Re|shelter Holiday Auction: A call for in-kind donations

by Earthwalker | Oct 24, 2011 | Chemical Sensitivity News, Electrical Sensitivity News, Featured, NEWS, POLICY/ACTIVISM | 0 comments

re|shelter eBay auction Re|shelter, the non-profit 501(c)(3) charity recently formed to address the housing crisis for those displaced by disabling environmental intolerances, is planning their first fundraising event: a Holiday Auction on eBay, to be held between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2011. The auction will benefit their planned Housing Renovation Grants program. Re|shelter is putting a call out for in-kind donations to be auctioned off on eBay, such as:

• Bottles/cases of expensive wine;
 • Tickets to sporting events/Broadway shows/Vegas shows;
 • Tickets to 92nd St Y lectures, etc.;
 • Autographed sports paraphernalia (e.g., jerseys, baseball bats, golf balls);
 • Designer handbags, shoes, clothes, etc.;
 • Spa packages;
 • a Bed & Breakfast weekend getaway;
 • Collectibles;
 • Signed art/photography prints and books by famous artists/photographers ;
• Artwork (paintings, drawings, lithography, ceramics, craftwork, etc.) by successful artists ;
• Furniture ;
• Saunas ;
• Air purifiers;
 • Water purification systems ;
• Refurbished (non-toxic) travel trailers appropriate for those with environmental illness;
 • Beautiful craftwork – quilts, weavings, ceramics, etc. ;
• Fine jewelry ;
• Precious gems ;
• Kitchenware (Vitamix, Blendtec, Cuisineart, Le Creuset, etc.)

and other small and big ticket items. Items do not need to cater to an EI audience; since the auction will be held on eBay, the general public will be the target market. If you have a personal relationship with someone who might be willing to donate such items to the auction, please consider speaking to them on re|shelter’s behalf and securing an in-kind donation.

If you or someone you know is able to contribute product(s) to the auction, please fill out this form and email to [email protected] no later than November 11, 2011. If you are unable to donate products but would like to support the re|shelter cause with a tax-deductible monetary contribution, donations can be made at: reshelter.org/donate.

For more information on re|shelter’s important mission and their Holiday Auction 2011, please see the following links:

re|shelter homepage: reshelter.org
auction info: reshelter.org/auction
facebook page: facebook.com/reshelterauction

Julie Genser and Julie Laffin, co-founders of re|shelter, thank you in advance for your generosity in supporting the re|shelter cause.

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Earthwalker

Earthwalker is the username that PT founder Julie Genser created for her online interactions so many years ago when first creating Planet Thrive.

Julie's (Earthwalker's) life was derailed over twenty years ago when she had a very large organic mercury exposure after she naively used a mouth thermometer to measure the temperature of just-boiled milk while making her very first pizza at home. The mercury instantly expanded into a gas form and exploded out the back of the thermometer right into her face. Unaware that mercury was the third most neurotoxic element on Earth, Julie had no idea she had just received a very high dose of a poisonous substance.

A series of subsequent toxic exposures over the next few years -- to smoke from two fires (including 9/11), toxic mold, lyme disease, and chemical injuries -- caused catastrophic damage to her health. While figuring out how to survive day-to-day, and often minute-to-minute, she created Planet Thrive to help others avoid some of the misdiagnoses and struggles she had experienced.

She has clawed her way over many health mountains to get to where she is today. She is excited to bring the latest iteration of Planet Thrive to the chronic illness community.

In 2019, Julie published her very first cookbook e-book called Low Lectin Lunches (+ Dinners, Too!) after discovering how a low lectin, gluten free diet was helping manage her chronic fascia/muscle pain.
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