Wanted: Cheap Gamecube for two poor kids (or $$$!)

[joshnickerson]

My name's not on the big list... did you get my package yet? :eek 2:

[SoulBlazer]

Did you pick up or get a memory card also, Flack?

As for Sandra....ask your wife. I think one woman would know another one better then any of us men. :D

[charitycasegreg]

Holy crap thats a crapload of games! Good going you guys! @_@ Some kids will be very happy!

[Hypnotuba]

Yeah! Great pile of Gamecube/GBA goodness there. Good job! The books are a really nice touch to round out the setup. Glad to see much of the money is going to non-gaming stuff as well.

Those kids will fit in great here getting so much at once. They'll be posting Room of Doom pics and threads about "My Gamecube backlog" in no time.

:D

Seriously, though, you are awesome for putting all this together, Flack.

[izret101]

Might i suggest leaving some money as cash?
That could help take care of any bills or give the ability to spend it were it is needed. Whereas a gift card restricts to that specific store.
Just a thought.

And good god did you guys send in a crap load of stuff. I wish i could have given something.

[jwl]

I sent Kirby's Air Ride with a memory card 1019 to your PO box last week, Just wondering if you got it, cause my name wasn't on the list yet. :)

[nermal]

I completely forgot about sending a GC game after I told panesian about this story... I was just talking to him on AOL and he lost your email address Flack, could you email him pics of the kids on x-mas because he wants to see the little ones


Brian

[nermal]

I completely forgot about sending a GC game after I told panesian about this story... I was just talking to him on AOL and he lost your email address Flack, could you email him pics of the kids on x-mas because he wants to see the little ones


Brian

[nesuser2]

In an accident of this nature, usually it's not beneficial to sue any parties. LET ALONE YOUR OWN FAMILY. Sadly, i've been through this and insurance companies usually fill in the voids and under-insured policies add to that. The insurance companies can really never replace what has been taken, but neither can Sandra. All they can do is ease the pain by giving you money to blow on senseless things and make you create your own happiness for a while and realize that there really isn't that much happiness in money.

Cheers to Flack for organizing this whole thing. And at the total, I would say it's time to start letting donations go straight to the family. Unless that sounds like a really bad idea. I realize the general idea is to get something for the kids and stuff they need and generally money won't do this but these kids have got so many games listed on that page that as a young child, I would indeed be drooling as I never received too much. This will definitly be a killer christmas.

Last but certainly not least. I think everybody else donating needs a round of applause/pat on the back. It's one thing to give to people you know but to give to a good cause that you can't see requires another kind of heart. All of you go achieved a new level of respect to me today, I'm proud of you all.

The Digital Press community rocks!!!

[Flack]

I sent Kirby's Air Ride with a memory card 1019 to your PO box last week, Just wondering if you got it, cause my name wasn't on the list yet. :)

I did get it and it's in the stack, but I couldn't remember who it was from. I'll add your name right now, thanks!

[Flack]

My name's not on the big list... did you get my package yet? :eek 2:

Just double checked, and it's right here -- I'll add it to the list!

[Flack]

Today was the big day. I picked up two Christmas sacks, and put the 'cube along with the controllers and GBA and GBA games all in one sack, and then put all the Gamecube games in the other (I had to really cram to get them all in). I sent someone to the mall for me last night to make a basket for Sandra with some lotion and bubble bath and all that kind of stuff. She wrapped it for me this morning, and we rolled up the scarf Achika sent and put it in the basket too.

I went upstairs to the computer lab which has big break tables in it, and someone went downstairs to go find Sandra. When she came up, I handed her the basket of her stuff and she was like, "oh thank you, thank you Robert," and I was sitting there thinking, well if she liked all that stuff she's REALLY going to like this! So then she opened the first sack and pulled out the first Gamecube controller and was saying, "oh thank you, thank you!" and I was thinking, well this is going to take a while if she gets excited over every single thing! One of her friends was there too and they kept talking to each other in Spanish. I picked up a few words like "mira!" which means "look!" and "dios mio!" which of course means "my goodness!" Then I heard her friend say something about Santa and I asked what she said and Sandra said, "she said 'forget about the guy in the red suit, this guy is the REAL Santa Claus!"

Then we went through the bag of games and she ooh'ed and aah'ed over every one, especially all the ones obviously for kids like the Kirby one, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, etc. She said Pablo really likes Mario so she spent a long time looking at everything that had Mario on it.

