eBid.net is an auction site that has been around since 1998 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Each month a group of sellers host charity auctions for their chosen charity. There is also a charity of the month. This month the charity chosen was Janet’s Trust. Elisabeth Coop, who runs Janet’s Trust says “Twelve children a week die because of undetected heart conditions. By making sure schools are fully equipped with defibrillators it will make the difference between life and death should a child fall ill.
They can also be used by the surrounding community as well.”
Janet’s Trust is the nominated Charity this month on eBid’s YDC Charity Auction and needs some serious money this and next week ~ between 24th – 28th!
If anyone in Laurencekirk has a heart attack it takes a journey of approx 45 minutes (on a good day) to get them from Laurencekirk to the nearest hospital with emergency facilities which is in Aberdeen.
The first 8 minutes after a heart attack are critical.
The money raised for Janet’s Trust on eBid.net during next week’s YDC (Your Donation Counts) Charity Auction will go to help Mearns Academy, Laurencekirk, buy a Defibrillator. Mearns Academy Campus also has a Community Centre on site so a defibrillator there would be really beneficial to the town and could one day save a life, or two or more……
This is what Defibrillators do (except that Mearns Academy won’t buy one like a drone) ~ www.youtube.com/embed/y-
Please will you help us to help them?
Go to www.ebid.net and put YDC* in the search box then click on Charity Auctions (top left of page). There you will find items currently listed ~ many of them generously donated by eBid Sellers to support this Defibrillator need ~ and some to support other needy causes.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for considering helping us.
Penni Currie
As a Seller on eBid it is a privilege for me to be able to help to raise funds towards the purchase of a Defibrillator for Mearns Academy. There are quite a few of us taking part ~ mainly in the UK but we have a Seller from Australia contributing also, as well as some Sellers from the USA.
It’s all hands to the wheel folks! Please come and join us and bid on our items ~ we hope you will find something that you will like and a lot of our items we even send post free….
Cheap as chips! And all for a very needy and worthy cause.
By the way, Janet’s Trust is hosted by The Russell Haldane Trust, Registered Charity Number 1087582 ~ and is based in Thornton Cleveleys, in the North West, just 3 or 4 miles north of Blackpool.
One last thing ~ well, it’s a promise really….. We will all do our very best to raise as much money as we can for the Mearns Academy Defibrillator.
Come and join us! Bid! then Bid some more! (please!).
Elizabeth Coop (aka cheaver on eBid)
This is the link to the YDC auctions:
https://uk.ebid.net/perl/main.cgi?mo=search&type=keyword&advanced_body=1&words=ydc*&categoryid=&go=&price1=&price2=&countryid=&used=&near_me=&sfeedback=&pcode==
Thank you to all who participate!
~Jan~
I’m delighted to be taking part in the YDC charity auction to help Mearns Academy buy a defibrillator.
There’s already a nice selection of items up for grabs, including a Laurencekirk Millennium 2000 16 Piece Tea Set and a Scottish Pride display plate by Weatherby Giftware.
Hope to see you when the bidding starts on Friday the 24th – and maybe have a bid or two or three!
Susan
Is this beautiful collectible Laurencekirk Millenium Tea Set coming to me in England or is someone going to make sure it stays in Scotland?
https://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/ydc131-laurencekirk-millennium-2000-collectors-16-piece-tea-set-ydc-131-for-jt-138151903.htm
Come on Scotland! Let’s have a bidding war!!! (and raise some serious money..)
You can see all the items I am offering to help raise money for the Mearns Academy Defibrillator here:
https://uk.ebid.net/perl/main.cgi?words=992002&category2=2&categoryid=2&categoryonly=on&mo=search&type=user
Will you bid and help to support our efforts? I hope so….
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Elizabeth (aka cheaver on eBid – look for my Penguin avatar!)
I have 5 auctions running especially for this very good cause, https://uk.ebid.net/perl/main.cgi?type1=a&type2=a&cat=685477&mo=user-store&title=meebo1s-Charity-Store, but I am also offering to donate a minimum of 50% (excl. postage) of anything else I sell until midnight 28th of April
One of the auctions listed is a Laurencekirk Millennium Tea Set. These were made in limited numbers. Please have a look ( and a bid) for a worthwhile cause
https://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/ydc131-laurencekirk-millennium-2000-collectors-16-piece-tea-set-ydc-131-for-jt-138151903.htm
I am delighted to announce the result of our fund raising efforts on eBid to help Mearns Academy, Laurencekirk, buy a Defibrillator.
We raised the magnificent sum of £580.00 and Janet’s Trust is adding a further £100.00 to that amount making a total of £680.00 for the School.
School has been informed and it is hoped that arrangements can soon be put in place so that this important piece of life-saving equipment can be purchased as soon as possible.
Many thanks to all who supported our efforts at our special, monthly Charity Auction YDC 131 (Your Donation Counts), on behalf of Mearns Academy, on eBid.
Elizabeth (Coop)
Janet’s Trust ~ hosted by The Russell Haldane Trust, Registered Charity Number 1087582.
Congratulations! I’ve put your comment on the main blog as well, to share the good news. Lynn