You
have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never
repay you.
John
Bunyan
Recently, I received an urgent
request for assistance from my old friend in Second Life (SL) and the Mayor of
Mieville, Perryn
Peterson.
One of Mieville’s citizens
desperately needs help in Real Life (RL) and Perryn, as he always does in these
situations, is organizing assistance.
(He serves as an exemplary model to RL leaders who fall short many times
when it comes to helping those entrusted to their care.)
Let me tell you what’s
happening and how we can help.
(Significant Other wants everyone to know that there will be no
kibitzing this evening due to the seriousness of the situation. Significant Other is also still in a state of
shock after the recent US Presidential Election. And, no, Significant Other is neither Hillary
Rodham Clinton nor Tim Kaine.)
Lady B
(BronwynPendraig Timeless), partner in SL and RL of Magician Spyke
(SpykeMcCallister Kayvon). is a victim of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
commonly known as Lou Gehrig's
Disease.
The only way Lady B can
currently communicate in RL is by blinking her eyes or smiling (which she does
a lot we’re told!). Perryn and his crew
are helping to raise funds to buy her a computer that is controlled by eye movements
to allow her to communicate with people around her.
A benefit yard sale is being
held inworld to raise these funds.
Here’s how we can help!
First, please comb your
inventory for transferable (This is important!) items and send them to Perryn
Peterson ASAP! Your donated items (which
can include your GACHA extras!) will help raise funds for Lady B.
This is how to do it:
1. Select your items.
2. Box each item (or set of items), label with name
of the item and original price if known.
Original price can be put in the "Description" section under
"Edit" of your box. Please
make sure that the items are transferable!
(Yes, this is being repeated for emphasis.)
3. Send to Perryn Peterson.
Got that?
Good, here are some other ways
that we can help!
If you are a merchant, please
consider donating surplus items that you have created
Please plan on coming to the
yard sale to shop and to pick up some bargains!
There will also be the opportunity
to make cash donations, which if you can’t make the yard sale, is a great way
to help.
In case anyone feels more
secure donating directly to the campaign outside of SL, the link is as follows:
Once again, SL residents are
rallying to help one of their own.
People are selflessly giving
of their time and treasure to help someone whom they may never have met inworld
let alone in RL. Not only that, but
there’s plenty of great gifts to buy for the upcoming Holidays!
Yes, there
is good in SL and Perryn and his fellow citizens are showing what it can be
like!
Please come and contribute if
you can!
If circumstances preclude you
from contributing then at least come out and lend moral support to those who
are working to help Lady B!
Whatever you do, it will be
appreciated!
The yard sale starts from 10:00AM
SLT on Friday, November 18th and runs through
The yard sale can be found here.
Picture of the items available
for sale are included in this story and more can be found on this flickr
page.
I’d like to thank the
Companion for taking the time to take all these pictures for the benefit of
Lady B!
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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