In exchange, we are asking that you sponsor us in our Write-A-Thon to benefit Hannah’s Hope for GAN. Our goal is to raise $10,000. This will be matched by Ms. Doris Buffet’s Sunshine Ladies Foundation (Ms. Buffet is Warren Buffet’s sister). If 1000 of our readers donate $10 each, we will meet our goal. Of course, a donation of any amount is much appreciated.
The following is excerpted from Chapter 8 of The Sound of Love by Addicted2Twylyte and explains this charity.
In the following excerpt, Jack is Bella’s brother (think Justin Timberlake). Drew Seely is a real person, and he actually did do a benefit concert for Hannah’s Hope and lists it as one of his favorite charities on his web site. Everything written in this excerpt about Hannah, her parents and GAN is true. Hannah is the cousin of the author, Addicted2Twylyte.
Just prior to this excerpt, the hero, Rob, has asked the heroine, Bella, to marry him. He asked her in front of 75,000 fans at a Dave Matthews concert. Prior to asking her, he and Dave sang a song that Rob wrote. After the concert, Rob explains to Bella:
I signed over all the royalties to you, by the way. It’s your song.”
“Thank you, sweetheart.” I had a thought. “I know exactly what to do with the income! Jack is friends with Drew Seeley – he’s the guy who stepped in for Zac Ephron during the High School Musical live tour when Zac had a conflict. Drew did a benefit for Hannah’s Hope Fund. Hannah is a little girl with a very rare disease called Giant Axonal Neuropathy – GAN for short. GAN is a rare genetic disorder that slowly takes away one's ability to walk, use one's hands, speak or swallow and is terminal usually by the time these beautiful children reach their twenties. The disease is so rare, there was no research or support going on when Hannah’s parents found out she had it. Of course, they were utterly devastated at first, but then decided that Hannah was going to be the first person to beat the disease. Drew said Hannah is absolutely precious, and he asked Jack to help.”
The link to the Hannah’s Hope site where you can make a donation via PayPal is on the profile of each one of the authors participating in the Write-A-Thon. If you decide to sponsor us, please send a message to one of the authors so we can keep track of how close we are to meeting our goal. We will keep you updated.
Thank you for “Giving What You Can to Cure GAN!”
http://www.hannahshopefund.org/
I thank each and every one of you that read this post and choose to help in any way that you can. Tell everyone that you know on fanfiction. Ask them to help Hannah. Your help is truly appreciated.
Thank you all. Much love,
Kathy aka JaspersDarlinKathy
