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08-07-2008, 12:34 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling donates signed book set to charity
The BBC is reporting that J.K. Rowling has donated a signed Harry Potter book set to a young boy with Xeroderma Pigmentosum (a recessive genetic disorder which means exposure to sunlight increases the risk of developing cancer or blindness) in order for him to raise money to help others with the condition.
David Middleton's mother wrote to Jo asking for her help to raise funds for the XP Support Group. The set will be auctioned in November. | |
08-07-2008, 12:45 PM
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| | Griffin
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Awesome 
Go Jo!
She's done a lot for charity
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08-07-2008, 01:28 PM
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| | Abraxan
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This woman is incredibly generous!!!
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08-07-2008, 01:43 PM
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Great work Jo, she's so generous! A signed set should bring in some serious cash and hopefully help this boy for many years to come.
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08-07-2008, 02:32 PM
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very nice for Jo to do something like that. I hope the set fetches a good amount. the disease is not well known so i'm pretty sure that funding for research to its cure are few and far between.
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08-07-2008, 02:33 PM
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That's really great of her to do  i hope the little boy does get better! 
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08-07-2008, 02:57 PM
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If one day I am able to be half as generous as Jo is, not only to her fans, but to charity, I will feel like a very blessed person.
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08-07-2008, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ebony_wandson  If one day I am able to be half as generous as Jo is, not only to her fans, but to charity, I will feel like a very blessed person.
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08-07-2008, 04:33 PM
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Wow that's really awesome! What an amazing person she is.
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08-07-2008, 05:02 PM
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that is great of her to do, hope the boy gets better
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08-07-2008, 05:43 PM
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I love it when celebrities give back!! She seems to donate as much as she keeps! If not more! Go Jo!  | |
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08-07-2008, 06:42 PM
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That is great. It is really nice to see celebrities help out with those kinds of things.
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08-07-2008, 08:14 PM
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That's a great way to help out a young man. It allows him to have a part in helping out others without just having received a check.
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08-07-2008, 09:24 PM
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That's really sweet of her 
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08-07-2008, 10:55 PM
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That is very generous of her. 
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I love how she gives back! Makes us appreciate what we have!
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That's so generous of her, I hope the books raise enough to help the boy and others who also have the disorder.
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08-08-2008, 12:37 PM
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I so wish I knew where to send requests like that. I am hosting a fundraiser in September for Riley Hospital for Children here in Indiana. I am looking for donated Silent Auction items. I cannot even imagine what kind of dollars one of her books would bring in. I sent a request to Stephenie Meyer but I received no response.
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 she's a real big hearted woman!seems she's always doing/giving stuff.and many many more things which she doesnt tell the press! 
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08-08-2008, 02:53 PM
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08-08-2008, 02:57 PM
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Yay! Go Jo!
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08-08-2008, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by luvtheweasleys I so wish I knew where to send requests like that. I am hosting a fundraiser in September for Riley Hospital for Children here in Indiana. I am looking for donated Silent Auction items. I cannot even imagine what kind of dollars one of her books would bring in. I sent a request to Stephenie Meyer but I received no response. You would probably go through her literary agency, Christopher Little.
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