Child's Play 2014 - ninth annual donation drive, with matching $

[DaveSimmons]

Child's Play is a children's hospital charity founded by Gabe & Tycho of Penny Arcade. The goal is to show that gamers are caring people and to help a lot of sick kids take their minds off of a scary hospital stay with books, toys and games.

We aren't taking any money here, you go to the official Child's Play page, pick a hospital, and start buying whatever toys and games you want from an Amazon.com gift registry. Buy new items only and don't pay to wrap items.

Child's Play website - http://www.childsplaycharity.org/

Anonymous is OK!

Once you've made a donation, post a message here to boast of your santa-ness and PM me, or just PM me if you want to be anonymous. I'll update the tote board at least once a day, be patient since I'm supposed to be working

Make your donation go farther
- Check what the discount is -- prices on DVDs, toys, games change often at Amazon.
- If possible, spend $35+ and get free super saver shipping, the toys and games do not need to arrive by Christmas, the kids need them year-round
- Don't pay for wrapping. The hospitals need new, unwrapped items.
- You can donate by PayPal instead of using the Amazon gift registries but PayPal fees apply.
- Pay sales tax in your state? If you give to an out-of-state hospital there is no tax.


Donation matching
I'll be matching a straight 12% + an extra $20 if you donate at least $35. So if you donate $35 I match you $23.60, if you donate $50 I match you with $26.

manlymatt83 is also adding 5% in manlymatching again this year, up to $500!

Past Years
2013 thread - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2351878
2008 thread - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=234997

Tote Board (alphabetical by username)

$2492.97 + $926.36 matching + $124.65 manlymatching = $3543.97

CPA - $199.12 - Texas Childrens Hospital Houston, TX
CPA - $46.99 - Texas Childrens Hospital Houston, TX
DaTT - $35.94 - Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto, ON
Davesimmons - $91.18 - Children's Mercy Hospital - Kansas City MO
Dwarf - $61.63 - Children's Hospital of Oakland, CA
enis083 - $38.25 - Children's Hospital Pittsburg UPMC
geecee - $80.55 - Children's Specialized Hospital, Mountainside, NJ
geecee - $78.39 - Childrens Hospital of NJ, Newark, NJ
Gillbot - $100.00 - PayPal (shared by all hospitals)
Golgatha - $36.00 - Children's Mercy, KCMO
highland145 - $242.50 - Georgia Health Sciences Children’s Medical Center
John Connor - $78.53 - The Children's Hospital Aurora CO
josh0099 - $106.70 - Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis, IN
KoolAidKid - $38.99 - UNM Children's Hospital
manly - $49.52 - Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA
MSCoder610 - $94.11 - Methodist Hospital of South Texas San Antonio, TX
MSCoder610 - $95.86 - Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, TX
NGC_604 - $256.91 - Akron Children's Hospital Akron, OH
NGC_604 - $293.87 - Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital Cleveland, OH
nycxandy - $145.53 - Children's Hospital at Montefiore in Bronx, NY
Ryan Smith - $51.99 - Randall Children's Hospital, Portland, OR
sciencewhiz - $38.00 - St. Louis,MO
shawn130c - $52.19 - Children's Hospital Oakland Oakland,CA
soulcougher73 - $39.92 - Children's Mercy Hospital, Kanasa City MO
Trekeritus - $101.43 - Children's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
Uppsala9496 - $38.87 - Comer Childrens Hospital


First Matching Purchase - $406.20 - Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO
DVD/Blu-ray: Turbo (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack), Arthur Christmas, Monsters University (Blu-ray + DVD), R.I.P.D., Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale, 2 x The Smurfs 2 (Blu-ray + DVD), Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Snow White and the Huntsman, Super Buddies
3DS games: Scribblenauts Unmasked - A DC Comics Adventure, Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Toys: 5 x Melissa & Doug Drawing Pad, VTech - Baby's Learning Laptop, 2 x LEGO DUPLO My First Garden, Fisher-Price Medical Kit, Trouble Board Game, 2 x Little Kids Fubbles No-Spill Bubble Tumbler, 5 x Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Projector Soother, 1 x Radio Flyer Classic Walker Wagon
Thanks to: highland145, DaTT, Golgatha, geecee, Gillbot, KoolAidKid, Uppsala9496, sciencewhiz, John Connor, Trekeritus, shawn130c

