This post is directly from my livejournal, reposted here for people not on my friends list but interested in helping!! Thanks for you time!
"Hello all kind and wonderful people in LJ land--
As you may already have heard, a friend to many of us, girliegirl32786 was recently affected by a fire .
Aubry and Nate were very foturnate in not losing everything, but they did have to find a new place to live and will be moving very hastily. Due to other circumstances, I believe times have been a bit tough for both of them as Nate recently lost a job and Aubry is a fulltime student.
I was moved by their situation, especially when hearing about the fire and wanted to do something to extend a helping hand.
My thought was to have a benefit auction of costume related items. Another fundraiser started by jennylafleur has been successful and I know many of my own LJ friends have already donated but also showed interested in donating items to such an auction.
I am willing to organize the auction (with the help of the lovely gilded_garb , who has graciously offered her assistance) but want it to be successful and wondered who would be interested in donating, what would be donated, and also if you would be willing to bid on donated items?
If there is a great enough response to this we will definately move forward with the auction.
Again, the idea was that the auction would be for costume related items so that we could keep it managable. This list is all thing costume--things every costumer loves like movies, books, fabrics, trims, accessories (jewelry, gloves, shoes, bags, hats), whole costumes or even costume pieces (maybe things you've kept in case your friends need something to wear, or things you've grown out of and have been meaning to donate somewhere else)!
Also, I know that everyone of us has a talent that isn't always directly related to costume: knitting, crocheting, sketching, drawing, etc. and these items would also be appreciated (if I've left something off this list that you'd like to donate, please let me know).
Our decision to move forward should be made very soon, so I will be considering responses to this post until 11am on Monday (as the other fundraiser will end at 12 noon on Monday).
Other things to note about the auction and how it will work are:
-this auction will be secrety organized, Aubry doesn't know anything about it
-the monies raised by the auction will be for Aubry and Nate to use at their discretion for whatever needs they have
-items donated and bid on will pay their own ebay fees
You can contact me for this cause at
Thanks so much for your consideration and to everyone who has already donated! Your generosity will truly touch their hearts! Please spread the word about our little project, we would love to give all the help we can!"
Sunday, January 21, 2007
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