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I wonder if maybe this might be suitable for an Apolyton News item?
The entire article, well worth the minute or two it takes to read it, is at: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/us/27charity.html
From Far and Wide, Video Gamers Join in a Child Charity
The young patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital awoke this Christmas Day to gifts from a sprawling culture not frequently associated with charity: video gamers.
It has been three years since Eve Kopp, associate director at Seattle Children’s, was approached by an organization called Child’s Play, . . .
Child’s Play was midwived by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, better known to gamers as Gabe and Tycho of Penny-Arcade.com, . . . Their charity, . . . has gone global, . . . not only in the United States but also in Canada, Britain, Egypt and Australia. . . .
. . . Each participating hospital works with Child’s Play to build a wish list on Amazon.com. Gamers turn to those lists, where they buy items to be shipped to the hospital or donate money through a PayPal account. . . .
The young patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital awoke this Christmas Day to gifts from a sprawling culture not frequently associated with charity: video gamers.
It has been three years since Eve Kopp, associate director at Seattle Children’s, was approached by an organization called Child’s Play, . . .
Child’s Play was midwived by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, better known to gamers as Gabe and Tycho of Penny-Arcade.com, . . . Their charity, . . . has gone global, . . . not only in the United States but also in Canada, Britain, Egypt and Australia. . . .
. . . Each participating hospital works with Child’s Play to build a wish list on Amazon.com. Gamers turn to those lists, where they buy items to be shipped to the hospital or donate money through a PayPal account. . . .
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