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My Stuff Bags Foundation Kicks Off “Celeb Stuff for My Stuff”
In Observance of National Foster Care Month This May
Celebrity Items and VIP Experiences to be Auctioned Off for Children in Crisis

Westlake Village, Ca. – April 2008 – My Stuff Bags Foundation, - In observance of National Foster Care Month, My Stuff Bags Foundation (www.mystuffbags.org) is launching its first annual "Celeb Stuff for My Stuff" fundraising campaign. During the month of May, eBay bidders will have the opportunity to purchase unique celebrity items and star-studded backstage experiences. All proceeds will benefit My Stuff Bags Foundation, which provides duffel bags filled with new belongings to abused, neglected and abandoned children entering foster care without possessions. National Foster Care Month was established to bring awareness to the plight of the more than half a million children in foster care in America.

“We are excited to offer eBay bidders the opportunity to feel like celebrities themselves with the VIP experiences that were generously donated to our ‘Celeb Stuff for My Stuff’ campaign,” says Janeen Holmes, President and CEO of My Stuff Bags. “The entertainment community’s participation has been outstanding and will help us raise much needed funds and awareness for foster children in crisis.”

“Celeb Stuff for My Stuff” eBay auction items include: Phantom of the Opera VIP Broadway Experience; A Chorus Line VIP Broadway Experience; Blue Man Group Las Vegas VIP Experience; Celtic Woman VIP Experience; Nickelodeon’s Go, Diego, Go LIVE! VIP Experience; Nickelodeon’s Backyardigans Live! VIP Experience; lunch with best selling romance novelist Judith Krantz; a birthday party performance by Lamb Chop and Mallory Lewis; Nickelodeon’s iCarly Set Visit and Meet and Greet; NBC Studio Tour and guest tickets for The Tonight Show; and Dallas Cowboy’s Quarterback Tony Romo signed jersey and football.

VIP experiences typically include tickets and an opportunity to meet the stars and the cast backstage. “Celeb Stuff for My Stuff” charity auctions will begin on May 1 and end on May 10. Interested bidders should visit www.ebay.com and search keyword “My Stuff Bags.”

Launched in 1998, My Stuff Bags Foundation addresses some of the immediate physical and emotional needs of children who need to be rescued from abuse, neglect and drug infested homes. Traumatized by events leading to their rescue, these children often enter foster care with no belongings. Each individual duffel bag is filled with such childhood necessities as a blanket, stuffed animal, toiletries, clothing and school supplies. My Stuff Bags has donated more than 325,000 bags to 1,100 organizations in 49 states.

For more information on My Stuff Bags, to make a monetary donation or to donate new items to fill the bags, contact the foundation at 866-3 MY-STUFF or visit www.mystuffbags.org.


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