The annual Child’s Play charity, which raises money to give toys, videogames and other needy items to children’s hospitals, has already exceeded their one million dollar goal for 2010 with two weeks still to spare before Christmas.
The total now stands at $1.18 million dollars raised by gamers everywhere which will go towards the toy drives for kid’s hospitals worldwide, from the United States to Egypt, Canada, New Zealand, Britain and Australia.
2009’s total was $1,780,000 so there is still a ways to go to beat last year’s earnings, but hopefully gamers will pull through.
A big boost for the 2010 total came from a charity auction in Seattle that auctioned off many one-of-a-kind items from developers and publishers worldwide. The auction was a resounding success and raised $183,000.
Be sure to donate to the Child’s Play charity today if you are able, and help give kids everywhere a Merry Christmas.
The Child’s Play Charity was founded by Penny Arcade creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins.
Now here is an awesome video of a real-life Halo 3: ODST helmet that was created specifically to be auctioned off for the Child’s Play charity. Whoever got the winning bid is one HECK of a lucky Halo fan!