I love this idea: gaming marathons for charity. I've seen a couple similar projects roll by recently, but I missed one that you guys/gals will maybe want to contribute to: WoWathon. "Three Players; Two Characters; 80 Levels; Benefiting Child's Play" I love it!
The concept for this "WoWathon" was spawned when the participants came across the Mario Marathon that recently raised about $30,000(!!) for the Child's Play Charity when they crushed through all seven Super Mario games in sequence. Amazing.
This event looks something like this:
"We're going to be gaming around the clock (rotating 8 hour sleeping shifts) until we hit level 60. We're going to be broadcasting live from our dining room in the hopes of inspiring you to donate as well. If we reach our quota, we'll raise our targeted donation cap and game until we hit 70 (and so forth with level 80). We've started a small pot, but we're depending on you to help us reach our goal of $1000 (and beyond!)."
Currently, they've passed level 40 and are working their way to the $1,000 mark. Donations are handled through ChipIn, so don't worry about the money not getting to where it belongs. Child's Play is a fantastic charity, raising many hundred thousand dollars over the years -- well into the millions, actually -- in support of Children's Hospitals and other childrens' centers in hospitals all over the world. Spread the word on this WoWathon effort, as well as generally supporting Child's Play and consider yourself as having done a Very Good Thing.
