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Make-A-Wish Foundation, Charity of the Day

The holiday season is all about wishes. One charity that grants wishes all year long is the Make-A-Wish Foundation which, since 1980, has helped children with life-threatening medical conditions make their dreams come true. Wishes vary from wanting to take a special trip, exploring a future career that they would like to be for a day (firefighter, model etc.), meeting a celebrity or a famous athlete or receiving a gift like a computer.

The granting of the wishes is often done by volunteers. I have a friend who has been volunteering with Make-A-Wish for years and he has as much fun helping kids fulfill their dreams as they do carrying them out. The donations provide the volunteers with the funds necessary to create the wishes. The Make-A-Wish Foundation has a wide variety of cards, e-cards and certificates that are great for last-minute holiday giving.They have also partnered with a variety of retailers so that you can shop for a good cause.

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Seventeen Style Stars Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Celebrity Shopping, Charity

If you've got a teenager on your holiday list you might want to check out the 17 items from Seventeen magazine being auctioned off on eBay this week. The magazine is donating fashions from 17 young celebrities of 2007 to a charity auction benefitting the Make-A-Wish Foundation.The celebs appear as "Style Stars" in the December/January double issue. Items from the "Style Stars" and clothes worn during the Seventeen photo shoots are being auctioned from November 15 - 25. Celebs on the young and hot list are: Jessica Alba, Beyoncé, Ashlee Simpson, Avril Lavigne, Fergie, Rihanna, Pink, Hilary Duff, Lauren Conrad, Vanessa Hudgens, Jordin Sparks, Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen, Amanda Bynes, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts, Lil Mama and Aly & AJ. Items include a fedora from Ashlee Simpson, Gucci boots from Pink, a Giorgio Armani tote from Jessica Alba, and an entire outfit from Hilary Duff's closet and Rihanna's Moschino Cheap & Chic dress that was worn in the photo shoot.

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Tags: beyonce, charity auction, ebay, holidash, jessica alba, lauren conrad, make a wish, rhianna, seventeen