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Games That Give

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Gaming, Random Fun, Web sites to watch.

Fess up…you know you’re addicted to online games. All you have to do is start one and then it becomes a competition of unstoppable proportions…you just need ONE MORE TRY and you will WIN (err, maybe that’s just what happens to me when I play Solitaire!). So how cool is it that there is now a way to get your fix AND donate to a good cause?

If you’re not familiar with DoSomething.org, I highly recommend checking it out, especially if you’re into helping others and making a difference. As they say here,

We’ve partnered with GamesThatGive, a new website that generates money for charity (us) when you play their free online games:

How does it work? Sponsors advertise on the games, and 70% of every dollar they spend goes to Do Something! Check out GamesThatGive.net and tell some friends about this fun new way to help Do Something change the world.

Sounds cool, huh? I’ll be checking it out just as soon as I beat Solitaire… ;)

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Going on an adventure

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books.

Hey everyone! I’m going on an adventure to Europe and won’t be posting for a couple weeks. Hooray for travel!! Have you ever been on any cool trips that you remember fondly, or do you have some places on your wish list? I don’t get to travel as much as I’d like to, but that is where the wonder of Armchair Travel comes in. What’s Armchair Travel, you ask? All you need is a comfy chair, preferably some snacks (though they are not entirely necessary), and, most importantly, some books to take you away!

Check out these exciting going-on-an-adventure titles:

The great call of China by Cynthea Liu – In the latest installment of the S.A.S.S. series (Students Across the Seven Seas), teen Cece travels to China to find out about her roots, her birth parents, and maybe a little romance.

13 little blue envelopes by Maureen Johnson - When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life.

Whirligig by Paul Fleischman – While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he causes, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.

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