the mainstream media's stereotype that all gamers are evil delinquents is just so untrue.

Thanks guys! You can sticky this if you want to, Hamz.

I think i'll sticky it for a few days, its a charity i think a lot of gamers should be involved in. Especially at this time when the economy is down the drain. There are kids in hospital this christmas who may not be able to play games, we need to get that changed!

I must agree this is an awesome charity! This will be my second year donating as well, I am just not really sure what or how I want to buy though so I have not just yet. I am also hoping someone sells the t-shirt again as now that I have money and a job picking up that would be awesome.

"I must agree this is an awesome charity! This will be my second year donating as well, I am just not really sure what or how I want to buy though so I have not just yet. I am also hoping someone sells the t-shirt again as now that I have money and a job picking up that would be awesome."

Another website I am a regular at is doing a group donation to a charity as well.  It's definitely a great idea,

Nice. It seems allot of gaming websites are doing charity events now. Sarcastic Gamer with their Extra Life gaming marathon is the one that jumps to mind - those guys rule.

If I was older and had more money, I'd donate all I can but sadly, I just don't got the money now, although I really want to.

"Zenaxzd said:

"I must agree this is an awesome charity! This will be my second year donating as well, I am just not really sure what or how I want to buy though so I have not just yet. I am also hoping someone sells the t-shirt again as now that I have money and a job picking up that would be awesome."

Buy it!"

I wish the Mario Marathon guys would do something else for this...

"I wish the Mario Marathon guys would do something else for this..."

Yeah I heard of that a while ago, but back then I was thinking about other charities. The anime(youtube) community has donated their fair share of donations as well as others. I'm pleased how generous the guys from Penny Arcade as well as the contributions the community was affected from. I will glady contribute my share.

I won't be making a donation.

Awesome, man.  I'm gonna buy Spiderman: Friend of Foe for the Oakland Children's Hospital, which is close to me.  I remember having to stay in the hospital off and on every year as a kid for asthma attacks and being so bored.  They had an arts and crafts room, but that sucked.

I heard about this charity on G4 and I think its a great cause. This holiday season I will donate some money to this charity.
I really want to do something like this in my community where I can bring maybe my xbox or wii to a childrens hospital and play some video games with them.

"Zenaxzd said:

"I must agree this is an awesome charity! This will be my second year donating as well, I am just not really sure what or how I want to buy though so I have not just yet. I am also hoping someone sells the t-shirt again as now that I have money and a job picking up that would be awesome."

Buy it!"

"MasterSplinter said:

"Zenaxzd said:

"I must agree this is an awesome charity! This will be my second year donating as well, I am just not really sure what or how I want to buy though so I have not just yet. I am also hoping someone sells the t-shirt again as now that I have money and a job picking up that would be awesome."

Buy it!"

I just bought the shirt, does anyone know if the proceeds from buying the shirt go towards the charity as well?"

"SpinCookie said:

"MasterSplinter said:

"Zenaxzd said:

"I must agree this is an awesome charity! This will be my second year donating as well, I am just not really sure what or how I want to buy though so I have not just yet. I am also hoping someone sells the t-shirt again as now that I have money and a job picking up that would be awesome."

Buy it!"

I just bought the shirt, does anyone know if the proceeds from buying the shirt go towards the charity as well?"

I am pretty sure they did last year and I believe they do this year as well. I am not 100% sure though."

I added a link to some fundraiser events you guys and gals can check out.

This thread is a gift. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

For some reason I prefer donating video games instead of toys. Nice propaganda there mate! You just made a contributer here!

Thank you to everyone who is showing their support. This is really great to see.

Boom! More support!

"Man i'm glad you made this blog, i was thinking of making a sticky about it later this week. I've been donating to Child's Play since the day it started mainly because its a charity i feel i can believe in. As a gaming enthusiast i find the fact i can bring a little happiness to younger gamers in hospitals somewhat appealing, i guess it might be selfish, but i feel better by donating to this charity because i think it gives video games some better press in the public eye.

This is the first year I've had a job and I'm definitely going to give something to the children's hospital in Arizona. I'll just buy myself one less game this year so that those kids can play some games. Do you guys think those kids would like Pokemon Diamond or Viva Pinata: TIP more?

I donated! I've always wanted to but I never had the means, now I have a Paypal account so I did my thing and donated some cold, hard CASH. Great post Splinter.

Gonna unpin this now, been up for awhile, hopefully everyone has taken note that donating is a good thing to do!

I definitely want to donate to this, as someone who grew up with 2 back muscle conditions,i underwent 3 surgeries in a span of 5 years,and countless visits to Children's Hospital in Vancouver.I know first hand how hard it is to go through that,so I want to do my best to make that experience that much better for kids in Children's Hospitals.Awesome of you for posting this Master Splinter!!!!!!!!!

I posted a blog about this too. but i donated using  Cheapass Gamer's raffle, they do a raffle every year where every 5 dollars you donate, you get an entry to win great stuff like a 500 dollar amazon gift-card, a X-box 360 prize pack with 50 games, and a bunch of other stuff. I donate anyway, but why not also try and  win some stuff while you're at it.

True Phished0ne.

Also, thanks again to everyone who has donated. Total donations are over $560,000 as of 11/28.

I am just a poor little student and only had 5$ in my paypal account. So I decide to send all 5$ to child's play.  Figure every dollar can help.