{"id":112389,"date":"2020-05-01T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/362197"},"modified":"2020-05-01T14:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:27:00","slug":"roblox-corp-launches-2-million-fundraiser-to-support-covid-19-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/01\/roblox-corp-launches-2-million-fundraiser-to-support-covid-19-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox Corp launches $2 million fundraiser to support COVID-19 charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Roblox <\/em>developer Roblox Corporation will <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.roblox.com\/2020\/04\/supporting-covid19-relief-recovery-efforts\/\">donate up to $2&nbsp;million<\/a> to charities involved in the fight against COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The studio has launched a series of limited-edition items, some of which have been created by members of the<em> Roblox <\/em>community, in support of UNICEF USA, Code.org, and No Kid Hungry.<\/p>\n<p>The items&nbsp;will be available to purchase until June 30 or until their collective sales total $1 million, with all proceeds going to a charity of the player&#8217;s&nbsp;choice.&nbsp;For each donation made, Roblox will donate an equivalent amount to the charities, for a combined total of $1 million. In addition, Roblox will donate up to an additional $1 million to match what users have spent amongst the three organizations, totaling up to $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In times of crisis, we\u2019ve been humbled by the outpouring of support from the<em> Roblox <\/em>community. We\u2019ve united on multiple occasions to contribute aid to people affected by earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis. Now, at a time when the whole world could use a helping hand, we want to provide an opportunity for the community to come together once again to support those in need,&#8221; wrote the company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your donations will provide food for millions of children across America; distribute essential supplies such as clean water, soap, medical supplies, and protective equipment to where they\u2019re needed most around the world; and\/or provide resources for students to continue their education at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about the initiative, including links to each charitable item, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.roblox.com\/2020\/04\/supporting-covid19-relief-recovery-efforts\/\">over on the Roblox website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roblox developer Roblox Corporation will donate up to $2&nbsp;million to charities involved in the fight against COVID-19.&nbsp; The studio has launched a series of limited-edition items, some of which have been created by members of the Roblox community, in support of UNICEF USA, Code.org, and No Kid Hungry. The items&nbsp;will be available to purchase until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}