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Help Terry Pratchett

quietsailor · 2008-07-17 16:48:11

A link has been set up by the alzheimers research trust to allow TP fans to donate money to them after a speech by TP. Terry Pratchett himself has donated £500,000 sterling, approx $1 Million US Dollars to the trust and he's asked that his fans match this donation. The speech he gave can be seen here:…

17-07-2008 4:48pm

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A link has been set up by the alzheimers research trust to allow TP fans to donate money to them after a speech by TP. Terry Pratchett himself has donated £500,000 sterling, approx $1 Million US Dollars to the trust and he's asked that his fans match this donation.

The speech he gave can be seen here: http://www.alzheimers-research.org.uk/assets/docs/20080311130911Speech_at_Alzheimers_Research_Trust_Conference.pdf

and the link to donate the money is: http://www.matchitforpratchett.org/
scroll down and hit the paypal button,

For those sceptics among us google it and several articles in newspapers come up. Hell $100 dollars is about 65 Euros - the price of two of his hardbacks and a paperback combined. A very small amount when you consider the laughs he's given to us. Even by giving less we're still helping.

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