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Generation Cures from Children’s Hospital Boston Launches Nation’s First Online Game-a-thon to Raise Funds for Pediatric Research

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 5th, 2009

Today Children’s Hospital Boston’s Generation Cures movement, (www.generationcures.kid.org), where kids change the world through fun and games, launched the country’s first “Game for Good” game-a-thon. The groundbreaking two-month competition lets tweens use their gaming powers for good to fuel the discovery of cures and treatments for serious childhood diseases.

As more and more kids turn to the Web to make a difference, the Generation Cures “Game for Good/Make it Better” (g4gmib) Challenge puts tweens in the giving driver’s seat. Just like they do in traditional fundraising initiatives like walk-a-thons, kids raise money by...

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