...amandarin is here!
I'm back from my travels and busy trying to dig my way out from under the 965 unread emails that were waiting for me when I returned to work this morning. 965!! Apparently, I was missed.
In other news, Giftmas is on Monday. Have you bought your 2007 Lime Project Calendar yet?
By now, all of you know that I have spent the last five months training for a marathon in order to raise money for AIDS Project Los Angeles. However, during that time I have also been involved in another, more personal, fundraising project. One which finally launched this past Friday. It's called the LIME PROJECT and it is the brainchild of the ever-brilliant Avril (a.k.a. bronxelf). I think her words explain the project best:
Many of you reading this know Heather. Last year, right after Christmas, she was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Whilst she has medical insurance through her job, she does *NOT* have prescription coverage. The medication which has kept her alive and with us is killing her financially.
Way back in January I had a zany idea to raise money to help Heather pay for her medical bills. A lot of really wonderful people have helped make that zany idea real (and along the way helped me come up with OTHER zany ideas to do the same thing). We started a group, called Limesuckers, and tried to get this idea off the ground.
Basically, a bunch of us got naked to help our friend. Cause fuck it. Sex sells and so long as Heather stays healthy and doesn't go broke, I don't much give a shit who looks at me naked. A bunch of other people thought the same way I do, and now we have a calendar coming out.
14 women.
2 countries.
8 states.All kinds of shapes and sizes. Something for everyone. The one thing in common is they're trying to help Heather.
ALL the proceeds go directly to Heather. We don't see a nickel of it.
I felt strongly that if I cared about Heather, and didn't want her to go broke then it was my job to do something to help. You can too, and I'm not even asking you to get naked. Just order a calendar. That link up there will show you how. If you don't want to order one, that's cool too- there's a way to make a donation without an order. If you have a shop, a store, a place to sell a few? You can order them in bulk. We can take international orders. And if calendars aren't your thing, then after the first of the year the Limesuckers (you're right Mara, it's always limesuckers to me...) will be coming out with *other* products- ALL of them going to help Heather.
It's her job to get healthy. We're trying to make sure she isn't crippled by the debt of doing so for the rest of her life.
It would mean a lot to me, and to Heather, if you would buy a calendar or make a donation. Heather is currently facing about 20K in medical bills and that number is getting larger each day.
The part where you get to see me mostly nekid is just a perk ;-)
Pimp this project out to anyone and everyone you know. Put the Lime Project up on your blogs, submit it to boingoing, digg and reddit, talk about it at the office. This is not a donation to a huge and faceless foundation, this is an effort to help a single person, a wonderful artist and friend, win the battle of her life. This is about Heather and Heather alone. Please, help.
