Charity Auction Featuring Autographed Shoes from Christina Aguilera, Tom Hanks and More Than 50 Other Personalities Kicks Off on eBay September 22.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2003 Emmy(R) Award-Nominated Actress Kellie Martin Kellie Noelle Martin (born October 16, 1975) is an American television actress. Career A native of Riverside, California, Martin loved to perform for her close-knit family. Appears at Last Stop of Celebrity Shoes for Orphans Traveling Exhibit to Help Kick Off Online Charity Auction Shoes that once lined the closets of some of today's most sought-after celebrities will soon be making their way into homes across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Beginning September 22 and lasting through October 2, eager bidders will log on to the Celebrity Shoes for Orphans charity auction, hosted by eBay, The World's Online Marketplace(TM), in hopes of securing a pair of shoes autographed by their favorite celebrity or sports star. A traveling celebrity shoes tour began in June with footwear from personalities such as Brooke Shields Brooke Christa Camille Shields[1] (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. Biography Career Shields' career as a model began in the late 1960s as an infant, and she continued as a successful child model throughout the 1970s. and Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970 in Davenport, Iowa) is an American actress who was raised in Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin. Although she is of mostly Irish descent, Boyle also has an Italian-American great-grandfather. , and will culminate with the exhibit's last stop at Queens Center Queens Center is an urban shopping mall owned by The Macerich Company in the Elmhurst section of Queens, a borough of New York City. It is located at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard, two of the borough's busiest streets. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . A celebration at the mall on September 25 will feature Emmy(R) Award-nominated actress Kellie Martin, known for her roles on the hit television shows "Life Goes On" and "ER," and her most recent role in the Hallmark Channel Original Movie "Mystery Woman," who will help wrap up the tour and showcase the shoes featured in the charity auction on eBay. Over 50 pairs of shoes will be up for bid on the site, representing a wide array of talent, personality and style, including: -- Natalie Portman's petite ballet slippers she wore as a child -- Shaq's size 22 basketball shoe -- Christina Aguilera's boots which were custom designed for her "Justified and Stripped" tour -- Robin Williams' zany camouflage tennies -- Clint Eastwood's Nikes worn in the film "Space Cowboys" -- Helen Hunt's suede Manolo Blahnik Manolo Blahnik (born November 27, 1942) is a Spanish fashion designer and an eponymous fashion label, one of the world's most prominent in women's shoes. Born in Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canary Islands to a Czech father and a Spanish mother and raised on a banana heels from "What Women Want" Other shoes featured in the auction bear such high-profile names as Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, pasha of Egypt Muhammad Ali, 1769?–1849, pasha of Egypt after 1805. He was a common soldier who rose to leadership by his military skill and political acumen. , Tom Hanks Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956) Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks , Sarah Jessica Parker, Matt Damon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Courteney Cox and Julianne Moore. Each pair of shoes will be sold individually. All net proceeds Net Proceeds The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security. Notes: In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions). from the Celebrity Shoes for Orphans charity auction will go to Buckner Orphan Care International's Shoes for Orphan Souls program, which collects and distributes new shoes to orphans in the United States and more than 30 other countries. To date, the program has provided more than 700,000 children with new shoes. Presenting sponsor Macerich Company, one of the largest owners/operators of regional malls in the United States, supported Celebrity Shoes for Orphans by hosting the exhibit at 15 of its properties this summer and promoting the charity auction at more than 50 malls. The company has sponsored Shoes for Orphan Souls since 1999, and is participating in Celebrity Shoes for Orphans as an extension of its commitment to orphan children worldwide. eBay, The World's Online Marketplace(TM), is hosting the online component of the Celebrity Shoes for Orphans charity auction. Hallmark Channel is supporting the cause through public service announcements on its cable network, as well as through the adoption resource center found at www.hallmarkchannel.com, in order to increase awareness of adoption issues among its 55 million subscribers. The channel's original series "Adoption" began its second season in September with Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) Award-winning actress Jane Seymour serving as host. Buckner Orphan Care International is part of one of the largest social services organizations of its kind in the nation with Shoes for Orphan Souls being one of the agency's many humanitarian outreach projects. Since 1999, Buckner Orphan Care International has collected and distributed over 700,000 pairs of shoes to children in the United States and around the world. More information is available at www.shoesfororphansouls.org. |
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