My contribution is in. I am typically very stingy about giving to charities, because there are so many illegitimate ripoff posers out there. But CAG has saved me sooooo much money every year, this is a no brainer so I always give some $ up for Child's Play. Gotta give back to those who actually deserve it.
I was just about to donate some money but then I see that there's only 60 hospitals in the network. So 60 hospitals split the hundreds of thousands of dollar of games each year?
[quote name='Microshock']I was just about to donate some money but then I see that there's only 60 hospitals in the network. So 60 hospitals split the hundreds of thousands of dollar of games each year?
Seems really unfair.[/QUOTE]
Usually these hospitals have the only children's care centers around. For example, in my state (Iowa) the University of Iowa Children's Hospital is where pretty much ALL of the really sick kids go. There are tons of fundraisers that are done here but the needs still outweigh the funds.
Times are tough for me this year, but I just chipped in $5 and hope to donate more later. This helps kids like my nephew who has sickle cell anemia and I'm grateful for Child's Play. Kids end up in the hospital for various reasons and I love that this makes it easier for them to be away from home.
Just added Brutal Legend to my list. Should be up to 15 games now. If I can keep finding decent sub-$10 new games, I am going to keep adding them. Hopefully the piles of clearance games at Target will survive Black Friday for another price drop on Monday. I need to find some PS3 games.
I still don't understand why this isn't like stickied to the top of the main page, in place of the google ad for a month, in place of the 'top 10 video game deals' widget thing or even in the banner like this:
N4G had a link talking about this child play charity here and it referenced something about Cheapy keeping some of the money donated to Child's Play through this site, like a commission. I think it was yesterday I read it there. I don't think that's right so I am not going to donate. I don't think it's right for anyone from this site to keep money that is supposed to be for charity.