Child's Play
 

I don't think anyone's brought it up... so I'm gonna plug this. The guys at Penny Arcade are running a Christmas toy drive for Children's Hospital.


Basically, the staff at Children's Hospital has produced an Amazon Wish List full of toys that either kids have specifically requested or they've slated to go in waiting rooms, inpatient areas, etc. The toys on the list vary from Barbies and Legos to X-Boxes, PS2s, etc.

So far they've raised $64,000 worth of toys. :eek3:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/childsplay/cp_18.jpg

http://www.penny-arcade.com/childsplay/cp_26.jpg

http://www.penny-arcade.com/childsplay/cp_31.jpg

See the dual stack of game cubes that goes halfway up the wall? :eek: Or the X-Boxes? :eek3:

BTW, those Legos are three feet deep.

So if you have a couple extra bucks in your pocket or in your Paypal account, check out the Wish List... buy a sick kid some toys. Children's Hospital handles a lot of kids with cancer and other serious illnesses.

If you just have a couple bucks you can Paypal it to Club PA.

I bought some Legos. :cool:

Somebody wants Shel Silverstein books. :thumbup:

Silverstein = ownzor

thats just great. :thumbup:

so how do they decided which kids get the sweet gifts, like the gaming systems?? They draw a staw out of a hat or somethin? (seriously?)

the kids ask for what they want and they put it on the wishlist. if somebody buys it, they get it.

fawk wish I was getting a PS2 for Christmas. How do I get on this here list? :thinking: :D

Damn. It pays to be cute, innocent and in a hospital. What a deal.


:sad:

I think the kids can "rent out" stuff to play with from the hospital desk. For free, of course. The kids made up lists so that the hospital would have a good idea of what to put on the list and how much.

A lot of the toys will also be put in waiting rooms, exam rooms, etc.

how cool would that be to play some Jet Grind Radio while having your knee operated on or something. :p