{"id":787,"date":"2008-12-24T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driph.com\/words\/?p=787"},"modified":"2008-12-24T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T19:07:10","slug":"childs-play-charity-support-umc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/2008\/12\/childs-play-charity-support-umc\/","title":{"rendered":"Child&#8217;s Play Charity &#8211; Support UMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas&#8217; own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umcsn.com\/med_serv\/childrens\/index.asp\">UMC Children&#8217;s Center<\/a> was added to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childsplaycharity.org\/\">Child&#8217;s Play Charity<\/a> roster last year, and thanks to the generous giving of the gamer community, they were happily inundated with gifts that allowed the young temporary residents of the children&#8217;s hospital to have at least a slightly less unenjoyable stay. Being sick sucks, and as many of us know, a good video game can be a hell of a way to take your mind off the things that ail you for a bit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/registry\/wishlist\/2P9USCNC58BVP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"786\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/2008\/12\/childs-play-charity-support-umc\/cp468\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cp468.gif\" data-orig-size=\"468,60\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Child&amp;#8217;s Play Charity\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cp468-300x38.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cp468.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cp468.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Child&#039;s Play Charity\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cp468.gif 468w, https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cp468-300x38.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While tonight is Christmas Eve, the toy drive continues until the end of the year. If you&#8217;ve yet to donate, please take a moment and browse the UMC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/registry\/wishlist\/2P9USCNC58BVP\">Amazon wishlist<\/a>, or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childsplaycharity.org\/\">Child&#8217;s Play<\/a> and find your own local hospital to support. Buying games is fun (even if it&#8217;s not for yourself), you&#8217;ll be doing a great deed for a sick kid, and who knows, that copy of Dragon&#8217;s Quest IV for the DS just might be the catalyst that creates a new gamer for life.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas, all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas&#8217; own UMC Children&#8217;s Center was added to the Child&#8217;s Play Charity roster last year, and thanks to the generous giving of the gamer community, they were happily inundated with gifts that allowed the young temporary residents of the children&#8217;s hospital to have at least a slightly less unenjoyable stay. 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