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Webkinz Foundation donates $10,000.00 to Save The Children Canada. This donation will provide urgent aid to victims of the overwhelming monsoon rains in Pakistan that have threatened the lives and safety of over 3,000,000.

Webkinz Foundation agreed to match donations up to $100,000 during a recent UNICEF mail campaign focused on child labour programs in Bangladesh. The campaign was extremely successful, raising $284,550 (including Foundation grant).

The Webkinz graphics for the Mobile Blood Donor Clinic for the Children's Hospital in Denver have been finalized. The bus is scheduled to be compete and ready for use in the Fall.

The Webkinz Foundation sponsored Mobile Health Unit for the Children's Health Fund has been ordered, and is expected to be completed on schedule. Based on the needs of the population it will service, this bus is the first customized unit to contain both medical exam rooms and a dental unit. A launch is planned for the Fall.

“Kids showed they cared. We listened!” says Executive Director Mindy Ganz. “The Caring Valley is a fun and meaningful way to help Webkinz World members learn about giving, and also learn about charities that work to benefit children all around the world.”

The Caring Valley is part of the Webkinz World site. After purchasing a specially-tagged Webkinz™ Caring Valley pet, members activate the bonus Feature Code to plant 4 virtual saplings. After all 4 saplings are ‘planted’, members receive their own customizable Enchanted Tree to plant in their Webkinz World yard.