Second Matching Purchase - $519.47 - St. Louis Children's Place, St. Louis MO
Toys: LEGO City Fire Truck, LEGO Creator Treehouse, LEGO DUPLO My First Construction Site, 2 x Wimmer-Ferguson Infant Stim Mobile, Trouble Board Game, Alex Jr. Spinning Bees, Crayola 57-4415 Model Magic Modeling Compound, VTech - Tiny Touch Phone,
3DS games: 2 x LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey, 2 x LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Angry Birds Trilogy, 2 x Scribblenauts Unmasked - A DC Comics Adventure, Mario Kart 7, Animal Crossing: New Leaf
DVD/BR: The Smurfs 2 (Blu-ray + DVD), The Way, Way Back, The Hunger Games, Hotel Transylvania (Blu-ray / DVD), Despicable Me 2 (Blu-ray + DVD), After Earth, The Croods (Blu-ray + DVD), R.I.P.D., Pacific Rim, 2x Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale (Blu-ray + DVD), Wreck-It Ralph (Blu-ray/DVD)
Thanks to: Ryan Smith, soulcougher73, MSCoder610, CPA, manly, josh0099, NGC_604, nycxandy, Dwarf, enis083

Manlymatching purchase - $193.06 - Boston Children's Hospital
Amazing Spiderman 3 - Playstation 3
Nintendo 2DS - Electric Blue
The Best of Fancy Nancy CD
Madden NFL 25 - XBox 360
Thanks to: everyone!

 

[highland145]

Georgia Health Sciences Children’s Medical Center

Order placed
December 1, 2014
Total $242.50
Children's Hospital Georgia
Order # 111-7936375-6005839


Think of the children.


And it's tax deductible too.

 

[DaTT]

Order placed
December 1, 2014
Total $35.94
Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto, ON
Order # 701-3810642-4493803

Had to get over that $35 dollar mark

 

[shortylickens]

you match up to how much?

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Also, smile.amazon.com donates 0.5% of the purchase. It's not tons, but it's adding more charity!

 

[DaveSimmons]

you match up to how much?

I don't really have a limit for individuals or the total, though if you guys donate more than $20,000 I might re-think that

 

[Ryan Smith]

Cheers to you doing this once again, Dave. You're doing a wonderful service for all of those hospitals.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I always make at least one purchase outside of the matching, here it is:

$91.18 - Childrens Mercy Hospital - Kansas City MO

1 x 24.99 - Wreck-It Ralph (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
1 x 16.99 - LEGO Marvel - Nintendo 3DS
2 x 10.96 - Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension - Nintendo DS
2 x 13.64 - LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey - Nintendo 3DS

 

[soulcougher73]

I will be doing this again this year to Children's Mercy. I will update once done.

Update 12-14-14:

Order Number: 114-7694724-2432236
5 items will be shipped to Childrens Mercy Hospital, KCMO by Amazon.com
Rory's Story Cubes - Voyages
Hotel Transylvania BD/DVD Combo
Baby Einstein Bendy Ball
The Orb Factory my First Sticky Mosaic Ponies
Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
$39.92 Total

 

[Golgatha]

Order Number: 104-6841788-5741027
6 items will be shipped to Childrens Mercy Hospital by Amazon.com.
Estimated delivery: Dec. 8, 2014 - Dec. 10, 2014
6x of Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey - $36.00 total

Children's Mercy, KCMO represent!

 

[geecee]

Dave- you are truly a decent human being. Oh, and ManlyMatt too.

