2007 Child's Play Charity Auctions Raises $225,000
The Child's Play Charity [http://www.childsplaycharity.org/] Dinner Auction set a new record with its 2007 event, amassing a total of $225,000 for the evening.
Taking place on December 11, the event attracted more than 400 gaming enthusiasts and industry members to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center [http://www.wsctc.com/] to bid on 16 announced lots and three secret auctions. The $225,000 raised over the course of the evening broke all previous records for the event, and pushed the charity's yearly total to $851,000, far surpassing the 2007 goal of $750,000.
Highlights of the auction included a Orange Box [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Space_Command]merchandise which pushed the bidding to $2,500, and an attempted auction of Jerry "Tycho" Holkins' pants.
Established in 2003 by Holkins and Mike "Gabe" Krahulik of www.childsplaycharity.org [http://www.penny-arcade.com].
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The Child's Play Charity [http://www.childsplaycharity.org/] Dinner Auction set a new record with its 2007 event, amassing a total of $225,000 for the evening.
Taking place on December 11, the event attracted more than 400 gaming enthusiasts and industry members to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center [http://www.wsctc.com/] to bid on 16 announced lots and three secret auctions. The $225,000 raised over the course of the evening broke all previous records for the event, and pushed the charity's yearly total to $851,000, far surpassing the 2007 goal of $750,000.
Highlights of the auction included a Orange Box [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Space_Command]merchandise which pushed the bidding to $2,500, and an attempted auction of Jerry "Tycho" Holkins' pants.
Established in 2003 by Holkins and Mike "Gabe" Krahulik of www.childsplaycharity.org [http://www.penny-arcade.com].
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