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*2/10 EDIT*- The deadline to enter the contest is Friday, March 3rd, three weeks from today. If you've been considering donating, please do it soon! Thanks.

Hey All.

A very dear friend of mine (I think of her as the little sister I never had) has signed up to do a 26 mile walk this May to raise money for the fight against breast cancer. Before she can participate in the walk, she's required to raise $1800 in donations, and she's feeling a little overwhelmed by the amount. I really want to help her with this, so I decided to appeal to the CAG community and put up a contest open to anyone willing to help out.

Here's how it works: to enter the contest, make at least a $5 donation (but please consider giving more! The more you give, the more stuff you'll win if I draw your name. I'll go into more detail about that below) Here's the link to her personal webpage, set up through the Avon Foundation, the sponsors of the walk:

http://walk.avonfoundation.org/site/...160&px=2221158

**EDIT**- Apparently the page above will only accept donations of $10 or more. I apologize, I wasn't aware of this. If you would like to donate $5, please pm me and I'll give you info about how you can donate by check. Again, I'm sorry for not being aware of this before.

There's a button on the page marked "Click here to support me" that allows you to donate using a credit card. If you'd like to give, but don't want to use a credit card, pm me and I'll give you info about how to donate by check. When I draw a winner, they'll get to pick their prizes. I'm putting up a choice of games for the PS2, GC, PC, Dreamcast, N64, and Genesis (sorry, I don't have an XBox), and also a few DVD movies. When I draw a winner, I'll pm them to get their shipping address, verify their donation (my friend's webpage keeps a list for her so she can send out thank-you notes, and I'll keep track of people paying by check), then get their choices and ship them out. **IF YOU DONATE, PLEASE PM ME (AND TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU DONATED) SO I'LL KNOW TO ENTER YOU IN THE CONTEST!!*

- If the winner donated $5, they can pick one item from each of 3 different categories of their choice
- If the winner donated $10, they can pick one item from each of 5 different categories of their choice
- If the winner donated $25 or more, they can pick one item from each of the 7 categories, as well as one item from a bonus category (TV on DVD sets)
- If the total donations from CAG reaches $200, I'll also throw in a $25 gift card to the store of the winner's choice
- If the total donations from CAG reaches $400, I'll make it a $50 gift card to the store of the winner's choice
- If the total donations from CAG reaches $500, I'll add the $50 gift card for the winner, plus draw 2nd and 3rd place winners, who will each get to pick games or movies using the rules above (from what's left over), as well as a $15 gift card to the store of their choice.

All games and movies should be considered "lightly used" (scratch-free, in excellent condition and complete with everything but the shrinkwrap. A few N64 boxes may be slightly beat up) unless otherwise noted. Here are the prize options for each category:

PS2

Bard's Tale
Splinter Cell
The Hulk
Champions of Norrath (non-GH, new sealed)
Chaos Legion (new sealed)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
Rygar
Futurama
Spyhunter (GH, new sealed)
Spyhunter 2 (new, sealed)
The Mark of Kri
Red Faction (GH, new sealed)

Gamecube

Soul Calibur 2
Metroid Prime
Pikmin
SSX Tricky
Finding Nemo
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Tak and the Power of Juju
Starfox Adventures
Shrek 2

PC

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Heroes of Might & Magic: Millenium Edition
Pandora's Box
Sanitarium
Escape from Monkey Island
Full Throttle
Freedom Force
Motocross Madness 2

Dreamcast

Crazy Taxi
Sega Rally Championship
Chu Chu Rocket
Toy Commander
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Sonic Adventure
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
NFL 2K
NHL 2K
NBA 2K

Nintendo 64

Lode Runner 3-D
Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire
Tetrisphere
1080 Snowboarding
Diddy Kong Racing
Star Fox 64
Banjo-Kazooie
Wave Race 64
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Genesis

Ghouls and Ghosts
Side Pocket
Truxton
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf
Jeopardy
NBA Jam
Ms. Pac-Man
Jurassic Park

Movies on DVD

Catch Me if You Can
Changing Lanes
Dawn of the Dead (2004 version)
Ghost Ship
Insomnia
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Pitch Black
Red Dragon
The 6th Day
The Sweetest Thing
Suicide Kings
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

TV on DVD sets (Bonus category- available if winner donates $25 or more)

Chappelle's Show: Season One
Chappelle's Show: Season Two
Da Ali G Show: Season One
The Ben Stiller Show: Complete Series
NewsRadio: Season 1+2
Sealab 2021: Season One

So does it all sound good? You could conceivably win yourself 6 games, a movie, a DVD set....AND a $50 gift card (depending on the generosity of the CAG community), all for making a $25 donation to a very, very worthy cause. Even a $5 donation helps. Every little bit helps. Even if there's not one thing on the lists that you'd want to win, please consider donating. You'll be helping out a great girl, and a great cause.

Deadline: I've decided to set a deadline of March 3rd. I'll draw the winner at random on the morning of Saturday, March 4th. Thank you very much in advance to everyone who donates, and good luck.

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All I can say about this dude, is you kick ass. Once I get my finances in order I'll definately be dontating

Thanks Visc. I appreciate that.

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PM'ed. Hope your friend gets to walk.

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You're a good friend!

tag. i'm too drunk to donate now.

I just wanted to mention that it's been brought to my attention that my friend's webpage will only accept donations of $10 or more. I've edited my original post, but I wanted to post again here for anyone who just skimmed my ridiculously long (sorry about that) original post. You can still donate $5, but I guess you'll have to do it by check. (If you pm me, I can give you my address, and I'll get the check to my friend- the check would be made out to "Avon Walk for Breast Cancer")

I'm really sorry about the mixup, and I apologize to anyone who tried to donate $5 at the link I posted.

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just out of curiousity - whats the donation level at currently?

Originally Posted by Visc just out of curiousity - whats the donation level at currently?

Her total donations received currently stands at $261, so she still has a long way to go. There have been 2 donations from CAGs so far. I hope that number will increase over the next week, but we'll see. In the meantime all I can do is hope for the best and occasionally bump this thread.

I haven't given her my donation yet, and I know my parents and my brother are also planning to give something, as well as a few of my coworkers. If I can't end up helping her raise enough money, it won't be for a lack of trying.

dont get me wrong, i totally believe in what youre doing and you should be comended for it. But what kind of organization wont take anything less than 1800, its kind of bullshit and probably turns alot of people away from it.

BTW what part of Mass is this in?

Originally Posted by Kuma dont get me wrong, i totally believe in what youre doing and you should be comended for it. But what kind of organization wont take anything less than 1800, its kind of bullshit and probably turns alot of people away from it. BTW what part of Mass is this in?

Thanks. I completely agree with you about the $1800 requirement. I think part of it may go toward provisions for the walkers, or the costs associated with getting them there, and I guess they set up a sort of tent village for them since the walk is over two days (May 20-21), but it's still an outrageous amount to expect someone to raise just to participate. There are 8 of these walks scheduled around the country this year, and apparently thousands of people do the walk. Maybe some of them get corporate sponsorship or something. I don't know, but I'm really starting to wonder if she'll be able to raise that much money.

The walk is going to be in Boston. She and I both live about 45 minutes from Boston by car, so if she ends up walking I plan to go down to sort of cheer her on. The other cities that are having Avon walks this year are Washington D.C., Chicago, Denver, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Charlotte.

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...anybody?

I just got a graduation check from my aunt yesterday - this puts me in the green to donate

I have no money but I would gladly donate another game. I am going to let Danimal pick one game from my TL and he can have it.