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March 25, 2008

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Welcome back everyone who was at Eastercon or Norwescon. I've heard that the Eastercon was a great success and that all the GoH were great. Though I'm reliably informed by an excited fan-girl that Mitch Benn was the highlight. More importantly, there were collection buckets and book auctions in aid of the Alzheimer's Research Trust. I expect to have information on how much was raised soon.

Talking of money,

Summary of Accounts as of 25/3/2008 at 9:34

Donations via MatchItForPratchett.org: $6764.1

T-Shirt sales (Completed and Pending): $1095.01

Costs (Paypal Charges): $-300.9

Total Raised via MatchItForPratchett.org: $7558.21

For information see Money & Accounts

Note: Each t-shirt generates a $10 donation to Match It For Pratchett. The eagle-eyed amoungst you will see that the total is not a round number. The odd $5.01 included is from the sale of other goods from Poosk purchased by people buying a Match It For Pratchett t-shirt. To avoid any ethical grey areas, I will be donating all such revenue.

Note: There is an additional $10.37 due to be included from the Google Adsense adverts displayed on the web site.

I have to dash out now and spend the day introducing one of my nieces to Nottingham and the legends of Robin Hood. Hopefully when I get back, the information I need to transfer everything Match It For Pratchet has raised to the Alzheimer's Research Trust will be waiting for me.

Posted by Chris Tregenza at 09:59 AM |

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Marilee J. Layman

Hey, I was at Minicon! We had a box for instant donation and handed out postcards with the info and the link to this site.

Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | March 27, 2008 at 01:42 AM

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Match It For Pratchett

  • What's This All About Then?
    Terry Pratchett, author of the bestselling Discworld novels, has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's. He has donated half a million pounds (approx $1 million) to Alzheimer's research and appeared in the media highlighting the low levels of research funding Alzheimer's receives.
    Match It For Pratchett is a spontaneous, grassroots, totally unofficial campaign by loyal readers from around the world to raise money on behalf of the Alzheimer's Research Trust in the UK and Alzheimer's research in general around the world.

    What is Alzheimer's?
    Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common cause of dementia, afflicting 24 million people worldwide. Alzheimer's is a degenerative and terminal disease for which there is currently no cure. In its most common form, it occurs in people over 65 years old although a rarer early-onset form also exists.

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