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For every player who bought the Red Hat, Roblox had donated 65 cents to the [[American Red Cross|Red Cross]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roblox.com/Red-Hat-for-Haiti-item?id=20721217 |title=Description of Red Hat for Haiti On Roblox.|publisher=Roblox Corporation |date=15 January 2010|accessdate=6 March 2014|first=David|last= Baszucki}}</ref> Roblox donated at least $5479 to the Red Cross Relief Fund because of this, after a week of the hats being on sale.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://blog.roblox.com/2010/01/roblox-players-raise-547900-for-haiti-disaster-relief/|title = ROBLOX Players Raise $5479.00 For Haiti Disaster Relief|date = 21 January 2010|accessdate = 25 June 2014|website = Roblox Blog|publisher = Roblox Corporation|last = Shedletsky|first = John}}</ref> In 2011, Roblox also published two hats that players could purchase to raise money for Japan after the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]. The Rising Sun Cap and the Japanese Baseball Cap were put into the catalog for players to buy. For every Rising Sun Cap that players bought, Roblox had donated $1.00 to the Red Cross. For every Japanese Baseball Cap that players bought, Roblox had donated 10 cents to the Red Cross.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url = http://www.roblox.com/Rising-Sun-Cap-item?id=47697235|title = Rising Sun Cap Page|date = 11 March 2011|accessdate = 25 June 2014|website = Roblox|publisher = Roblox Corporation|last = |first = }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite web|url = http://www.roblox.com/Japanese-Baseball-Cap-item?id=47697264|title = Japanese Baseball Cap Page|date = 11 March 2011|accessdate = 25 June 2014|website = Roblox|publisher = Roblox Corporation|last = |first = }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite web|url = http://blog.roblox.com/2011/03/generosity-by-the-thousands-for-japan/|title = Generosity by the Thousands for Japan!|date = 17 March 2011|accessdate = 25 June 2014|website = Roblox Blog|publisher = Roblox Corporation|last = Baszucki|first = David}}</ref> After only two days of the hats being on sale, $10,445.80 was raised, from 23935 hats being sold.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />
In 2013, Roblox published a hat after the death of their co-founder, Erik Cassel. Every time the hat was bought, Roblox had donated money toward [[cancer research]],
Again in 2013, Roblox published two hats after [[Typhoon Haiyan]]. For every hat that a player bought, Roblox had either donated 10 cents or 65 cents depending on the hat.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Justus|first1=Brad|title=$3,330.30 Raised for Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda Relief|url=http://blog.roblox.com/2013/11/3330-30-raised-for-typhoon-haiyanyolanda-relief|publisher=ROBLOX Corporation|date=18 November 2013|accessdate=6 March 2015}}</ref> A total of $3,330.30 was raised from players buying the hats.
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