Help Yvonne. Bid now, I top up dollar for dollar. Closing 24th Sep. NOON
by Lilian ~ September 24th, 2007. Filed under: Faith.Blogger Yvonne Foong will be auctioning two necklace she personally designed this week to raise funds for her medical treatments. Materials used consist of a Sodalite gemstone, crystal beads, a glass pendant, and Onxy beads, imported from Australia.
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Consider her designs a blessing. Yvonne Foong is born blind in the left eye. There is a cluster of tumors pressing onto her only functioning optic nerve, that caused her pupil to dilate in the right eye. Like many bloggers, Yvonne attends college, to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Except that she uses a magnifying glass to read, because her right eye takes longer to focus on printed words. Yvonne’s classmates transcribe lectures on her laptop real-time so her deafness would not impede her studies.
She has come a long way. Growing up a healthy child who could read and hear well, Yvonne now struggles everyday with disabling bodily functions.
Yvonne suffers from Neurofibromatosis Type 2, a rare genetic disorder, that causes tumors to grow in her central nervous system, affecting random nerves. Tumors can grow anytime, anywhere. Yvonne has underwent three brain and one spine surgery to date. Yet, many tumors remain untouched - some because they cannot be removed totally without endangering her life. Yvonne is living one day at a time.
Let’s chip in. Here’s how.
When she asked me to help promote this auction, I agreed immediately, as I am always supportive of Yvonne. For every winning bid, I will donate dollar-for-dollar.
For example, if the winning bid for a necklace is RM80, the bidder pays for and receives the necklace as usual. On top of that, I will donate the same amount to Yvonne’s medical fund. So Yvonne gets RM160 in total for the sale of that necklace alone.
5xmom’s readers who win gets a free book!
Here’s the catch. To help Yvonne further spread her cause, I am buying two copies of her book and giving them out to the winning bidders. Show Yvonne you learned about the auction from THIS BLOG simply by LEAVING A COMMENT HERE SAYING YOU WILL BE BIDDING for the necklaces.
This post’s comments will be closed at 12,00 noon, Monday, 24th September 2007, Malaysian time.
When you win, your comments left on this post will entitle you a free AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF YVONNE’S BIOGRAPHY, “I’M NOT SICK, JUST A BIT UNWELL.”
Deal?
So folks, please bid generously and I will do my part.
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September 24th, 2007 at 1:56 am
I bid RM50 for the blue one. I like that.
September 24th, 2007 at 2:23 am
I like the blue one too.lol. No link, where to bid? sumore i in oz, difficult lahh..lol
September 24th, 2007 at 2:38 am
shoppingmum - Thank you! I like the blue too but necklace is not for me. I only wear earrings.
LELONG LELONG - Please bid higher than RM50 and keep this going for Yvonne, please.
September 24th, 2007 at 7:49 am
I bid RM50 for the one in the second picture.
September 24th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Hello everyone. Sorry for the confusion. You may bid for the items on ebay here:
Sodalite Flower:
http://www.ebay.com.my/viItem?ItemId=120165149124
LakeBlue Heart:
http://www.ebay.com.my/viItem?ItemId=120165145666
Lilian’s offer to donate dollar-for-dollar and offer a free book to winning bidders coming through her blog still stands.
So, happy bidding yeah? Thanks!
September 24th, 2007 at 10:44 am
eh..luckily she wrote that….I thot I was a blur fark..for not knowing how to get to it.
anyway, done it. RM160 (thank u Paid posts!
). ..but please..no need to match it or beli buku la.. u just use fwd that money to YF la….what for give me for?
September 24th, 2007 at 10:51 am
okay me is a bit confused here. i’ve gone over to yvonne’s ebay site and it states that the current bids now is RM40, but leah and shopping mum’s has bid rm50 here woh…so which one i follow?
anyways…i’ve gone over to bid on the ebay site.
i like the blue one!
September 24th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Mott - RM160 from you, for which pendant? Nvm, we let Yvonne solves it cos I oso dunno how. I told her, when I need to pay money, just gimme Paypal address.
September 24th, 2007 at 11:30 am
oops..sorry I meant, no need buku..coz dah ada. If u want to match n give to her..by all means…pls..
that’s if I win la..
September 24th, 2007 at 11:31 am
AIYA….sorry…heart pendant.
September 24th, 2007 at 11:42 am
I will bid too.. except i think I’ll be bidding on ebay.
September 24th, 2007 at 11:49 am
lilian
maybe you could put the ebay links up on the first page then it would be easier to find the auctions?
September 24th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
[...] necklaces are up for auction already! Someone offered to match dollar-for-dollar too! Meaning, if you win the Sodalite Flower at RM80. You pay [...]
September 24th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
haha ya oso hor from oz. Hahahahahahahhahaha * laughs at own stupidity *
Actually i want the book lah. lol. I guess I’ll just go to the nearest bookstore and get it.
September 24th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
[...] necklaces are up for auction already! Someone offered to match dollar-for-dollar too! Meaning, if you win the Sodalite Flower at RM80. You pay [...]
September 24th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
I came back to check on the “bidding” b4 noon today becoz i tot u said it would end 24th noon. but couldn’t load the site, your site was down ah? Then, I went out and just got back…good thing I check in now, rupanya it’s on ebay, i got to find out my Ebay password coz haven’t used it for ages, only my husband use it. .:-)
September 24th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
I’m bidding for the sodalite necklace. God bless you for your generosity to Yvonne.
September 25th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Oh no… am I too late?
Anyway, heard about this from Mun’s Fitness Blog but can’t go out due to my bad knees.
It’s ok. I’ll try to look it up some bookshop later.
September 25th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Ok, I managed to retrieve my Ebay password and bid on the Lakeblue Heart .
September 30th, 2007 at 1:09 am
[...] do you remember the dollar-for-dollar pledge I gave to Yvonne? Well, the auction is over and I think the total comes up to a whooping RM400. I [...]