Definitely a worthy cause. The web site seems to indicate the
Commentathon is over. (Sad to say, they didn't quite reach their
$10,000 goal.) They are, however, still accepting donations to the
National Breast Cancer Foundation.
There's a heart-breaking photo set as a faded background image on the
donation page showing Cheryl holding a newborn baby.
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Joy McCann
<jmmccann_at_s...> wrote:
> From a friend of mine:
>
> Beginning at 12:01 A.M. PST April 1st, Greg Hammond
> (www.californiahammonds.com) is hosting a Commentathon in memory of
> the first anniversary of his wife's death from breast cancer.
>
> _All_ you have to do is leave a comment. Sponsors have committed to
> donating money for every comment made. The goal is $10,000 with every
> single dollar going to help low-income women receive mammograms.
>
> Greg is also going to be giving away iTunes gift certificates once an
> hour. There are other prizes: 3 iPod Shuffles, 1 iPod Mini, 1 Mac
> Mini, 1 iBook Laptop. The condition on the iBook laptop is that it
> only gets given out if it hits $10,000. There are no conditions on
> the other prizes.
>
> Please post about this on your blogs or copy and paste the message to
> all friends you know who could take less than one minute to support
> this noble cause. All you have to do is go to the site, and leave a
> comment- it could be one word only or as long as you want. Comments
> are limited to one per person in fairness.
>
> Thank you for taking a few minutes to read this. If you have time
> tonight, go to the site and follow the links that Greg provides to
> read a bit more about Cheryl. She was 36 years-old when breast cancer
> took her life. It took five long years to consume her, it will take
> you less than a minute to comment. Less than a minute to comment.
>
> Thank you,
> Rae
>
>
>
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