Monday, January 22, 2007

Florida Boy Uses eBay to Fundraise With His Head

Now this is someone using is head to good use.
If being diagnosed with leukemia wasn't bad enough, Patrick Pedraja's hair started falling out from the chemotherapy treatments."That was a big thing," said Patrick, who's 11 and likes to be called Pat. "I loved my hair.
"But his newly expansive forehead gave him a bright idea. If he could get companies to pay to advertise on his noggin, he could use the money for a good cause, like going around the country to recruit bone marrow donors to help others with leukemia.So Pat and his mom, Claudine Andrews, who live in Palm Harbor near Tampa, went to the world's pop culture marketplace - eBay - and opened an online auction.

For a minimum bid of $5,000, Pat offered to wear a temporary tattoo on his forehead for a month touting the winning bidder's goods or services.

Read more http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070121/NEWS/701210373/1004

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