{"id":454,"date":"2010-01-11T16:05:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T16:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kingsisle.dylan.office.fmaustin.com\/?p=454"},"modified":"2018-08-31T16:05:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T16:05:35","slug":"kingsisles-wizard101-community-raises-126000-for-childrens-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/press\/kingsisles-wizard101-community-raises-126000-for-childrens-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"KingsIsle\u2019s Wizard101 Community Raises $126,000 for Children\u2019s Charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plano, Texas&#8211;Jan. 11, 2010 \u2013 Wizard101 players showed their strength as a community in benefiting two worthy organizations \u2013 Austin Children\u2019s Shelter and Child\u2019s Play. From Dec. 14 to Jan. 5, players were able to purchase an in-game riding mount, the \u201cMeowmodon\u201d, for approximately $15 with all proceeds from the sales going to the two charities. The $126,000 raised by Wizard101 players will be evenly distributed between the charities. The endeavor was the first for the award-winning, magic-themed massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.<\/p>\n<p>Wizard101 selected the two beneficiaries \u2013 Austin Children\u2019s Shelter and Child\u2019s Play \u2013 to support the local Austin community as well as the global gaming community. Austin Children\u2019s Shelter provides emergency shelter and care for abused and neglected children, and Child\u2019s Play is a game industry charity dedicated to providing games and toys to children in hospitals worldwide. \u201cWizard101 fans have shown that there truly is strength in numbers,\u201d said Elie Akilian, CEO of KingsIsle Entertainment. \u201cWe were thrilled to see the Wizard101 community band together to benefit these two great organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plano, Texas&#8211;Jan. 11, 2010 \u2013 Wizard101 players showed their strength as a community in benefiting two worthy organizations \u2013 Austin Children\u2019s Shelter and Child\u2019s Play&#8230;.<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/press\/kingsisles-wizard101-community-raises-126000-for-childrens-charities\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kingsisle.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}