At Random: Brenda Novak's Auction to raise money for Diabetes research

Do you know someone who has Diabetes? Chances are you do. It's, unfortunately, very common and if not treated properly (and sometimes even with treatment) diabetes can cause a snowball effect of other complications. In my family alone, I know at least 5 people who are dealing with the disease and since it's so prevalent in my family there's a good chance I will get it in the future as well.

Because I've seen what people can go through I was excited to find out about Brenda Novak's auction to raise money for diabetes research. Last year I enjoyed being able to bid on a wide variety of items all while raising money for a great cause. I look forward to the same this year.

You can bid on anything from signed books, meet and greets with authors, ARC's, autographed sports/celebrity items, ereaders, vacations, jewelry, naming a murder victim in a book, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. This year I also decided to donate two sets of bookmarks to the auction (pics and links below). Most of the auctions, including my bookmarks, are open for bidding May 1st - May 31st.

Any and all bids are very much appreciated as every little bit helps

when it comes to raising money for the cause!

From Brenda Novak's website:

"As a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Brenda has been able to count on her fans and her peers to support her annual online auctions, which runs May 1 – May 31st, helping her raise over $1.6 million so far!

Brenda is an active mother of five whose youngest son, Thad, was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes at the age of five. There began her personal crusade to fight a disease that affects millions. The 2011 statistics on diabetes are alarming — and clearly establish a challenge Brenda is trying to meet: improve lives by helping to raise money to battle this devastating disease. Data released by the ADA January 26, 2011 reveals there are 25.8 million children and adults in the United States — thus 8.3% of the population have diabetes. Another 79 million people have prediabetes. In 2010, 1.9 million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed."

I donated the two below sets of bookmarks.

Set #1