Thank you so much for helping out on the last Fandom Rocks campaign! We had twenty-six entries into the drawing for the three prize packs. Check after the jump to see if you were one of the lucky winners!
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Today and tomorrow are your last two days to donate to the final campaign of Fandom Rocks!

Can you help fandom bring our total donation to even $2,000 for each charity?

• Donate $10 = 1 entry

• Donate $20 = 2 entries
• Donate $50 and we will give you an extra entry! $50 = 6 entries!

And so on. Please help us one last time to make the last campaign for Fandom Rocks a success! As it stands right now, we have about 25 entries, so your odds are still good!

Hello, Hello.

I bring happy and sad tidings. In just a few weeks, we will officially dissolve the non-profit corporation we created for Fandom Rocks. However, in that same time frame we will make our final donation to the charities you selected. So far, everyone out there has helped raise $3,000 USD. Can we add some on top of that to make the donations, say, an even $2,000 for each charity?

Check out all of the receipts from our auction! The auction was a huge part of the success of the fifth campaign.

To try to make that happen, we are offering that remaining auction items that were not won or paid for, plus a couple of DVDs a fan generously contributed to the cause.

• Donate $10 = 1 entry
• Donate $20 = 2 entries
• Donate $50 and we will give you an extra entry! $50 = 6 entries!

And so on. Thank you for your support for the last few years. I am very proud we lasted this long and came together as a fandom to help a number of charities.

Please help us one last time to make the last campaign for Fandom Rocks a success!

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Everyone on the Fandom Rocks Frontline apologizes for the long silence! We’ve been wrapping up the auction details, filing annual reports, etc.

The good news is the auction helped raise the campaign total to $3,000 USD! Plus, we are extending Campaign Five into Season Five! This means we have all season to increase the donation we are going to make to the American Cancer Society in honor of Kim Manners and to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention!

To do this, we need your help!

Please let people know about the campaign. We have random prize drawings for donors planned in the upcoming weeks. Keep an eye out for that!

If you have ideas for bringing new people into the Fandom Rocks world, share them with us! This may very well be our last campaign, and we want to go out with a bang (not a whimper) if it is!

Spread the word and keep rockin’!

As the auction wraps up, it is time to share our thanks to everyone who has made it a success

1. To those who donated items – thank you! Our fan created and donated items were the biggest hits this year. Without you, the auction would have been much smaller.
2. To those who have been bidding – thank you! Without you, the auction would not have thrived like it did.
3. To those who spread the word – thank you! Without you, far fewer fans would’ve known it existed.

Since July 1, 2009 we have listed 76 items which sold, and we have our final 17 items online now. Not only am I thankful for your participation in the auction, but I am extremely grateful for your patience and understanding when it comes to the management of the auction. With the exception of a handful of items, all of the photos, listings, packing, labeling, shipping, etc. has been done out of a spare room in my house when I am not working full-time and being a mom. There is multi-tasking, and then there is multi-multi-tasking.

In the interest of transparency, when an item’s shipping could not be paid via Paypal**, I have covered shipping costs at the post office personally. Sometimes shipping costs more than eBay estimated*** and sometimes it costs less, but the end result is our charities will receive an awesome donation thanks to all of you. I am even entertaining the hope that we will reach $2500 USD. If the decision is made to extend Campaign Five beyond August 31, 2009, then our fandom has the opportunity to raise that amount even further.

That. Is. Awesome. So, thank you!

Don’t forget, this is the last week. Feel free to spread the word one more time.

**Paypal only allows USPS Express Mail and USPS Priority Mail for international packages and select services for Domestic as well. I would estimate 15-20% of the auction items could not have shipping paid via Paypal so far.

***Note to self: Large Flat Rate box to France? $54, not $25.