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April 03, 2008

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Sue

Yay! We're a tenth of the way there. :-)

Kate

Are you keeping track of donations made directly to the Alzheimer''s Research Trust? I just made a small donation directly so they can claim gift aid but I don't know whether it will be contained in the total.
Also, where is the donation Jar mentioned?

Pat Cadigan

Hi, Kate--

The "donation jar" is actually the PayPal button in the centre column. Any donations made via this button go directly to the UK Alzheimer's Trust.

Any donation you make to the UK Alzheimer's Trust mentioning that you are doing so as part of the Match It For Pratchett campaign, or in honour of Terry Pratchett, will be counted.

I haven't seen an update about how much money ART has taken in since the last one. Perhaps Andrew Scheuber will check in with a new total soon.

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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.
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