Donate Games

12.21.09
DONATE GAMES CHARITY CONNECTS COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE - Industry Professionals, Gaming Enthusiasts and Families Unite Through New-Found Rallying Point
Struggling on your own with a rare disease can be an isolating experience – just ask Jennifer Nelson, whose son suffers from hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 2, an unusual neurological disorder that frequently necessitates limb amputation as the condition advances. She is one of the millions of Americans affected by orphan diseases and one of the hundreds of people worldwide who have been brought together by Donate Games.
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12.15.09
LOSANGELES.PARENTHOOD.COM BUSY PARENTS BLOG: GAMING MEANS GIVING
With the holidays peeking just over the horizon, we know that a new wave of toys and electronics will be making its way into our cozy (in other words, small) house. So for a few weekends in December, we hold a few Purge & Donate parties. One of our most cluttered areas? The video game shelf. With a 5-year-old legosw2xbox360boy who loves his Wii, Playstation and DS – and a mom who maintains a pretty solid list of titles herself – the media shelves can start to sag. Check out Donate Games,
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12.03.09
COLUMBUSPARENT.COM: COOL CLIX - GAMING FOR GOOD
Are your kids' video games piling up? Have your teenagers outgrown their favorite games? Are you dreading the game overload after all the presents are unwrapped? This holiday season, Donate Games is asking families to wrap up their old video games for a good cause.
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11.30.09
GAMERS DAILY NEWS.COM: DONATE GAMES, SAVE LIVES
Every used video game needs a new home once it is no longer wanted. One hundred million used video games are traded annually in the United States alone, according to an industry report from Wedbush Morgan, representing one-third of all games sold nationwide. And this holiday season—while preparing for shopping, sharing and gift giving—there is a whole new reason for families to clear out their game closets. New charity Donate Games...
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11.30.09
MOM MD: DONATE GAMES, SAVE LIVES
One game a Time: New charity rallies families to fight rare diseases, offering perfect alternative to holiday gift giving.
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11.30.09
KOTAKU.COM: BATTLE ORPHAN DISEASES WITH YOUR USED GAMES
Why buy and sell your used games to the benefit of some retailer when you can donate and buy used games from DonateGames.Org, where all proceeds go towards helping children and their families fight rare and neglected disorders.
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11.26.09
MASSIVELY.COM: REAL WORLD HEROES GIVES TITLES FOR CHARITY IN CITY OF HEROES
It's trite and cliche, but also true -- the holidays are the optimal time to stop and remember that there are people less fortunate than you in the world. Charity drives step up in frequency and everyone looks for the spirit of the holiday, of giving gifts out of kindness and hope that others can share in your good fortune.
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11.25.09
GAMEZONE.COM: DONATEGAMES TURNS USED VIDEO-GAMES INTO FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH TO HELP KIDS
“There is so much goodness coming with what we are doing”. Nothing touches the heart so much as children in need. Jim Carol knows that agony personally. In 2007 his 11-year-old son was diagnosed with Philadelphia Chromosome, a rare form of leukemia.
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09.02.09
DONATE GAMES MOBILIZING AT PAX 2009
Charity staff accepting your used videogames from the show floor. Jim Carol will also appear on the PAX panel entitled "How Gamers Give: Improving the World Through Games" 4:30-5:30pm Friday.
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06.10.09
OC FAMILY: YOUR VIDEO GAMES CAN SAVE LIVES
Donate Games has found a way to let people make a profound impact on the world without reaching deep into their pockets during these tough economic times.
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05.29.09
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: DANA POINT FAMILY PUTS HOPE IN HANDS OF GAMERS
Charity looks to fund genetic disease research by selling used video games.
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05.29.09
DANA POINT NEWS: GAMING FOR CAUSE
Dana Point family starts web site to resell donated video games to aid research of rare diseases.
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04.22.09
NEW, CONVENIENT DROP BOXES
We’ve started partnering with college campuses and UPS locations in the LA area to allow you to send us your donations through convenient drop boxes.
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04.02.09
GAMERS DAILY NEWS "SPRING CLEANING" EVENT
Donate Games and Gamers Daily News (that’s GDN to most folks) have partnered to offer you a “Spring Cleaning” event.
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04.01.09
COYOTE RADIO
California State University at San Bernadino, Campus radio station Coyote Radio interviewed Donate Games founder Jim Carol and spokesman Josh Sommer as part of their weekly “Game Break” segment.
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03.27.09
GAMERSDAILYNEWS.COM: GDN DONATE GAMES SPRING CLEANING EVENT
Gamers Daily News and Donate Games have teamed up to bring you a massive Spring Cleaning event.
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03.26.09
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
At Donate Games, not only are we dedicated to recycling your used games to benefit those suffering from orphan diseases, we’re also concerned about reducing costs and the environmental impact of your donation shipments.
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03.15.09
AMAZING DONATIONS GALORE
We’ve been absolutely blown away by the variety, quality and quantity of donations coming into our offices.
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03.07.09
PRE-FILLED SHIPPING LABELS ARE HERE
Seeing all of these wonderful donations led us to create a new pre-filled shipping label form that gives you all of the vital information you’ll need to send off your donations in a quick and easy template
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03.01.09
GAMEPOLITICS.COM: USED GAMES WILL HELP NEW CHARITY FIGHT RARE DISEASES
A start-up charitable foundation is seeking your used games. Donate Games is focusing its efforts on orphan diseases - debilitating, often fatal, but frequently overlooked because they affect only a small slice (less than .05%) of the global population.
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02.27.09
ARSTECHNICA.COM: NEW WEBSITE RECYCLES USED GAMES FOR CHARITY
Instead of reselling your games, a new online charity hopes you'll donate and buy back others in the fight against rare diseases.
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02.07.09
PIONEERING IDEAS
A discussion about breakthrough ideas in health and health care from the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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