| Last year’s Charity Auction raised
$525 each for our charities, The Ronald McDonald House and Reading is FUNdamental.
This year our Charity Auction will benefit Reading is FUNdamental and ACTOR
(A Commitment To Our Roots) in memory of Dave brown. We’ll be auctioning
off books, art, posters, toys and other Science Fiction and Fantasy memorabilia.
Most of these items will be on display Friday and Saturday in the Art Show.
The auction will take place Saturday afternoon starting at 4 p.m.
  Reading
is FUNdamental (RIF) develops and delivers children’s and family literacy
programs that help prepare young children for reading and motivate school-age
children to read. By the end of this year, RIF will have provided new,
free books and other essential literacy resources to more than 5 million
children and their families. For more info, check out their web site at
www.rif.org.
They also now have an online destination for kids, the RIF Reading
Planet.
 ACTOR
(A Commitment To Our Roots) is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit
organization dedicated strictly to helping comic book industry veterans.
Through ACTOR, a safety net is created. Financial aid is available
for comic creators who may need emergency operations, necessities of life,
or sometimes a helping hand back into active work in the comics industry.
Charity auction proceeds from CopperCon 23 will be donated to ACTOR in
the memory of Dave Brown, an All About Books and Comics employee who passed
away in May and had organized several charity events for ACTOR. Please
visit ACTOR's web site to learn
more about them. For more information on Dave Brown, visit this Dave
Brown Memorial site at All About Comics.
Listed Below are some of the initial donations
we have collected. Keep watching for updates
as we obtain more donations and add more detail. Any fans who would care
to donate any personal work or memorabilia for exposure, or know of any
potential donation material are encouraged to contact our Charity Auction
coordinator, Catherine Book.
 Donations
from Baen Books:
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War of Honor by David Weber - Hardback Autographed
by Author David Weber and Artist David Mattingly along with promotional
poster.
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Hell's Faire by John Ringo - Hardback autographed
by Author John Ringo and Artist David Mattingly along with promotional
poster.
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A selection of Advance Reading Copies (also known as
Galley Proofs) by an assortment of authors including David Weber, Harry
Turtledove, Mercedes Lackey and Charles Sheffield.
Various other items including:
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From a Whisper to a Scream, softcover book, autographed
by Charles deLint
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The Briar King by Greg Keyes - Advanced Reading
Copy autographed by Greg Keyes
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Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks - Hardback
autographed by Terry Brooks
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Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett - Hardback autogprahed
by Terry Pratchett
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Farscape's Zhaan Action Figure autographed by Virginia
Hey
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Movie theatre Standee for Finding Nemo
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Movie theatre Standee for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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Various 35 mm film movie trailers
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Star Trek, DS9 comic #27, autographed by Alexander Siddig
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Several autographed color photographs from Babylon 5,
Voyager, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and the original Lost In
Space TV show
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Several 4" action figures from Star Trek, TNG
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E.T. 25th Anniversary poster
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VHS tapes of Farscape containing uncut episodes and
unaired footage
We will also have a selection of art donated by artists
displaying in the art show. Since we don't know what art is being
donated until we open the boxes, you'll have to check out the Charity Auction
display at the convention. |
