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Tim Cook coffee date fetches $610,000 in charity auction
Author: Stefanie Jenkins
The Charitybuzz auction offering a chance to meet and have coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook has ended with a final bid of $ 610,000. In all, 86 bids were placed for the opportunity to sit down with Cook (and a friend of the winner’s choosing) for between 30 and 60 minutes at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters. With such large chunks of cash at stake, Charitybuzz required independent bank qualifications once bids crossed the $ 500,000 mark. Proceeds from the record-tying auction (a Lamborghini Roadster went for the same total earlier this year) will go to The RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights. The coffee rendezvous was valued at $ 50,000 according to auction terms — travel costs not included — but that figure was eclipsed soon after…
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Apple’s Jony Ive tapped to design one-off Leica M for charity auction
Author: Buck Howard
In instance the newly announced Leica M just isn’t astronomically expensive enough– or charity-minded enough, as it were– Apple’s senior VP of design Jony Ive is dealing with the German photography business on a one-off version set to be auctioned for charity. Given the M’s baseline rate of & euro; 6,200 (about $ 8,100), we’re suspecting the one-of-a-kind version created by one of the world’s most prominent designers is going to fetch a rather cent at auction. Like, “sell of one of your added homes” kind of money. Leica head Dr. Andreas Kaufmann revealed the collaboration last evening throughout a Leica event at Photokina– an occasion that Ive himself was reportedly set to appear at– where he stated that the auction will be done with U2 frontman (and longtime friend of Ive) Bono Vox. The most recent Leica M debuts in very early 2013, though we will not see the fruits of Ive and Leica’s partnership for some time as the camera’s design has yet to start.
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Portal gun to be auctioned off for Child’s Play charity
Author: Brandon Zimmerman
The Portal gun. If you’ve been alive over the past year and change, you know exactly what we’re talking about. We can safely say our lives were changed after spending a few good minutes with Harrison Krix’s handmade replica in 2009, and soon you’ll have the golden opportunity to know exactly what we mean. Krix has constructed a new Portal gun, one that’s arguably more bodacious than ever, and there’s only one way to get it: outbid the Bro Montana next to you on December 7th. A Child’s Play Charity event auction will be held on that fateful day in Seattle, and it’ll be the one and only opportunity to have the pink slip transferred to you. Of course, monies received from the auction will benefit Child’s Play (a gaming industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in a network of over 60 hospitals worldwide), and the bragging rights afforded to the winner will be fairly epic in scope. Head on past the break for a video of what’s up for grabs.
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I Want a Goat (EXPLICIT) “I’m On a Boat” spoof for charity
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Design and donate a goat at iwantagoat.com – Our friend Debbie recently returned from 7 months in India, working with the people in this video. Beau (the Pantless Knight) went to visit her and together they shot this amazing footage. The people in Puki and Nua Kerenga villages had never seen a video camera before, but they understood our goal and were excited to let us help spread their message – THEY WANT GOATS. Why goats? The reason is that goats work. Goats breed and multiply and help the villagers pay for medicine and other important things in times of emergency. They are a valuable source of financial independence for these people, who are very poor and often get taken advantage of by money lenders. The Indian organization where Debbie volunteered (SOVA), has been establishing goateries (real word!) in tribal villages with great success. The results have been empowering for the villagers. We want to help provide more goats for these people. If you like the video, please share it on facebook, twitter, email, etc and consider donating a goat to help one of these amazing families at http Oh, and peep the Jordans on our goats, “White Chocolate”: iwantagoat.com and “G-Pain”: iwantagoat.com – Beau, Peter & David. LYRICS Aw shit, get your travel shots its about to go down. (yea-aah, shortay) Everybody in the herd get to the fuckin village (yea-aah, yeah) But stay on your motherfucking hooves We running this, lets go. I want a goat. (I want a goat) I want a goat (I want a …
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Magic: The Gathering Launch Parties to Benefit Child’s Play Charity
Author: Matthew Wilson
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Wizards of the Coast recently announced a pledge to donate up to $22,000 to Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play organization in honor of the Magic 2011 launch. The Child’s Play organization, which provides game materials to children in hospitals, is made strong by the compassionate gaming community that surrounds it, so Wizards is challenging their players to support this special organization and exciting launch event.
To celebrate the launch of Magic 2011, Wizards of the Coast is hosting M11 Launch Parties around the globe and will determine a donation amount based on attendance at these parties. If 40,000 people attend, Wizards of the Coast will donate $11,000. For each additional 1,000 attendees Wizards of the Coast will donate $1,100, up to $22,000 (50,000 attendees).
By attending your local launch party, you can celebrate the release of an exciting new product and help make a difference in the lives of children across the country. The event will last the entire weekend globally, starting at 12:00am July 16th in New Zealand and running through 11:59pm July 19th in Hawaii.
This is a great opportunity for gamers to band together and be a part of something bigger than themselves. All you have to do is show up at an M11 Launch Party and bring your friends…which you’d be doing anyway! Wizards of the Coast provide an online tool to help you find the nearest party.
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Magic: The Gathering Launch Parties to Benefit Child’s Play Charity
Author: Melissa Shroeder
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Wizards of the Coast recently announced a pledge to donate up to $22,000 to Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play organization in honor of the Magic 2011 launch. The Child’s Play organization, which provides game materials to children in hospitals, is made strong by the compassionate gaming community that surrounds it, so Wizards is challenging their players to support this special organization and exciting launch event.
To celebrate the launch of Magic 2011, Wizards of the Coast is hosting M11 Launch Parties around the globe and will determine a donation amount based on attendance at these parties. If 40,000 people attend, Wizards of the Coast will donate $11,000. For each additional 1,000 attendees Wizards of the Coast will donate $1,100, up to $22,000 (50,000 attendees).
By attending your local launch party, you can celebrate the release of an exciting new product and help make a difference in the lives of children across the country. The event will last the entire weekend globally, starting at 12:00am July 16th in New Zealand and running through 11:59pm July 19th in Hawaii.
This is a great opportunity for gamers to band together and be a part of something bigger than themselves. All you have to do is show up at an M11 Launch Party and bring your friends…which you’d be doing anyway! Wizards of the Coast provide an online tool to help you find the nearest party.
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MarioMarathon 3, a Mario-fest for charity, is happening now
Author: Brandon Zimmerman
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Some dudes in Lafayette, Indiana are going to play 800 levels of Mario, from SMB to Super Mario Sunshine. Last year they spent 96 hours playing and this year should be even more impressive.
You can watch them go to it right here and you can Donate to Child’s Play right here as they fight through the magical land of Mario World.
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