(04-12-2006) eBay U2 Photo Auction to Benefit African Well Fund - AWF*

[HelloAngel]

EBAY U2 PHOTO AUCTION TO BENEFIT AFRICAN WELL FUND

Ed. Note -- Our friends at the AWF have passed on the following press release. Great job ladies, and best wishes on the auction!

Schenectady, NY – April 12, 2006 – The African Well Fund is excited to announce a benefit photo auction entitled PHOTOS4 // BBW4. Beginning April 17th, U2 fans will have the opportunity to bid on U2 concert photos donated by some very talented U2 fan photographers. The auction runs through April 24th and all proceeds will be donated to the 4th Annual Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday fundraising drive.

The participating photographers are well known in the U2 fan community for their outstanding work. Ten photographers have donated over 90 photos for the auction. The prints available include concert shots from ZooTV through Vertigo. The prints range in size from 4 x 6 to 20 x 30. Beginning 9:00 a.m. EST on April 17th all photos available for bid may be viewed on African Well Fund’s MissionFish auction page. Visit our website for the direct link. The auction ends on Monday April 24th at 9:00 a.m. EST.

All the participating photographers donated the prints for the auction, enabling 100% of the winning auction bids to go directly to the Bono Birthday Well Fundraising drive. This year marks the 4th time that African Well Fund has asked the U2 fan community to donate in honor of Bono’s Birthday. Donations from the previous 3 fundraisers totaled more than $50,000 and were used to fund water projects in Uganda, Ethiopia and Angola. This year the funds raised will be used for a project in Zimbabwe. Donations may be made by visiting our website at www.africanwellfund.org/donate.html .

The African Well Fund is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was founded in 2002 by a group of U2 fans. Since that time, AWF has raised more than $145,000, which has been used to fund more than 40 clean water projects in sub-Saharan Africa. All donations to the African Well Fund go directly to Africare, one of the leading private, non-profit, charitable organizations assisting Africa. The African Well Fund was founded to focus on one achievable goal: providing access to clean water to everyone in Africa. The African Well Fund believes that access to water is not merely a basic human need but a basic human right.

Contact:
Diane Yoder
African Well Fund
P.O. Box 9486
Schenectady, NY 12309
Email: dyoder@africanwellfund.org
Website: www.africanwellfund.org

 

[Carek1230]

I think it is great that AWF does this annually. I commend you all for your hard work, especially this last year throughout the tour. Best of luck with the auction this year!

 

[Dianey]

here's a slideshow preview of the photo auction

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http://pages.towson.edu/romans/awf/

(these are only about half of the prints that will be available)

 

[sue4u2]

Awesome.. Thanks Dianey for the link

 

[lady luck]

 

[To-Ho]

Good work,thank you Dianey

 

[thankyou]

Don't forget: "Build a Well for Bono's Birthday."

African Well Fund Announces 4th Annual Bono Birthday Fundraiser

The African Well Fund announces the fourth annual fund-raising drive to "Build a Well for Bono's Birthday." Donations may be made in Bono's honor from March 22nd through May 6th. The money raised will be used by our partner Africare to fund clean water projects in Zimbabwe.

http://www.africanwellfund.org/

 

[Patricia Ryan]

this is so good! I am giving my bid now! U2´s fans are the best in the world, proud to be one!

 

[Dianey]

Thanks so much everyone!

The auction is live now. There are some really amazing shots. It takes a while to go through them all (there are 92) but it is worth it. All bids start at $5.

If you had planned on contributing to the Birthday Well campaign and just haven't gotten around to doing it, this is a great way to participate! Not only does your entire winning bid go directly to the fund raiser but you get a fabulous photo in return.

http://www.missionfish.org/NPMMF/nphomepage.jsp?NP_ID=5272

 

[oktobergirl]

Auction is heating up with only a couple of days left. Pictures have been added to the main page now which makes it easier to view the items all at once.

u2.com posted about the auction today!

http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=1931

 

[Ottofilm]

Hi to anyone reading: remember the auction is for a really good charitable cause and if anyone wants in, you've just over a day and change left. I know my two pictures are getting up there but there are still a number of inexpensive pictures, and of course many of these are by fans who don't usually print pictures at all and this is a one time shot to get them. You can find the links you need above.

I actually had cause to think about this this week - our local water utility is doing their spring line flush and our water was sort of brown for about a day. Clean water is something so easy to take for granted. I'm glad I was able to be a part of this. Thanks all!

otto

 

[oktobergirl]

Here's the latest! The auction ended early this morning with over $11,000 USD in bids. Unbelievable, really. Way too go!!!!

Remember, there is still plenty of time to make a donation in honor of Bono's bday, even if you didn't win or bid on the auction.

http://www.africanwellfund.org/donate.html

 

[oktobergirl]

Hey everyone!

We've just received some photos of the 2005 projects in Angola. They're up on the site at the main page so go take a look.

For those of you who donated last year, these are the projects that your Bono's bday donation went to and these are the first pictures we have received.

htttp:www.africanwellfund.org