The Reason for the Season - Penny Arcade Charity Raises $800K For Sick Kids

December 24, 2006
At GamePolitics we love to hear about gamers doing good - especially at this time of year.

So we're delighted to report that Child's Play, the charitable organization founded by the guys behind the popular Penny Arcade site, has raised more than $800,000 worth of toys, games and books for 35 participating children’s hospitals in the United States and elsewhere.

Contributions were raised through a charity auction, a charity dinner and via sales of Child's Play merchandise at Think Geek (T-shirt seen at left).

Said Penny Arcade's Robert Khoo:
A huge thank you to all of you who are helping improve the lives of kids this holiday season. 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.”

New participating children's hospitals include facilities in New Orleans, South Texas, Roanoke, Virginia, Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo and Australia.
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Submitted by Yuki (not verified) on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 21:18.
Guys, I know we want to be proud, but please, lets not bring HIS name into this.

As a long time donator to CP, thats not why I donate. I donate in the memory of a friend whose not here anymore, even after a heroic effort by the hospitals to save her.

I want that to end, and for kids time in the hospitals to be less sad.

Thats what Childs play is about.

Submitted by Daniel (not verified) on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 18:47.
Oh Penny Arcade raised money for charity. I would like to know how much Jack Thompson raised. I have read that Jack Thompson called Penny Arcade a little extortion factory. In my opinion, Penny Arcade = SAINT and Jack Thompson = EVIL VILLAIN. He calims he's a holy person. He is a worthless piece of trash. Throw him away, Florida, for the love of God throw him away. He doesn't deserve to practice law, or even have a job. He is an incompetant liar. How that man ever got a license to practice law is beyond me.

Submitted by Gil (not verified) on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 16:33.
I donated through the game I pay, There.com (with in-world currency!). The CEO promised to use his personal charity to match donations from players dollar for dollar.

Submitted by Gil (not verified) on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 16:39.
Almost forgot!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Festivus, and Happy Wintereenmas!

Submitted by KTP (not verified) on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 15:54.
Hooray for Kwanzaa!

By the way, seeing Jack's name after reading such a heartwarming article is like hearing your girlfriend scream "Daddy stop!" during sex.

Submitted by Thefremen (not verified) on Mon, 12/25/2006 - 05:37.
Just remembered that Anonynurse kinda did this on a small scale. Anyways, awesome charity.

Submitted by Jotun (not verified) on Mon, 12/25/2006 - 04:15.
To Daniel,

I agree with you sir Daniel, if Jack Thompson don't like video games, instead of placing his useless crusade above spending time with his family, he can take his child to go for outdoor activities, like swimming, soccer, skateboarding or indoor activites like Twisters, Monopoly, Game of Life, Boggle and even Crossword Puzzles.

Or better yet, buy Disney's Pixar Toy Story Buzz Lightyear action figure and Woody pull string doll (I have one) for your child to play.

I believe that, when there is a will there is a way.

Submitted by Randalor (not verified) on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 11:48.
It's things like this that remind me that the Christm... oops, I meant Holiday... Spirit isn't just $ signs anymore.

Submitted by kurisu7885 (not verified) on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 11:53.
I really hope Child's play can one day help hospitals nationwide. GO PENNY ARCADE!!!!

Submitted by MaskedPixelante on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 12:23.
It's nice to see that someone cares about the kids, cuz we all know Jack doesn't. I wonder how Jack's doing, sitting there, watching how Penny Arcade is raising so much money for kids, trying to remember how he tried to shut them down a year ago.
---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

Submitted by Wookiee (not verified) on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 16:16.
Incidentally, There is a recient article on Penny Arcade's charities over at Cnet no less.

Submitted by mrelander (not verified) on Tue, 12/26/2006 - 18:42.
I was set to buy one of those shirts, until I found out Think Geek wanted $18 to ship to Canada. I ended up just making a donation to Child's Play directly instead. Still good to give to the charity, but I kinda wanted a shirt :/

Submitted by Marshie (not verified) on Tue, 12/26/2006 - 10:20.
The most recent newspost from Tycho I've seen on the matter of Child's Play states that they only count donations which they actually have had arrive or been delivered to PA... Other places doing charity drives for Child's Play which haven't delivered the cheque or toys aren't counted into the figure.

He expects Child's Play to break $1,000,000 with just this year's donations, and the charity as a whole has earned over $2,000,000 since it began.

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