Kudos for Club Penguin Fans

Club Penguin (located Suite 500 - 1628 Dickson Ave, Kelowna, British Columbia) deserves a huge round of applause for its highly succesful 3rd annual Coins for Change online giving campaign.
For those who don't know, Club Penguin is one of the largest and fastest-growing virtual worlds for kids. Word filters and live moderators monitor chat and activity on the site and work to prevent the sharing of inappropriate or personally identifiable information. Club Penguin is free to play, however paying members receive special benefits. A portion of the proceeds from each membership supports organizations working to improve the lives of children and families around the world

The third annual Coins for Change campaign was conducted from December 11 to 21, 2009, which allowed children who played online on Club Penguin to donate virtual coins to support charities working to improve the lives of kids and families around the globe.

The players' donations served as votes to determine how a $1 million cash contribution would be divided amongst charitable projects in the real world. Thanks to more than 2.9 million players who donated in excess of 4 billion virtual coins, Club Penguin will donate:

$165,000 Canadian dollars to a nutrition program to feed thousands of malnourished and at-risk children in Haiti (conducted by Partners In Health);

$165,000 Canadian dollars to a peace centre to educate 20,000 young children displaced by war and conflict in Sri Lanka (conducted by War Child);

$157,500 Canadian dollars to critical health care and treatment programs for impoverished children in Haiti (conducted by Partners In Health);

$157,500 Canadian dollars to build a health clinic in Kenya (conducted by Free The Children);

$177,500 Canadian dollars for programs to inspire kids to protect coral reefs in Indonesia, wetlands in China, and forests in South America; critical habitats for sea turtles, orangutans and other endangered species (conducted by Rare); and

$177,500 Canadian dollars to support scholarships and educational programs focused on protecting the African wild dog, the elephant and the snow leopard (conducted by Wildlife Conservation Network).

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