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2008 Charity Auction ◊
2007 Charity Auction ◊
2007 Blood Drive ◊
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2008 Dragon*Con Charity Auction
The 2008 Charity Auction committee has not yet picked a recipient for our charity events, however, if you would like to donate something to the charity auction, please contact John Tackett, Director of Charity Events, at charityevents@dragoncon.org, or at jtackett@bellsouth.net.
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2007 Dragon*Con Charity Events
The 2007 charity auction was held to benefit the American Diabetes Association.
On May 20, 2007; Team Dragon participated in the American Diabetes Associations, Tour de Cure. Team members rode distances ranging from 13 miles up to 62 miles to help raise funds and awareness for the this year's Dragon*Con charity, the American Diabetes Association. Team members raised over $3000 for the Diabetes association.
TEAM DRAGON 2007 Tour De Cure
(L to R: Brenda Tackett, Hank Hill, Robert Dennis, John Tackett, Mari Fridenmaker. Not pictures: Ben Collier, Gina Dennis) A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR THE 2007 DRAGON*CON CHARITY AUCTION!
The 2007 charity auction was received a great deal of fantastic donations! Here are some of the items that were auctioned off:
- AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS
- Laurell K Hamilton's The Harlequin
- Harry Turtledove's The Center Cannot Hold
- Kirk Douglas' Lets Face It
- Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
- Kurt Vonnegut's The Siren of Titans
- Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
- A Signed Carl Barks print from 1981, "The Wanderers of Wonderland" #561/5000
- Program book from the theatrical show, Vincent signed by Leonard Nimoy
- Props from the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries, The Children of Dune, donated to us by author, Kevin J. Anderson.
- Star Wars 30th Anniversary First Day Covers
- Various autographed photos from James Doohan, Michael Dorn and others.
- Author James Palmer put together a science fiction anthology to benefit the American Diabetes Association entitled Voices for the Cure,. It featured work by Robert J. Sawyer, Mike Resnick, Cory Doctorow, Ernest Hogan, Gary A. Braunbeck, Lucy A. Snyder, Eugie Foster, Mur Lafferty, Davey Beauchamp, and James Palmer. James was a celebrity auctioneer and auction off a signed copy of the anthology.
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2007 Dragon*Con Blood Drive
2007 marked the 5th year of the "Pay It Forward" Blood Drive at Dragon*Con, sponsored by The Heinlein Society and LifeSouth Community Blood Center. In 2006, 269 donors came by the drive to give the gift of life, and 211 pints of blood were collected. Since 2003, Dragon*Con attendees have donated 732 pints of blood, potentially saving over 2,000 lives.
2007 also marked the centennial year of Robert A. Heinlein, the man who started the tradition of science fiction convention blood drives at MidAmericon back in 1976. Heinlein believed very strongly in blood donation and in giving to the community in general, in his words, "paying it forward." In addition to a lifetime of writing, this is part of the marvellous legacy he left us.
The success of this drive is a reflection of the wonderful generosity of the Dragon*Con community and a fitting tribute to the man who gave so much of himself to his SF family.
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2006 Dragon*Con Charity Events
Thanks to the generosity of Dragon*Con attendees, the Charity Auction, "The Event after the Event" Silent Auction, direct donations and the Art Show over $11,000 was raised for charity during Dragon*Con 2006. Also the Heinlein Society and LifeSouth Blood Services blood drive collected 280 pints of blood
We would like to express special thanks and our sincere appreciation to the following:
- Kevin Sorbo and Clare Kramer for serving as guest auctioneers
- Marc B. Lee and Michael Hanley for their masterful and entertaining auctioneering
- All of the dealers, exhibitors, artists, guests and others who donated the items
for the auctions
- The Heinlein Society and LifeSouth Blood services and their staff for their untiring efforts and especially Dr. Alan Koslow, who stood patiently at the bottom of the escalator for hours and asked for blood donations which greatly contributed to the amount collected
- The staff of Dragon*Con for all your efforts.
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