POINT BLANK READERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
24 Xbox mobile kiosks delivered to six NY hospitals

by Chris Botta on February 27th, 2010 at 1:41 am

Thanks to the incredible generosity of Point Blank readers, young patients at six New York hospitals now can enjoy Xbox mobile kiosks at their bedsides.

Earlier this season, Point Blank ran a fundraising drive that raised $25,000 for Pat LaFontaine’s Companions in Courage Foundation, which partners with Microsoft to build “Lion’s Den” rooms and place one-of-a-kind digital game kiosks in pediatric wards across North America.

The Xbox units have been in place for weeks and enjoyed by thousands of young patients. On the strength of Islanders fan donors, four mobile kiosks were delivered to each of six area hospitals:

Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow

Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola

St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital, Bayside

Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn

Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York

Huntington Hospital, Huntington

I had the privilege of taking a tour last week of the pediatric unit of Nassau University Medical Center with CiC executive director Jim Johnson. It was easy to see the impact your donation had on the children there. The spirits of one young girl were immediately lifted when she was able to play a game based on her favorite movie, Up, right from her bed.

Linda Walsh (pictured above), the recreational therapist at NUMC, said your game kiosk donations “make all the difference in the world” at the hospital.

“If you’ve ever been through an experience where your child or loved one has had to spend an extended time in the hospital, you know how scary that can be,” said LaFontaine. “To know that your child can have even a little bit of normalcy during a stressful time like that means the world to every parent. Thank you to all the Point Blank readers who gave so generously.”

The Point Blank/CiC Donor Roll

Adler, Mark
Andrew, Sean

Arkin, Josh
Aurigemma, Daniel
Avaltroni, Rob
Ayoub, Chad
Baiser, Dennis
Barbieri, John
Baum, Benjamin
Bedell, Michael
Bier, Rebecca
Birkenfeld, Glenn
Blake, Ken
Bockstein, Andrew
Botta, Jane
Brackenridge, Craig
Brady, David
Bravo, Jose
Brophy, John
Brown, Will
Bruce, Richard
Butler, Nancy
Byrnes, Kristie
Canevari, Ernest
Caporuscio, Kathryn
Caprio, Andrew
Carey, Brian
Carey, Joseph
Carey, Michael
Carlberg, Donald
Cavanagh,Jim
Chacko, Matthew
Chaffer, Eric
Chereskin, Richard
Clark, Jim
Cibelli, Garret
Cimons, Wayne
Cohen, Steven
Conte, Joseph
Corsarie, Robert
Cosimano, Patrick
Criscitelli, Michael
Criscuolo, Eric
Curley, Gregory
Cusack, Timothy
Cuthbert, Sean
DePierro, Jason
Desiderio, Joseph
DiDonna, Dominic
Dixon, Ann Marie
Doyle, Sean
Dugan, Jason
Dulberg, Bill
Dunbar, Michael
Efstathiou, Bob
Epstein, Gary
Ereshena, Barbara
Faust, Frederick
Federmann, Joshua
Fishbach, Raphael
Filiberto, Christian
Fleming, Ron
Franco, Patrick
Frazee, Brian
Froessel, Timothy
Frumento, Michael
Gallof, Brian
Gelman, Jonathan
Gimbel, Cory
Goerke, Robert
Goldberg, Mitchell
Gormley, Shannon
Greenberg, Adam
Greer, Richard
Gressler, Brian
Grzancic, Christian
Gurtman, Scott
Gusman, Philip
Guzzo, John
Hanrahan, Michael
Hasnas, Dan
Heberer, William
Heiser, John
Hemley, Robert
Henderson, Gary
Herbst, Brandon
Herms, Robert
Hesse, Richard
Hoenigmann, Ryan
Honig, William
Hornick, Eric
Holleran, Kevin
Isserlis, Michael
Jantz, Stephen
Jaycoff, Joshua
Jezykowski, Richard
Jordan, John-Michael
Kalontarov, Michael
Kantor, Benjamin
Kaplan, Joseph
Kasper, Thomas
Kicinski, Robert
Kirsch, Christopher
Krebs, Jeff
Krupa, Dan
Levy, Lawrence
Lieber, Marc
Litvinsky, David
Lorenzo, Daniel
Lotto, Bryan
Maginness, Ron
Mallon, Rob
Mancusi, Thomas
Manos, Jason
Manuszak, Ellen
Manzo, Steven
Marshall, Peter
Martinez, Paul
Mather, Brian
McBride, Kevin
McCarthy, Bill
McDonald, Andrew
McGlynn, Jim
Meehan, Thomas
Meinck, Christopher
Melnyk, Tedd
Miller, Michael
Monaco, Kevin
Monahan, James
Moore, Philip
Moore, Steven
Moran, Louis
Morrison, Gregory
Nass, Eric
Navaro, Ray
Nelson, George
Nolan, Robert
Okeefe, Brian
Ong, Aaron
Overmeyer, James
Palmieri, John
Palmieri, Jon
Pasquarosa, Joseph
Philippides, Nicholas
Pignataro, George
Plant, David
Powell, Jason
Prendergast, Carey
Priest, Mike
Primosch, Chris
Profit, Ricky
Ragone, Valentino
Raimondi, Michael
Rannin, Rob
Rappaport, Scott
Reba, Alan
Reiter, Dennis
Resnick, Nate
Rhein, Robert
Rice, William
Ring, Peter
Rizzo, Richard
Romanelli, John
Romano, Paul
Rosenbaum, Roy
Rosenblum, Daniel
Rudegeair, Thomas
Rusowicz, Ed
Russin, Adam
Ryan, James
Rylott, Paul
Sachs, Steven
Schlauch, Ed
Schlechter, Justin
Schmier, Steven
Schniebolk, Seth
Schultz, Kevin
Schwab, James
Schwartz, Brad
Schwarz, Mike
Scordato, Matthew
Scrobe, Stephen
Shainman, Andrew
Shapiro, Ted
Sherman, Brett
Sherwood, Bob
Sinacori, Joseph
Smith, Scott
Smith, Spencer
Smyth, Raymond
Speight, Jeff
Sposato, Daniel
Steffens, James
Style, Christopher
Tag, Don
Tang, Michael
Tavani, Richard
Tendrup, Ryan
Terrasi, Michael
Terrasi, Michael
Thaw, Brian
Timlin, Marty
Tracey, Patrick
Tricarico, Michael
Trofimov, Aleksandr
Turner, Elliot
Uchman, Gregory
Undersinger, Paul
Visconti, Vincent
Vollmer, Eric
Von Arx, Philip
Votinelli, Tom
Walters, Scott
Ward, Andrew
Weiner, Rick
Weinstein, Jeffrey
Weinstein, Rick
Weiss, Lane
Weiss, Michael
Wessinger, Adam
Wichern, Jason
Wojtusiak, Mark
Young, Patrick

