A special fundraising auction for our friend Rebecca Owen who urgently needs a bone marrow transplant. Please diarise the 27th November 2007 for the auction. With special thanks to artists who have agreed to donate some of their work: Wayne Barker, Norman Catherine, Kay Hassan, William Kentridge, Brett Murray, Simon Stone, and the Warren Siebrits gallery who have kindly donated work from Walter Battiss and Cecil Skotnes. Other important artists to be confirmed. We will be giving you more and more details of the art to be auctioned in the coming days. Special thanks goes to Gundi Weinek, fairy godmother to the fundraising efforts, and Geoff Klass for his kind commitment. Thanks goes also to Westgate Auctioneers and CourierIt. Rebecca Owen (19), daughter of Heather Owen and Patrick Bulger and family friend (and someone that has been part of our lives since she was 4) was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in August 2008. After 3 years of chemotherapy Rebecca was considered cured and stopped all treatment. At the beginning of the year Rebecca enrolled at UCT starting her new life as a student studying for her BA planning on majoring in Law. After the first semester she came back to Johannesburg for mid-year break and went for a check up. Unfortunately she had relapsed and now she has to battle the disease all over again. This time round on-going chemotherapy is not an option. Rebecca has to have a bone marrow transplant and as soon as possible. The family have to find a donor and this is not covered by medical aid. They have been unsuccessful finding an African bone marrow match. So now they have to set their sights on an International bone marrow donor. This costs an enormous amount of money. According to the doctor R 400 000.00 for an European match and up to R 750 000.00 for an American match. Over the last 5 years they have had numerous requests and offers from family and friends wanting to help. They are now put into a situation where everyones support will make a vital difference. Heather has opened a bank account called ‘Becca’s Donor Fund’ and as close friends we have come together to try and raise money toward this operation. Any money raised above the amount required will go toward the Sunflower Foundation. (The Sunflower Fund’s core purpose is to educate, recruit and raise funds to build and sustain an effective The South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) as a viable source of well informed ethnically-diverse potential bone marrow donors so as to meet the national and international requirements and improve the chances of life-saving transplants for serious blood disorder sufferers.) And you can contribute directly by donating to: BECCAS DONOR FUND: - Standard Bank of SA Ltd. Account Name: Beccas Donor Fund. Account Number: 332199061. Branch Name: Bedford Gardens. Branch Code: 01 83 05. Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ (Pls note: Banks are complex things, you might need to add two zeros at the end for the branch code) Westgate Walding Auctioneers is a dynamic firm of auctioneers headed by Brett and Christopher Martin with 48 years experience between them. Westgate Walding began operating 37 years ago and have a large market share in the local art, antiques and collectables market.
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