Fight Cancer and Bid Online at www.MaryBirdAuction.com
Bidding Ends November 18th -- Proceeds Provide Free Cancer Services to Thousands
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Underwritten by All Star Automotive Group and Presented by Capital One & Merrill Lynch
(Baton Rouge) – Enjoy the excitement of online bidding while supporting a lifesaving cause. In its ninth year, MaryBirdAuction.com features a large array of unusual, collectible, fun, and one-of-a kind items all donated to help Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center provide free cancer screenings and programs throughout the communities it serves. During 2006, 4,515 people were screened at 122 free cancer screenings across southeast Louisiana including screenings for breast, colorectal, prostate and skin cancer.
Online bidding opened to the public on October 17, 2007 and ends precisely at 4 p.m. (CDT) Sunday, November 18, 2007. From 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 18, bids may be phoned in by calling (225) 490-CURE. “There are more than 300 items featured at www.marybirdauction.com this year,” said Amy Berret, auction chair. “We have jewelry for everyone’s taste and budget, sporting and hunting items for the sportsmen in your life, a Mike the Tiger oil painting for that hard to please teenager, and all kinds of gift certificates.” There is truly something for everyone, she said -- from belly dancing lessons to dinner with Mayor Holden.
“A multitude of benefits make the entire auction experience easy, enjoyable and exciting,” said Lee Rayner, website chair. “Placing maximum or proxy bids is really the way to go,” she advised. “Once you’re registered on the auction website, you simply enter the highest amount you are willing to pay for an item. This becomes your maximum bid. The system will bid automatically on your behalf, up to that amount.” This means your bidding will be taken care of electronically and you don’t have to keep checking on its status. You will be notified by email if you are outbid, allowing you to increase your maximum bid if you desire.
For more information contact Event Director Jenny Gray at jennygray@marybird.com.
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About Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center:
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been fighting cancer for over 35 years. It is the only independent, nonprofit cancer treatment, education and research facility in Louisiana providing state of the art
radiation therapy to all community residents regardless of ability to pay. Mary Bird Perkins has integrated cancer programs with Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center in Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. These programs are accredited by the American College of Surgeons –
the gold standard for community-based cancer care. The Center also enjoys a long-standing relationship with North Oaks Hospital in Hammond.
About the C.A.R.E. Network:
The mission of the C.A.R.E. Network (Cancer Support Services, Awareness and Education, Research and Early Detection) is to lessen the burden of cancer in the community. Established in 2002, it is funded by gifts from the community and provides hundreds of programs and services, including free cancer screenings, to thousands of people every year. The research and academic medical physics partnership with MBP and Louisiana State University is also funded in part by the C.A.R.E. Network. The Center has locations in Baton Rouge, Covington and Hammond.