Christopher Reeves and Michael J. Fox.... go, guys, go!
Wednesday November 8, 6:58 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Teams up
with Yahoo! Auctions to Offer Once-In-A-Lifetime
Experiences To Raise Critical Funds for Spinal Cord
Research
Online Auction Benefits Reeve's 'Mission: Possible' Campaign
Chat online with Christopher Reeve, Thursday November 9
NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Name your fantasy, and it can be yours.
Have lunch with TV mega-star Sela Ward. Take a lap around the race track with Paul Newman. Play a role in the Broadway
production of Les Miserables. Spend a week biking the French countryside. And do it all for a great cause.
Some of entertainment's brightest lights have joined with actor-director Christopher Reeve and Yahoo! Auctions,
(http://auctions.yahoo.com ), the fastest growing, globally branded Internet auction service to offer unique one-of-a-kind
experiences and celebrity memorabilia, to help cure spinal cord injury, a tragic affliction that affects more than a quarter of a
million Americans of all ages.
The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) (http://www.paralysis.org ) launched its first-ever online celebrity charity
auction this week, running until Thursday, November 16.
All proceeds from the online auction will support CRPF's spinal cord research and Quality of Life grant programs.
Some of the once-in-a-lifetime experiences up for bid at auctions.yahoo.com include:
A thrilling lap around the race track with Paul Newman in a PPG Pace car during the 2001 racing season
Lunch with Emmy-Award winning actress Sela Ward and a tour of the set of her hit ABC drama ``Once and Again''
A wine-drenched ``Backroads'' bicycle tour for two of the vineyards of Bordeaux, France
A role on Broadway in the current production of Les Miserables and 10 VIP tickets
Signed scripts and cast photos from NBC's ``Will & Grace'' and ``Third Rock from the Sun''
To mark this important week, Christopher Reeve will participate in a live audio chat on Yahoo! Chat on Thursday, November
9 at 6 PM EST at chat.yahoo.com. All are invited.
The online auction coincides with CRPF's annual gala ``A Magical Evening,'' now in its tenth year, which will be held at New
York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on November 14, 2000. The ``Mission Possible'' theme of the gala event captures the
belief that research will result in effective treatments and cures for spinal cord injury.
There are over 250,000 spinal cord injured individuals living in the United States today. Another joins their ranks every 49
minutes. By funding essential research by many of the world's leading neuroscientists, the Christopher Reeve Paralysis
Foundation is leading the way toward treatments and, eventually, a cure for paralysis.
Bid today at auctions.yahoo.com
About Yahoo! Auctions:
As the largest globally branded online auction service, Yahoo! Auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.com) operates in 16 countries
and 11 languages, giving consumers access to the unique and antique through its ever-expanding world of collectibles.
Launched in September of 1998, Yahoo! Auctions offers more than two million items to choose from in categories including
coins, autos and sports memorabilia, as well as extraordinary items found through unique charity, featured and merchant
auctions. With the support of Yahoo!'s global community of users and comprehensive tools, Yahoo! Auctions' consumers can
bid and sell with confidence as part of Yahoo!'s unparalleled audience of 156 million consumers worldwide.
About the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation:
The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF, paralysis.org encourages and supports research to develop
effective treatments and a cure for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders. The
Foundation evaluates and selects these research programs using councils of internationally renowned neuroscientists and
clinicians. The Foundation also allocates a portion of its resources to grants that improve the quality of life for people with
disabilities.
SOURCE: Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation |
