Our Gorilla Rigs team has put together this one-of-a-kind Cherry
Pink Chimp Gaming PC for you to bid on and raise funds for the New
Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. Swing by our TradeMe listing now to place
your bid!
We all have mothers, sisters, daughters and other women in our life that we
couldn't imagine losing, but with a disease like Breast Cancer claiming the
lives of over 600 women each year in New Zealand alone,
chances are we'll all know someone diagnosed sooner or later.
All proceeds from the sale of this rig will be going to the New Zealand Breast
Cancer Foundation to give them more ammo for their arsenal in the fight
against Breast Cancer.
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Last week we paid a visit to Starship Childrens Hospital in Auckland City.
The purpose of the visit was to donate a PlayStation 2 free-standing unit to
the hospital.
The free-standing unit (which houses a PS2 console, TV and controllers) was a
throwback to our Gameplanet Store days. We stored it in the rafters of our
warehouse until we could figure out what to do with it. That was about a year
ago. The quiet period after the madness of Christmas and New Year allowed us to
revisit it and last week the Chief Gorilla made the call to donate it to
Starship.
We pulled the unit down from the rafters and I gave it a thorough cleaning.
I then “tested it” (read: played some games :P) to make sure that
everything was working, which it was. I raided our staff library for a handful
of PS2 games and then our warehouse manager Justin and I loaded it all into our
van and drove it out to Starship.
We met Liaine from the Starship Foundation and Rata a play specialist at
Starship who were very appreciative of our donation. We set it up in one of the
play rooms, and showed them how to operate it. Although I'm sure the kids will
be able to show them how it works :P
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