Order Placed: December 2, 2014
Amazon.com order number: ***-*******-***2646
Order Total: $80.55

To Children's Specialized Hospital, Mountainside, NJ:
1 of: After Earth (+UltraViolet Digital Copy) $3.99
1 of: Playskool Busy Poppin' Pals $10.00
1 of: LEGO DUPLO My First Garden 10517 $12.99
1 of: Star Trek Into Darkness $8.39
1 of: Darice 120-Piece Deluxe Art Set $8.99
1 of: Pacific Rim (Two-Disc Special Edition DVD + UltraViolet) $7.99
1 of: Fisher-Price Medical Kit $9.49
1 of: Despicable Me 2 $13.99

 

[geecee]

Equal consideration for both NJ children's hospitals...

Order Placed: December 2, 2014
Amazon.com order number: ***-*******-***5404
Order Total: $78.39

To Childrens Hospital of NJ, Newark, NJ:
1 of: LEGO DUPLO My First Garden 10517 $12.99
2 of: LEGO Creator 31015 Emerald Express $4.97
1 of: Sassy Flip and Grip Rattle, 2 Count $3.99
1 of: Bright Starts Clack and Slide Activity Ball $8.88
1 of: Bright Starts Rattle and Shake Barbell Rattle $6.70
1 of: Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby's First Blocks $6.97
1 of: Kidoozie Little Tuffies Trucks $13.91
1 of: Manhattan Toy Baby Whoozit 6 Inch Stroller and Travel Activity Toy $11.22

 

[Gillbot]

Hello James Gill,

You sent a payment of $100.00 USD to Child's Play (jdillion@childsplaycharity.org)

 

[KoolAidKid]

Order Placed: December 3, 2014
Amazon.com order number: 115-8346498-6174617
Order Total: $38.99

To UNM Children's Hospital:
1 of: Little Tikes Tikes Patrol - 30th Anniversary

Thanks so much for doing this!

 

[Uppsala9496]

Order Number: 106-5887015-5678640

5 items will be shipped to Comer Childrens Hospital by Amazon.com.
Estimated delivery: Dec. 11, 2014
Sassy Rattlin Rings, Blue/Black will be shipped to Comer Childrens Hospital by Amazon.com.
Estimated delivery: Dec. 12, 2014

Grand Total:
$38.87

 

[sciencewhiz]

Order Placed: December 6, 2014
Amazon.com order number: 105-XXXXXXX-XXXX023
Order Total: $38.00

Not Yet Shipped

Items Ordered Price
1 of: Fisher-Price Kick and Play Piano Gym, Pink
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

Condition: New
$38.00

Shipping Address:

Jill Malan, Child Life Services
St. Louis,Missouri

 

[John Connor]

Order Number: 109-6654279-0749052

The Children's Hospital Aurora Colorado.



Total:
$31.46



Order Number: 109-0751241-4135415

Children's Hospital Colorado Springs



The NFL game has a second order number:

Order Number: 109-8838370-3645047



$47.07






Grand total:


$78.53

 

[Trekeritus]

Order Number: 112-1707783-2209866

LEGO DUPLO, My First Construction Site 10518 will be shipped to Children's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

Lego Star Wars AT-RT 75002 will be shipped to Children's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

Lego Creator Treehouse 31010 Toy Interlocking Building Sets will be shipped to Children's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

Estimated delivery: December 17, 2014

Total cost; $101.43

 

[shawn130c]

Keep up the good work! Love the matching

Amazon.com order number: 002-1147709-9129024
Amazon.com order number: 002-0522827-8239411

Amazon did two separate orders for shipping reasons I think...

Shipping Address: Childrens Hospital Oakland Oakland,CA

Item(s) Subtotal: $44.22 + $5.16 = 49.38

1 of: Look and Find: Disney Cars 2, Disney Storybook Artists
1 of: Kelly's Crafts Kidz Sparkle Suncatcher Activity Kit: Fun Animal 18-Pack
1 of: Man of Steel (Two-Disc Special Edition DVD), Henry Cavill
1 of: LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - Xbox 360
1 of: The Hunger Games (2-Disc DVD + Digital Copy), Jennifer Lawrence
1 of: Kleancolor Neon Nail Lacquer - Candy Cast - Mini Collection (NPC593)

 

[Ryan Smith]

Lead by example, I say!