Donations of every amount will continue to be accepted and are greatly appreciated. Donors can send checks to CiC Foundation, P.O. Box 768, Huntington, NY 11743 (ATT: PB). If you have any other questions about donating to Companions in Courage, please send an email to Jim Johnson at jjohnson@CiC16.org

Comments.

12 Responses to POINT BLANK READERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
24 Xbox mobile kiosks delivered to six NY hospitals

pete says:

February 27, 2010 at 9:04 am

This is great Chris! Happy to see what a difference this great site can make.

I wonder who the first person to complain about DP not letting the kid play the video game will be, lol

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TimQ says:

February 27, 2010 at 9:49 am

Easily the high water mark in IPB’s history!!!

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IslesinOside says:

February 27, 2010 at 10:00 am

Wonderful Chris!!

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Jim Clark says:

February 27, 2010 at 10:34 am

Helping out a sick child is better than winning a hockey game. We are all George Bailey’s!

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Isles Fan in Ulster County says:

February 27, 2010 at 7:02 pm

My hat is off to those who could contribute. Great job.

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JT says:

February 27, 2010 at 8:52 pm

Chris, a great coordinated effort between you and PB readers. Way to make a difference.

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Seth says:

February 27, 2010 at 9:04 pm

great job as always Chris. this tops everything that you have done so far and for those who that donated, you are awesome people. next time around I hope to donate and put a smile on a kids face who may be going through a tough time right now.

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peter debenedetto says:

February 27, 2010 at 10:44 pm

great job by Point Blank and all Islanders and Hockey fans.

CB–are you sure you can’t find a way to buy the Islanders yourself?????

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Chris TMC says:

February 28, 2010 at 11:15 am

Its great to read a followup on this- and seeing a huge list like that makes me so proud to be an Isles fan!

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Thomas Mancusi says:

February 28, 2010 at 2:41 pm

Thank you Chris for giving us the opportunity to contribute to such a worthy cause. Thank you to all those who gave. Really appreciate the follow up as well. Lets Go USA!

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Paul Undersinger says:

February 28, 2010 at 11:12 pm

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to join you and the others here to help make the lives of the kids in the hospital a little more tolerable.

-Paul

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mtrico says:

March 1, 2010 at 1:43 am

Great to hear that we were able to make some sick kids happy!

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