Doodles Raise $20,650 For Cure Kids Charity
-------- Original Message -------- Wednesday17th February,
2010 Over $20,000 has been raised for Cure Kids at
auction by a couple of doodles of an alternative NZ Flag
that were considered by most as not very good art. Prime
Minister John Key’s Flag doodle sold last night on Trade
Me for $10,150 to Elite International School of Beauty and
Spa Therapies Director, Simon Harding. Mr Key made it
clear before he began drawing that he wasn’t an artist but
within 24 hours of listing the art work the bidding was up
over $3,000. Late last week Breakfast reporter, Matty
McLean decided to doodle himself drawing a very odd animal
dubbed Shiwi because of the uncertainty as to whether it was
a Sheep or a Kiwi. Shiwi was put up for auction with Matt
announcing a tongue-in-cheek challenge suggesting he would
raise more money for Cure Kids than the Prime Minister with
his doodle. In the dying minutes of Matty’s auction at
8am this morning a large bid was placed skyrocketing the
total from $350 to $10,500. A family from the Western
Bay of Plenty bought Matt’s Shiwi and plan to hang it in
their home beside a doodle by the late Sir Edmund
Hillary. The entire amount raised at auction, $20,650,
will go to Cure Kids – see information provided by the
charity below.
Cure Kids and TVNZ would like to thank the
thousands of NZers who viewed the auctions, posted good
wishes and took part in the bidding. About Cure Kids At
Cure Kids we are trying to find cures for every disease and
condition affecting Kiwi kids and to improve their quality
of life along the way - whether it be Type 1 Diabetes,
cystic fibrosis, kidney disease, pre-term baby survival,
leukemia, brain tumours, etc. Set up 30 years ago, to date
we have invested $25 million in New Zealand research and we
are very proud of the results funded by New Zealanders’
generosity, for example: · Parents of
children with leukemia thank Cure Kids supporters as the
survival rate for ALL leukemia – the most common form
– used to be 20-30% and is now 90-95% as a result of
research we funded · Many of us are old
enough to remember when Cot Deaths took 400 babies a year.
That is now down to 40 – still 40 too many – due to
research funded by us · While in cystic
fibrosis, physical therapy developed by our researchers has
thankfully extended the life expectancy from 16 years to
30. Our research programme is driven by the three
professors (or Chairs) we fund – our Rock Stars – and
their teams. One works in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cot
Death), another in pre-term babies, and the 3rd in genetic
diseases. And we are currently capital-raising for a 4th
Chair in Wellington – in reconstructive plastic
surgery. We also fund individual researchers and projects
– sometimes we can make a real difference for as little as
$10,000, sometimes it takes many millions, but one thing for
sure is every dollar counts! Please visit
www.curekids.org.nz to find out more about us and to make an
on-line
donation. Ends
Subject:
Two
doodles raise $20,000+ for Cure Kids
Date:
Wed, 17 Feb
2010 10:51:56 +1300
From:
Andi Brotherston
To:
Andi Brotherston
Doodles Raise
$20,650 For Cure Kids Charity