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ptyx!! I hope you have a fabulous day.
In March of 2005, Katie O'Brien, one of FictionAlley's longtime writers lost her battle with leukemia. Even while she was in the hospital fighting against her illness, she continued to find strength as she wrote her story, assisted by her father, Dave O'Brien. As her father said, "Katie always wanted to be a writer, and she used this forum [FictionAlley] to fulfill her dreams. Correspondence with those who read and enjoyed her story sustained her even during the worst of times."
Katie finished writing her story six days before she died; her father has continued to upload those chapters onto FictionAlley through the spring.
When we at FictionAlley learned that Katie had passed, we realised that the best way we, as a site, could honour her memory would be to provide other writers (as well as artists and those who are active within their offline and online community) with some help in making their dreams come true.
With the permission of Katie's family, we are in the process of establishing a scholarship fund in Katie's name. $4500 in profit raised from sales of these wristbands will go to fund the first three years of the Katie O'Brien Memorial Scholarships - in 2006, we plan to award one for writing, one for art, and one for community service; each recipient will receive $500 (US) from FictionAlley to use towards his or her education (including college, grad school or continuing education classes).
If you live in the US, as of today, you can order wristbands here; if you live in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Japan or Mexico, order your wristbands here.. Residents of all other countries (other than those to which the US has embargoed goods) can order via FictionAlley as of tomorrow. We wish that everyone could order via the wristspirit site, because they're going to handle the packing and shipping for us and because they get their packing materials at bulk discounts, but it's too difficult for them to ship to every country, so we'll deal with countries other than those listed above ourselves.
If you order by June 5, your wristband will be sent to you by July 5, which means you should have it in hand to wear to the HBP bookstore of your choice. We're also going to have the wristbands available at some of the HBP book parties that FA staffers will be attending and we'll have a list of the locations available shortly (that's June Project #2!).
Feel free to ask any questions right here, or gack a banner or button.
Thanks in advance for ordering, wearing your band, and helping provide scholarships to some talented students!
ptyx!! I hope you have a fabulous day.In March of 2005, Katie O'Brien, one of FictionAlley's longtime writers lost her battle with leukemia. Even while she was in the hospital fighting against her illness, she continued to find strength as she wrote her story, assisted by her father, Dave O'Brien. As her father said, "Katie always wanted to be a writer, and she used this forum [FictionAlley] to fulfill her dreams. Correspondence with those who read and enjoyed her story sustained her even during the worst of times."
Katie finished writing her story six days before she died; her father has continued to upload those chapters onto FictionAlley through the spring.
When we at FictionAlley learned that Katie had passed, we realised that the best way we, as a site, could honour her memory would be to provide other writers (as well as artists and those who are active within their offline and online community) with some help in making their dreams come true.
With the permission of Katie's family, we are in the process of establishing a scholarship fund in Katie's name. $4500 in profit raised from sales of these wristbands will go to fund the first three years of the Katie O'Brien Memorial Scholarships - in 2006, we plan to award one for writing, one for art, and one for community service; each recipient will receive $500 (US) from FictionAlley to use towards his or her education (including college, grad school or continuing education classes).
If you live in the US, as of today, you can order wristbands here; if you live in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Japan or Mexico, order your wristbands here.. Residents of all other countries (other than those to which the US has embargoed goods) can order via FictionAlley as of tomorrow. We wish that everyone could order via the wristspirit site, because they're going to handle the packing and shipping for us and because they get their packing materials at bulk discounts, but it's too difficult for them to ship to every country, so we'll deal with countries other than those listed above ourselves.
If you order by June 5, your wristband will be sent to you by July 5, which means you should have it in hand to wear to the HBP bookstore of your choice. We're also going to have the wristbands available at some of the HBP book parties that FA staffers will be attending and we'll have a list of the locations available shortly (that's June Project #2!).
Feel free to ask any questions right here, or gack a banner or button.
Thanks in advance for ordering, wearing your band, and helping provide scholarships to some talented students!
