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Marathon for Kids Charity!

Family and Friends,


I’m sure you’ve all heard of sponsoring people in races for charity. Donate a dollar for every mile run, and it all goes to a good cause. Well, I’m entering a marathon. I know this may surprise even the people who know me closely. I’m not in the greatest physical shape, but don’t let that fool you. I’m particularly well conditioned for this type of marathon. It’s a gaming marathon. 24 hours for the ‘Extra Life’ event sponsored by the Sarcastic Gamer website:


http://extralife.sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2010/03/extra-life-faq.html


All my donations go to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital here in Denver.


http://www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org/HospitalDetail.aspx?market=DENVER&hospitalid=5fdc95a3-67a9-47ce-bc81-80f56e231577


(this charity was started by Marie Osmond in 1983)


So I need your help, and here’s the deal. I’ll be gaming for 24 hours on October 16th, and I’m asking for a dollar an hour. If you can’t swing it then a few bucks is fine too. If I don’t make it 24 hours straight, and I know I won’t due to various other commitments, I’ll make them up, or I’ll get help from my teammate, Dena. In fact, we may just split it into 12 hours each since we usually play together anyway. Here’s where you go to donate:


https://www.hospitalshelpingkids.org/ExtraLife/m.aspx?i=20835A8F0+5+85FE0


So what will we be playing? Glad you asked. Our favorite game, Lord of the Rings Online has gone free-to-play. That’s right, you can join us in the game and support us in our efforts for FREE! Just go download the client and create an account:


http://www.lotro.com/free.php?


If you seriously want to do this, I suggest you get it downloaded and installed and everything before the 16th so we can all play together from the start! I’m not sure how much technical assistance I can provide once we’ve started. – Really, it is a lot of fun ;) (Oh, we're on Landroval server)


So spread the word, I can use all the help I can get.


And thanks.


Sincerely,


Scott

Comments

  1. Dena Christensen10/13/10, 11:52 AM

    Thanks so much for your help! So far we are $1 away from our goal!!

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