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Leslie

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Her name is Samantha Bakker and she’s only six years old. But despite her tender age, the Woodstock girl was desperately searching for a way to help the tsunami victims in South Asia – many of whom are as young as she is.

The story began when the youngster spotted a Red Cross can in her local department store and asked her mother what it was for. When Lisa Bakker explained about the disaster, her daughter became alarmed.

“I feel bad for them,” Samantha responds. “They lost their families and their houses and stuff.”

So she created a special crayon drawing, featuring a picture of the Earth, surrounded by loving hearts – her interpretation of the outpouring of support for those lost or hurt in the wave of woe.

Her father convinced her to put it up on eBay. And no one expected much. “To be honest, I thought it would be friends and family that would be doing the bidding so that she didn't have her little heart broken,” Lisa reflects.

But the response has been beyond the family’s wildest dreams. So far, there have been nearly 70 bids, and the little drawing from the little girl with the big heart is going for almost $500. *edit - up to $1200 now :eek: * Over 6,000 web viewers have accessed the page.

“I have no idea who the people are that are bidding on this,” Lisa muses. “There's been no communication at all.”

But Samantha is happy her efforts have met with so much success. “I drew an Earth and hearts all around it, because I love this world and I want to help,” she smiles. “It makes me feel happy.”

Bidding on the one of a kind item ends Tuesday night. But the good feelings it engenders will last a lot longer than that. To check out the site or to place your own bid, auction listing.
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holy cow!!!
 
I like how they ask people not to copy what they've done for thier own financial gain. I would hope no one does, but you gotta know someone will!!
 
that's just the maximum bids overtaking each other right at the end, I think it's legit.
 
That is just a heartwarming story, but who the heck would bid that much $$$ and why??? :confused:
 
The one under it was 10 grand too, so hopefully. It'd suck to disappoint that little girl.
 
A.B.Normal said:
Probably the same Casino that bought the "Virgin Mary Grilled-Cheese Sandwich"
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I think that I should put something completly absurd on E-Bay so that casino will buy it. It would be nice to have a couple extra thousand $$ laying around.
 
Should we be troubled that both $10,000-plus bids are by people who are "no longer a registered user"?
 
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the pic is cute ...
but whoever is willing to spend $$ on it is crazy.
 
Although it was nice at first, there is far too much sugar in this story now *puke*

Kudos to the good guy tho for stepping up and doing a nice thing.
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Samantha Bakker has seen the worst of humanity. But the six year-old Woodstock girl has now seen something else, too – the best foot that people can put forward in a time of crisis.

The youngster became famous around the world last week, when she put up a crayon drawing on eBay, trying to raise money for tsunami relief.

The picture, showing the Earth surrounded by flying hearts, attracted hundreds of bids, and international interest.

By the time the auction closed last week, Bakker’s little picture that could had yielded a closing bid that seemed too good to be true - $10,100. And unfortunately, it was.

The final amount turned out to be a hoax, leaving the family with a still substantial $1,600 donation, but some bitter feelings about whoever tricked such a small child pursuing such a good cause.

But Toronto real estate agent Don Darroch decided to change that on Monday, when he made a move to turn the fictional dollar account into a real one.

He’s written a cheque for the entire ten grand plus, which will be given to the family – who will turn it all over to the Canadian Red Cross.

Darroch, who works for Canadian Commercial Capital, claims he wanted to let the little girl know there are more good than bad people in the world, and he hopes his actions will send that message.

The child’s mother, Lisa, who has been riding a roller coaster of emotion as the events played themselves out, is astounded at the generosity her daughter’s action have engendered. And she believes the rest of us should be learning a lesson from it, too.
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