Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if you all remember my post from last year, but I decided to start a new one to promote the next round of auctions.

The Elephant Project is an organization to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer's Association, which was started by me after my grandfather passed away from Alzheimer's disease. There is a phrase that says "elephants never forget," and in the fight against Alzheimer's disease, we are striving for those affected by the disease to "never forget." I have worked hard to get well-known celebrities to pose with an elephant beanie baby and sign a special Elephant Project card, which are then auctioned off to raise money to fight Alzheimer's disease. Each auction package comes with an 8x10 picture of the celebrity and the elephant, a signed card from that celebrity, and an elephant beanie baby. Such celebrities as Zac Efron, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Julie Andrews, and MANY more have participated in the project. Currently, over $15,500 has been raised for Alzheimer's care, research and support!

There is currently a round of auctions live on eBay including such celebrities as Gerard Butler, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Ashley Tisdale, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Nelly Furtado, Loggins and Messina, Miranda Cosgrove, Carrie Fisher, Kristin Chenoweth, Chace Crawford, Adam Brody, and MANY more! Visit www.elephantproject.org for more information.

To see the auction schedule visit: http://www.elephantproject.org/AuctionSchedule.html

Or the eBay page: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/elephantproject

Thanks everyone!
David

Hi, David. Thanks for the reminder.

Last year I won Phil and Robin McGraw. Now I have someone to snarl at ("How's that working for ya?"), ha.

Joseph Alvis Aiken just passed from AD. Just mentioning it because I was bugging you when Spamalot was on Broadway about his grandson.

I admire your dedication to this project, and am off to check out the auction.

Thank you for supporting The Elephant Project in the past! I would love to have Clay participate, but I have never had the chance to meet him yet. All the people that have participated are people that I have met randomly and without a doubt, luckily. If I ever have the chance to meet Clay, I will get him to participate!

I should have said that his grandfather recently passed and suffered from AD, since I can't possibly know what will be on the death certificate.

David, I have my never-forget elephants perched above me. Incredible job you've done connecting with so many high profile people. No complaints from me! Just pure appreciation for all your hard work.

This is great! Thank you.

I want the Gerard Butler one, but apparently so do a lot of other people! Maybe I'll put in a bid for the Chris Noth one. Hmmmm.

I LOVE this idea!

What a wonderful idea. May I make a suggestion? See if you can get soap opera stars. Soap fans are die hard fans. A dinner with one soap star on ebay went for over 10K. I have a connection with someone on All My Children who might be able to help. Let me know if I can help in this way if not for this auction, maybe the next one.

Thanks everyone! I will definitely try and get some Soap Opera casts in the future!

Auctions end late tonight!