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Sponsor Shout-Out: Child's Play!
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM PST
Posted by Juliana Cooper
Logo: A solid green video game controller with a central white D-pad. Text: Child's Play / Play Games. Feel Better. (TM)

We do it all for Child's Play, but we couldn't do it without Child's Play. As our event has grown, Child's Play has given us busloads of technical, organizational, and moral support along the way. Even more importantly, they take the money we raise and turn it into real magic.

To date, Child's Play has partnered with over 190 pediatric hospitals to provide gaming equipment and other therapeutic technology to kids in care. Gaming gives kids a way to play, to channel their creativity, and to connect with other kids beyond the shared experience of being in hospital. Video games can also provide a helpful distraction during painful or scary procedures, significantly reducing a child's stress during treatment.

If you'd like to learn more about all the amazing work Child's Play does, please check out their website at https://childsplaycharity.org/. (They've been doing this for 22 years, so there's a lot to read about!) From the bottom of our enormous collective heart: thank you, Child's Play. It's an honour to work together!