From Margot's site:
Do you remember what happened on 22 February of this year? You don’t? Life goes by so quickly that we often forget even major events once they’ve happened. But the nearly 35,000 residents of Christchurch, as well as their friends and families, will never forget what happened on that day. Neither will many of the rest of us. A devastating earthquake struck the area, taking hundreds of lives and causing millions of dollars worth of damage. That’s the thing about disasters; we tend to roll our sleeves up while they’re making the news, but it’s hard to keep doing that when almost a year has gone by. The fact is, though, that the rebuilding in Christchurch will take years to accomplish.Thus, she's holding a raffle for a SIGNED hardback copy of Val McDermid's Trick of the Dark.
What do you need to do?
(1) Leave a comment with your bid on this luverly prize HERE. Please make your bid in New Zealand dollars (HERE is a currency converter if you would like one)
(2) You’ll have until Friday 18 November to bid. You are welcome to check back and see how the bidding’s going, and re-bid if you wish.
(3) The highest bidder wins Trick of the Dark. It’s that easy!
If you are the winner….
You’ll be asked to go to the New Zealand Government’s Christchurch Earthquake Relief site.
At that site, you’ll be asked to make a donation in the amount of your bid.
You’ll receive a confirmatory email which I’ll ask you to forward to me.
Then……. Val McDermid will personalise and send you your prize, wherever you live.
I really want this prize, but I also want to help the people of Christchurch get as much as they possible can.
So go. Go!
17 comments:
A great idea, hope there are many bids.
sounds like a good cause, Clarissa!
Clarissa - Thank you so very much for helping to spread the word about this raffle! That means a lot to me :-).
Great idea to help publicize this cause. Thanks for sharing Clarissa.
Oh how lovely - thanks for the linkies and the info! Take care
x
Good cause! Wow, there's been so many disasters this year...
sounds like a good cause
Good cause, hope it's successful!
I must confess, I hadn't heard much about this earthquake.
Helping others is always a good thing.
Sia McKye's Thoughts...OVER COFFEE
This is truly a worthy cause.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
I remember. But it got lost in all the other crazy news of 2011. Thanks Margot for keeping the story alive and good luck!
:) very nice...
it's true. We do tend to forget things that happen not so long ago. What a great way to raise awareness. Thanks for the heads up! :o) <3
Thanks for sharing this worthy cause and benefit contest.
What a fantastic idea. I can't believe that was almost a year ago. Well done to Margot for organising such a great initiative.
That's very cool. And I agree, it's easy to help out when something is making the news, but once it's bumped from the headlines, most people forget. Good on her for doing this!
Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse
great ideat, thanks for sharing your thoughts in this post.
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