Do you remember how I told you about the beautiful new Castle on Tuscany Island, furnished by four of SL’s top designers, and that it was going to be auctioned for charity?
That auction will now be taking place this Saturday, September 29th, 2007 at 1pm SLT.
But which are the charities?
There are two that will benefit from the proceeds of the sale.
The first is Gardens of Hope.
This project is designed to link five communities in Lesotho, southern Africa, into a network of projects that share ideas, skills, resources and common purpose while supporting the educational needs of orphaned and vulnerable children.
The project began in 2004 with the completion of the first tree nursery and has progressed to four tree nurseries and one greenhouse at five sites. The vision is one nursery and greenhouse at each of the five sites. Aside from the economies of scale realized by working with a number of different groups simultaneously, each group in the network will benefit from sharing resources, supplies, experience, supervision and expertise while being able to barter between themselves decreasing their cash dependency.
One project associated with Gardens of Hope that has really caught people’s imaginations, and which we would really like to help is the Ha Makhata Phelisanong Group. You can see more about this on a You Tube video here.
The other charity that we hope will benefit from the auction is the Marburg Toy Run in Germany – where motorcyclists gather to have a fun run to raise money for a local children’s charity. In addition to raising overall funds, each motorcycle entered donates a toy or an item of sports equipment. You can read more about this at http://www.toyrunmarburg.de/
So come along, bid to buy yourself a fabulous castle, beautifully furnished, and help some very worthy causes at the same time!
So, how could you place a successful bid?
Well, you could come to Tuscany in person and place your bid there, and have all the excitement of taking part in a live auction, as well as enjoying the other entertainment taking place in this beautiful sim.
Or, if you can’t make the auction itself, or if you wish to bid privately, you can register a private bid which will be made by proxy. To do this, email promperfect@gmail.com before 9am on Saturday 29th September, stating what your maximum bid for this lovely castle will be.
More details about the castle will be published soon, or you can visit Tuscany Island and see it for yourself before the auction.
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Notes
The successful bidder will be expected to abide by the terms of the Tuscany convenant (a very standard one, making sure that residents agree to respect the integrity of the sim). A copy of the convenant can be read here. The successful bidder will still pay tier upon the land s/he purchases. The owners of Tuscany reserve the right to withdraw the sale if the reserve price is not met.
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