Barona Casino Brings Beanie Baby Mania Into Cyberspace with Internet Auction to Benefit San Diego Charities.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 1998--Continuing its tradition of giving, Barona Casino Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino is a San Diego area casino, hotel, and golf course owned by the Barona Band of Mission Indians, and known for sponsoring and housing the Blackjack Hall of Fame. is placing the hugely popular Beanie Babies on the "cyberauction" block as it hosts a Beanie Babies auction on its Web site at www.barona.com. More than 400 Beanie Babies will be up for bids during the cyberauction, from Aug. 17 to Aug. 31, with all proceeds from the sales going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that grants wishes to children (2.5 years to 18 years old) with life-threatening medical conditions. of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and the Polinsky Children's Center. "We have been selling Beanie Babies in our casino gift shop and were astounded a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, by their popularity," said Clifford LaChappa, chairman of the Barona Band of Mission Indians Mission Indians, Native Americans of S and central California; so called because they were under the jurisdiction of some 21 Spanish missions that were established between 1769 and 1823. . "We hope our idea to auction off several hundred Beanie Babies will raise significant donations to Make-A-Wish and the Polinsky Center." The cyberauction, which Beanie Babies fans worldwide can enter through the Barona Casino Web site, was designed by San Diego-based Cyberworks Inc., a Web-site developer and interactive marketing agency, which will handle the technical operation of the daily auctions. Beanie Babies such as "Goldie the Fish," "Magic the Dragon" and "Lizzy the Lizard" will be open for bidding, with minimum bids set at $10 for each Beanie bean·ie n. A small brimless cap. [Probably from bean, head.] beanie Noun Brit, Austral & NZ close-fitting woollen hat Noun . From 19 to 42 of each Beanie Baby will be auctioned. For a complete list of available Beanie Babies, fans and bidders can visit www.barona.com. A special link to the cyberauction "house" will appear on the Web sites of several of the auction's supporters, including KFMB-AM, KFMB-FM "Star 100.7" and KYXY-FM. Barona Casino has supported children's charities such as Make-A-Wish and the Polinsky Center for many years. In the past two years, Barona Casino has donated more than $2 million to local organizations. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is dedicated to granting the special wishes of children between the ages of 2-1/2 and 18 years who have life-threatening medical conditions See carpal tunnel syndrome, computer vision syndrome, dry eyes and deep vein thrombosis. . Striving to provide the child and his or her family with some special memories of joy and laughter that are dramatically different from hospitals, doctors and treatment programs, the San Diego chapter of Make-A-Wish has granted more than 845 wishes since its chartering in 1983. The mission of the Polinsky Children's Center Foundation (PCCF PCCF Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (India) PCCF Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida (Port Orange, Florida) PCCF Protein C Cofactor PCCF Plymouth County Correctional Facility ) is to support the A.B. and Jessie Polinsky Children's Center, a nonprofit short-term emergency shelter Emergency shelters are places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as battered for abused, abandoned and neglected children. Built in 1994 on 10 acres of land in San Diego, the center has a medical clinic; a gymnasium; and a six-room school with a computer lab, a swimming pool, playgrounds and a baseball field. Barona Casino, owned by the Barona Band of Mission Indians, is California's largest casino and is located on the Barona Indian Reservation, just northeast of Lakeside (1000 Wildcat Canyon Road). Over 115,000 square feet, the casino features more than 1,000 video-gaming machines; a 1,500-seat bingo hall; a 29-table card room (poker, Joker's Wild 21, Casino War and Red Dog); a satellite wagering facility; a gift shop; and a 240-seat, Las Vegas-style buffet. For more information, call toll-free 888/7-BARONA.
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