After all that was done she said thank you about a million times, and I tried to explain to her that this was not just from me but all my friends on the Internet too and I think she got it. I also had a card in the bag that said "Merry Christmas from Rob and the guys at Digital Press" with everyone's name on it.

Sandra told me that her boys will be really surprised because she already had a talk with them and told them that Santa gets really busy this time of year and that he really wanted to get them a Gamecube but that since he was so busy, he might not be able to visit their house until February or March. When she told me this I kind of got a lump in my throat and just thought, yeah, this was a cool thing we did.

Sandra promised me she would take some pictures of the boys playing their stuff on Christmas morning as well. Also I might go over there Christmas afternoon or maybe the day after and take some photos.

http://www.robohara.com/pix/sandra.jpg

Thank you everybody, for helping me give Sandra and her children a Christmas.

[Sniderman]

I'm pretty proud to have been a part of this, as well as proud of being a member of this community. Nicely done Flack, and as well to the folks here at DP. I gots me a tingly Christmassy feeling now. :)

[Kamino]

crikey.
Those kids have a bigger cube collection than me now.
this went better than i expected. you people rock.

[nermal]

That is incredible!

God Bless everyone who gave a little to make this family have a great Christmas

[Cauterize]

Brilliant :)
Glad i could donate and make someone else enjoy xmas too, i think everyone should give themselves a pat on the back, especially Flack for sorting this out!

[Qixmaster]

Wow! this is so great. I am glad that everything worked out. Reading the story put a big smile on my face. Rob, this was an amazing act of kindness you did and just to see that someone here has the potential to be such an honest, giving individual makes me realize that there are still good people in the world.

I'd say that everyone who helped out or wanted to just shows how important our gaming community is. Thanks for making this place such an open and welcoming place.

Merry christmas everyone... well in a few days! :D

-Josh

[Cmosfm]

Oh man, this is great, once I seen that picture it put a whole new perspective on things. Feels great to make someone's Christmas so wonderful. :)

I can't wait to see pictures of the kids on Christmas day, that's gonna be amazing!

[frodo2968]

Sweet! Thanks for doing this, Flack :). And to everyone who donated stuff :).

I can't wait to see some more pictures!

I think we should do this every year! That'd really be awesome!

[DJ_DEEM]

i really like trying to do good things for people but a lot of the time u dont really know where the money is going when u donate it, but this i knew exactly what was going on and i was more then happy to help out and im glad we helped make someones lives a little better, and all i can really say is : ] good work everyone and yah we should deff do this next year!

[DShoe]

goatdan wrote:
I think that in Kenosha it is also illegal to have an erection in public, but I've never heard that one enforced either. Wisconsin is weird.


i got one......not in kenosha.....i had a headache and my buddies slipped me 2 viagra......ive never been thrown out of a sears til that day.... i just really,,,,really,,,,wanted that shop-vac....i tried telling the saleslady this.....but she said...i had to pull my pants up before shed go in the back to get mine....what got me thrown out was i followed her.


im not usually the cuddly type.....but you guys are really generous!
good job....i think....dude you know,you run out of games to buy them
i would gladly take a halo xbox....doesnt even hafta work......ill just take the shell and a controller....make believe im playing......everybody have a good holiday!

[studvicious]

O_O

[long_shawn_silver]

goatdan wrote:
I think that in Kenosha it is also illegal to have an erection in public, but I've never heard that one enforced either. Wisconsin is weird.


i got one......not in kenosha.....i had a headache and my buddies slipped me 2 viagra......ive never been thrown out of a sears til that day.... i just really,,,,really,,,,wanted that shop-vac....i tried telling the saleslady this.....but she said...i had to pull my pants up before shed go in the back to get mine....what got me thrown out was i followed her.


im not usually the cuddly type.....but you guys are really generous!
good job....i think....dude you know,you run out of games to buy them
i would gladly take a halo xbox....doesnt even hafta work......ill just take the shell and a controller....make believe im playing......everybody have a good holiday!

Such filth has no place in this thread of Christmas Joy. :(

[Queen Of The Felines]

ATTENTION: DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS..

