INTERCOT's Pixie Dust For Sam

Update June 17

This fundraiser has now ended...
thank you for your donations!

FINAL TOTALS COMING SOON.

Bracelets Ordered - 563
Donations Received - $4212.61

Remember the bracelets earn at least $2.50 a piece minimum towards the cause and once we are past the breakeven costs on shipping and supplies, even more.

Grand Total so far is AT LEAST - $5665.92
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INTERCOT: Walt Disney World - Inside & Out Announces “Pixie Dust For Sam” – A Fight Against Childhood Leukemia - Now Thru June 15th

Benefit to aid an INTERCOT Community Member’s Son in his fight against T-Cell ALL Leukemia

Urbana, Maryland — ( May 16, 2005)

One thing that our members know is that, here at INTERCOT, we’re a family. When a member hits a rough spot, they often come to the INTERCOT Discussion Boards seeking advice and a sprinkling of Pixie Dust. The INTERCOT Pixie Dust Chain of support is legendary and has helped comfort many a member over the years.

Now, we have a member who needs more Pixie Dust than INTERCOT has ever had to muster before.

Little Sam Wood (He just turned 2), the son of INTERCOT member Melanie Loughry (screen name: harlowandthemermaid) is fighting T-cell ALL leukemia. While Sam is a tough little guy, the going has been a bit rough for him lately and now he and his Mom need INTERCOT’s help.

Sam is in line for a bone marrow transplant and Mel, her family and friends are organizing a benefit to help cover post-transplant expenses. Mel has only been able to work sporadically as of late, because Sam has been in and out of the hospital getting radiation treatments in preparation for his transplant. As we are sure you can imagine, the financial burden is almost as immense as the emotional one on Sam’s family, and we here at INTERCOT want to help.

INTERCOT has joined forces with Mel and her family to develop the “INTERCOT - Pixie Dust for Sam” program. INTERCOT has set up a special PayPal account where our members can send contributions to help Mel and Sam through this incredibly difficult time. Now thru June 15th, we’re asking people to step up and give all they can. Mel and Sam really need our help and we know the INTERCOT Pixie Dust Chain will not let her down.

As a thank you for members that do contribute, INTERCOT has obtained a limited amount of special silicone wristbands. They’re gold (the official color of children’s cancer awareness) and bear the phrase “INTERCOT.COM – PIXIE DUST FOR SAM”. 

( sample item - actual bracelet may vary - order below )

Any person who donates $5.00 to Sam’s fund will receive one of these important wristbands. Not only will it let people know you care, it will also help focus awareness on the fight for children with cancer.  100% of all profits will go to benefit Sam and his family.  Even In the unlikely event no profit is made, INTERCOT will donate a minimum of $2.50 from the sale of EACH AND EVERY wristband. 

Bracelets will begin shipping on or before mid June - however it's best to buy now, as they will be shipped out on a first ordered, first received basis.

Also, if you choose to give but don't care to receive a bracelet, or have already ordered one and want to donate more, we have provided a "Cash Donation Only" button as well.

We’ve ordered just 500 of these special wristbands, but we’d like to order many, many more. Please … give all you can. Mel and Sam need your help. Let’s all prove that, together, we can make a difference in the fight against this terrible disease.

We thank you for your support!
 

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CONTACT:

INTERCOT: Walt Disney World – Inside & Out
http://www.intercot.com  

John Yaglenski – Chairman & Chief Imagination Officer
john@intercot.com

Gary O’Brien – President
dpamac@intercot.com

SITE INFORMATION:

INTERCOT is an online guide to Walt Disney World and one of the most popular Disney vacation website destinations on the Internet serving more than 16,500 discussion board members and 500,000 unique visitors a month with more than 2 million page views and a staggering 20+ million hits.  On INTERCOT, you'll find an active and engaged online community with travel information, pictures, audio clips, video clips, tips and trivia about the world's favorite vacation destination.  INTERCOT also delivers a popular e-mail news letter, "The INTERCOT Insider" to more than 9200 subscribers twice a month and has been recognized by Disney Magazine and Family PC Magazine as one of the top Walt Disney World travel information sites on the Internet.

INTERCOT is affiliated with the Levelbest Network of sites which include, INTERCOT West - Disneyland: Inside & Out (intercotwest.com), INTERCOT's Webdisney: The Definitive Guide To Disney On the Internet (webdisney.com) and INTERCOT's MousehutMail: A Free Webmail Service (mousehut.com).

INTERCOT, Webdisney, Thrillride Experience and MousehutMail are trademarks of Levelbest Communications.   Urbana, Maryland based Levelbest Communications specializes in developing high quality, active websites for clients at value prices. 
 

INDUSTRY KEYWORD:

TRAVEL, VACATIONS, DISNEY