Generation Cures – Game for Good

Generation Cures is a free website from Children’s Hospital Boston that teaches children about caring and giving through fun and games.

“Game for Good” will launch on April 20, 2009.  This 8-week initiative is similar to a walk-a-thon in that children will raise money by getting sponsors.  But instead of walking, the children will put their brains to work by playing games online in their own home.

Here’s how it works: In the interactive fantasy-adventure game Caduceus, kids are young healers tracking the source of a mysterious plague. Just like real doctors and scientists, they are challenged to track down the source of the disease, isolate its causes and mix and match ingredients to find a cure. With breathtaking visuals and plot twists that constantly reveal new challenges, kids imagine themselves in the story and fully invest themselves in solving the problem. As kids conquer each of the game levels, portions of their sponsors’ pledges are unlocked and donated to Children’s Hospital Boston. So their virtual cures transform into real-world cures for other kids.

All money raised by the children will go into a research fund at Children’s Hospital Boston to find cures for the most serious and debilitating childhood diseases.