my new favourite charity
Thursday, April 27, 2006
I've just been catching up on my blogreading (a la the fantastic Google Reader), and came across a link on Joystiq about a children's charity called Child's Play.
Being both a new father and a gamer, I was interested enough to take a look, and see what good an outfit like Penny Arcade can actually do.
And man it is so much more than I could have imagined.
Like raising over $600K last year to purchase gifts via Amazon wish lists to very sick children while they're in the hospital, possibly never to come out.
Talk about a worthy cause.
And a humbling one.
While at the site I browsed the letters page and had a read through. And when I read this one, even before I finished it, I completely fell apart. The tears just kind of erupted without warning. I think it was my brain comparing the terrible stuff this 5 year old had to go through and juxtaposing my daughter Trinity in his place.
I have now found my new favourite charity.
And tomorrow I’m going to buy a ticket for that $30M Super7 jackpot, and if I win, the very first thing I’m doing is buying everything on the list for Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Kids.
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posted by raistlinsghost at 4/27/2006 01:49:00 PM
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