Regular readers will know that I’m a big Terry Pratchett fan and that he’s been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimers.
Terry donated $1m to Alzheimers research not long ago after discovering how badly underfunded it is.
Since then a website has been set up by a fan, Match It For Pratchett, with the aim of collecting enough money to match Terry’s $1m. So far it’s collected over $5k (net of Paypal’s fees which they will hopefully waive as it is for charity) which is a bit of a way off the $1m target but from small acorns grow mighty oaks as they say.
You can either make a donation via Paypal straight from the website or purchase a shirt via their Cafepress store for $20 (and that’s cutting his own throat no doubt).
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The Match It for Pratchett web site’s “tip jar” was just an afterthought, with far more money being directly contributed to the Alzheimer’s Association (http://www.alz.org) in the U.S. or Alzheimer’s Research Trust (http://www.alzheimers-research.org.uk/) in the U.K. My understanding is that Alzheimer’s research groups in other nations are also receiving donations.
And there are a number of eBay auctions using MissionFish to directly donate 100% of the proceeds to Alzheimer’s research in Terry’s honor. You might be interested in some of the items this seller has up: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbenveniste (which include original galleys for Good Omens and Only You Can Save Mankind). All of the items there, save one, were donated by George R.R. Martin (who’s also a big Pratchett fan).
I’ve got a great big Tonker 😛