You
have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never
repay you.
John
Bunyan
As my three
loyal readers know by now, I’ve been assisting XMarieX (“Marie”) Fairport, a
friend in Second Life (SL) who
lives without her Real Life (RL) disabilities inworld.
Marie is also trying to raise
money for a service animal to help her with her diabetes.
During the
course of my time with Marie, I became increasingly aware of how the SL
community is organizing to bring awareness and dispel the myths of diabetes
which afflicts almost 400 million people worldwide with more being added each
year. Fundraisers for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are
also held.
One group
that I’ve encountered which is leading these efforts is Team Diabetes of Second Life.
In conjunction
with Windlight Magazine, a new
and upcoming magazine that is focused on the arts in SL, Team Diabetes of
Second Life is pleased to announce the first
annual Windlight Winter Art Show
& Winter Showcase to benefit diabetes research!
This event
will take place from December 7th to December 14th and will
include seven days of live DJs, performers, tribute concerts, art exhibitions,
contests, shopping, a hunt, a gingerbread building contest and more!
The hunt is a Christmas Tree
Ornaments Hunt!
Scattered throughout the
Winter Art Show & Winter Showcase are pieces of a Christmas tree. From
ornaments to presents, can you find all sixteen pieces? All hunt finishers will
win a huge prize pack that contains many presents!
Details
about times and locations can be found on their website.
Please come
and enjoy yourselves!
If you can make
a donation so much the better!
If not then
still come and show your support by being part of the community during this
festive time!
I’d like to
thank Marie for helping become more aware of the sufferings of those with
diabetes and how it can affect their lives!
I’d like to
thank May O. Mingzi for
informing me about the Showcase!
Finally,
last but not least, I’d like to thank Johannes1977 for taking the
time to answer my questions and supply me with the materials for this
story!
Happy
Holidays to all!
As always, I’m grateful to all
inworld for their kindness and time in stopping to talk with a stranger who was
passing through their lives
I can be found on Google+ as
webspelunker Ghostraven.
On Skype I’m webspelunker
Ghostraven.
I welcome feedback from
readers, please either comment on my blog or
e-mail me at webspelunker@gmail.com
.
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Open roads
and kind fires!
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