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Childs Play Starts Fundraising Drive
SEATTLE – Nov. 2, in the year of our Lord 2011
– Child’s Play Charity has officially begun its 2011 fundraising
campaign, having already received more than $450,000. This
year’s goal is to raise $2 million.
Since the charity’s establishment in 2003, it has distributed
more than $9 million in donations from the videogame community
to entertain hospitalized children across the globe.
The annual Child’s Play charity auction will take place on
Thursday, Dec. 8th, 2011 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue.
Tickets can be purchased at
www.childsplaycharity.org. Passes will cost $145 per person
and $5,000 for table sponsors.
“We are very excited to begin another year of Child’s Play and
once again show the world that the video game community is
altruistic as well as compassionate,” said Kristin Lindsay,
Child's Play. “Since Child’s Play inception we have constantly
been surprised by the generosity in both time and money of the
community.”
Those wishing to contribute to Child’s Play can:
● Host a fundraising event
http://childsplaycharity.org/events
● Buy or donate an item on the Child’s Play eBay Giving Works
page
● Give directly via PayPal
● Mail a check to Child’s Play, 123 NW 36th Street Suite 210,
Seattle, WA 98107
● Text the keyword GAMERS to 50555 to make a $5 donation