Flack, good job, sir! :)

Kristine

[charitycasegreg]

goatdan wrote:
I think that in Kenosha it is also illegal to have an erection in public, but I've never heard that one enforced either. Wisconsin is weird.


i got one......not in kenosha.....i had a headache and my buddies slipped me 2 viagra......ive never been thrown out of a sears til that day.... i just really,,,,really,,,,wanted that shop-vac....i tried telling the saleslady this.....but she said...i had to pull my pants up before shed go in the back to get mine....what got me thrown out was i followed her.


im not usually the cuddly type.....but you guys are really generous!
good job....i think....dude you know,you run out of games to buy them
i would gladly take a halo xbox....doesnt even hafta work......ill just take the shell and a controller....make believe im play
ing......everybody have a good holiday!

:? ... ever go to the flea markets there?

[DShoe]

i was just trying to be silly.....i didnt think anybody would pay it much attention.......i just seen the pic. of the lady getting her gifts......that truly was an appreciative woman! you could tell all the generoisty was going to a great person.w/ a great family!

[Lemmy Kilmister]

This is first time I actually bother to even look into this thread. Looks like I was a little late hun? Anyways, that was great that everyone came together and chipped in a couple things. Sorry that I didn't see this sooner. I would have thrown in a couple of bucks to help out.

[Arcade Antics]

WOW.

What the world needs now, is a couple hundred thousand more Flacks.

:)

Awesome.

[RockyRaccoon]

This is truly awesome.

I will say the following:

Flack is full of PWN.

Digiitpress's Generous Members are full of PWN.

The world needs more Flacks indeed. I already did my own charity work however by doing the Santa thing. (Yeah... I'm *cough* heavy set *uncough* aswell as tall ) I just wish I had the money at the time to had donated to this, but it looks like a LOT of people picked up the slack. ;-).

This is truly the spirit of Christmas.

[SoulBlazer]

That is a HECK of a lot of stuff!

Can't wait for the pics. :D

[DShoe]

along time ago.....when i was about 4 maybe 5 i sat on santa's lap and the santa house around here is ran by the city....well they found the jolliest city worker they could to play santa clause.....and somehow this guy knew everything about me......it was amzing espcial being 5....my mom had just got her job w/ the city and still to this day doesnt know who it was! so i can ONLY imagine.....how these 2 precious kids are going to feel tom. morning! and the mother....you could tell she truly was grateful! i think everybody who donated.....should be extreamly proud of themselves....and those of us...who didnt need to keep this in mind next time we see a donation station.....you never know it could be you or friend or family who could be in the same sit. and not be near as lucky.....i think you all did great!

[Crush Crawfish]

Wow. This is simply beautiful. You guys rock so much. I only wish I'd seen this thread sooner. Merry Christmas everyone!!!! :D

[GrandAmChandler]

Wow. This is simply beautiful. You guys rock so much. I only wish I'd seen this thread sooner. Merry Christmas everyone!!!! :D

I agree, I havent seen the boards much, I wish an email went out or something,..... I think that this is incredible, and any time urgent things such as this should go out in a special edition of the DP wire, or just an email or something.


Just a suggestion. You guys rock. I cant believe those kids on Christmas. They will be so happy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

[Slipdeath]

Hey Flack, did you get any pictures?

[Sebastian]

Hey Flack, did you get any pictures?

yep waiting for the pixies mon ami

[Flack]

Just wanted to let you guys know, Sandra took some pictures Christmas morning, so I am just waiting for her to get them developed and then I'll scan them in and post them.

[Muscelli]

my turn! :D









ur a nice person, great job!

[importaku]

Lets keep this up near the top shall we :D

[long_shawn_silver]

The very top where it belongs eh?

[Mecha-Godzilla]

I can't see the pics, but good job Flack! :D

[Anexanhume]

It's been a while, any news on the pics?

[Icarus Moonsight]

Yes, I wish to see small children tear into a big pile of Nintendo goodness :evil:
Mwahahaha

[DJ_DEEM]

i still wanna see these pics..... : P

[Emily]

I know this thread is old...But FLACK ROX!
You are truly awsome. I know what its like to be really poor, but my parents could still afford to give us cool christmas's. Those kids will remember this, you can be sure. Digital Press rules!

[PDorr3]

Wow I never saw this thread before, but you guys are simply awsome for donating all of that, I would LOVE to have seen their faces when you gave them all of that....you guys are awsome...

[qbertandernie]

search feature is back up finally...i knew this thread would return!

still cant wait to see the xmas pics.

[Anexanhume]

I don't want to speak on Flack's behalf, but when I asked him he told me he was having a hard time getting her to give him the pics, as if she kept putting it off.

[qbertandernie]

hope she didnt have to sell the stuff to pay rent with or something...