Do more good this month!

[thistlechaser]

Donating a can of soup not enough for you? Then try this:

Child's Play

It's an on-line toy drive for very sick kids with cancer at the Seattle Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center. They have an Amazon wish-list set up, so it's really easy to help out.

I feel a little guilty because I know some RL and online friends would have liked this as a gift as well, but I donated a Playstation 2 to them. They're requesting all sorts of things, as small as a pack of batteries up to much larger things, so they should have something within your giving-budget. :)

Edited to add: (Belatedly) I emailed the hospital to make sure that they're behind this, and they confirmed that yes, they are. So this isn't just some scam or something:

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Thank you for your inquiry.
Yes, this toy drive program is one that we are involved with.

Terry DiMaio
Children's Hospital Foundation and Guild Association

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Comments

[lunarennui.livejournal.com]

well, it is hard to give away something that you know friends would have liked, but it's for a damned good cause. and anyway, think of it this way--you couldn't buy ALL said friends a ps2, and wouldn't you have felt bad if you'd gotten one of them one and not the rest?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

True on both counts! I'd love to be able to give everyone one, but...

[somebunny.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

As the older sister of a kid that spent the larger part of 2 years in Childrens Hospital in Seattle, I know the donation is appreciated. :) I donated a lil bit and am offering myself as slave labor to get all the toys moved on time.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Awww, you're welcome! And thanks for helping them out, too! :)

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

That PS2'll probably get broken in a few weeks. I'd have lovingly tended it for years and it may even have reached my PSX's ripe old age of six.

And... and... huge... boxes... of LEGO... *_*

I'm not jealous. Really!

And I don't think that Penny Arcade would have been running a scam. (Part of me is also going, wow, the mailman let them keep the bins! We never got to keep the bins! And oh my god they THREW AWAY THE BOXES! *faints* This is what happens when you work in mail order. ._.) It's really neat that cynical gamers did all that, though.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'd have lovingly tended it for years and it may even have reached my PSX's ripe old age of six.

*snicker* I know! I'm so sorry! :)

And I don't think that Penny Arcade would have been running a scam.

Though I've heard their name thrown about now and then, I've never even visited their site before, so I didn't know them from Adam. Seemed like a good idea to just check and make sure everything was on the up and up.

It's really neat that cynical gamers did all that, though.

Isn't it? Makes me feel nice inside. :)

[fealu-bryne.livejournal.com]

Ooo, that's neat!

And you shouldn't feel guilty at all. Like was already said, you couldn't have gotten that for everybody and just think! You're making some kid (or a couple of kids) really happy. It's very cool. ^^

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Eee, thanks! And I hope it'll help make them happy, yeah. Anyone, young or old, dealing with cancer, should get a little happiness if they can...