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Order Placed: December 14, 2014
Amazon.com order number: 114-0871750-7232219
Order Total: $51.99

Items Ordered
1 of: Sylvania SDVD7040-Black 7-Inch Portable DVD Player, Black
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

Condition: New
$51.99

Shipping Address:
Randall Children's Hospital
PORTLAND,OR

 

[soulcougher73]

Updated my post #9 with loot.

 

[DaveSimmons]

First Matching Purchase - $406.20 - Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO

DVD/Blu-ray:
1 x 15.49 - Turbo (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack)
1 x 9.99 - Arthur Christmas
1 x 32.99 - Monsters University (Blu-ray + DVD)
1 x 5.99 - R.I.P.D. (DVD)
1 x 16.99 - Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale (Blu-ray + DVD
2 x 9.99 - The Smurfs 2 (Blu-ray + DVD)
1 x 8.99 - Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
1 x 3.99 - Snow White and the Huntsman
1 x 12.96 - Super Buddies

3DS
1 x 16.06 - Scribblenauts Unmasked - A DC Comics Adventure - Nintendo 3DS
1 x 19.93 - Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Toys
5 x 2.99 - Melissa & Doug Drawing Pad
1 x 15.99 - VTech - Baby's Learning Laptop
2 x 12.99 - LEGO DUPLO My First Garden 10517
1 x 10.71 - Fisher-Price Medical Kit
1 x 8.49 - Trouble Board Game
2 x 7.89 - Little Kids Fubbles No-Spill Bubble Tumbler
5 x 14.79 - Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Projector Soother
1 x 76.99 - Radio Flyer Classic Walker Wagon

Thanks to: highland145, DaTT, Golgatha, geecee, Gillbot, KoolAidKid, Uppsala9496, sciencewhiz, John Connor, Trekeritus, shawn130c

 

[MSCoder610]

Order #1:
Methodist Hospital of South Texas
San Antonio,TX

Items Ordered Price
1 of: LEGO City Fire Truck 60002 $19.99
1 of: Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - Nintendo Wii $14.96
1 of: Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo Wii U $51.99

Payment information
Item(s) Subtotal: $86.94
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Estimated tax to be collected: $7.17
Grand Total: $94.11

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Order #2:
Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin,Texas

Items Ordered Price
1 of: LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - Nintendo 3DS $14.96
1 of: LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean - Nintendo Wii $16.11
1 of: Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows $30.49
1 of: Animal Crossing: New Leaf $26.99

Item(s) Subtotal: $88.55
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Estimated tax to be collected: $7.31
Grand Total: $95.86

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Combined Total: $94.11 + $95.86 = $189.97

 

[CPA]

Order #1:

Ordered on December 14, 2014 Order# 110-6842633-2227453

Shipping Address

• Childs Play - Texas Childrens Hospital
• Houston,TX

Item(s) Subtotal: $188.37
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Total before tax: $188.37
Estimated tax to be collected: $10.75
Grand Total: $199.12

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Order #2:

Ordered on December 14, 2014 Order# 110-4307529-4986664
Shipping Address

• Childs Play - Texas Childrens Hospital

Order Summary

Item(s) Subtotal 46.99
Shipping & Handling 0.00
Total before tax 46.99
Estimated tax to be collected 0.00
Grand Total 46.99

 

[manly]

Thanks Dave & Matt for your generosity!

Order Placed: December 14, 2014
Amazon.com order number: 116-0515689-2745830

Items Ordered Price
1 of: Lullaby Classics 2, Baby Einstein $5.99
1 of: Crayola 57-4415 Model Magic Modeling Compound, 2-lb. Bucket, Asstd Colors, Four 8-oz. Pouches $15.19
1 of: Fisher-Price Medical Kit $9.26
1 of: VTech - Rhyme and Discover Book $14.99

Shipping Address:
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles,CA

Item(s) Subtotal: $45.43
Shipping & Handling: $9.27
Free shipping: -$9.27
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Total before tax: $45.43
Estimated tax to be collected: $4.09
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Grand Total: $49.52