Boy Raffles Nintendo Wii to Help the Needy

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

Many kids today are selfish and think only of themselves (come on, be honest), but this kid has been doing good stuff his entire life. Tyler Strasser, 11, of Mount Holly, North Carolina has, since he was 3, collected toys every Christmas for the disadvantaged.

This year he came up with a great idea: everyone who donated a toy would get a raffle ticket. Raffle winners would get an entry into a Wii Bowling tournament, and the winner would get the Wii. Knowing how scarce Wii’s are, you have to bet he had plenty of entrants in the raffle last weekend.

Strasser was also a semi-finalist in this year’s Volvo for Life Awards. While he didn’t win, according to the site, he’s collected over 500,000 toys since he first started. He’s even got his own site, Tyler’s Mission, devoted to his causes (though the site is very obviously still under construction).

We Say: He may not have won a Volvo for Life award, but in my book, he’s a definite winner.