Barrett Garese

“Wait, what? I don’t get this whole Drew Carey thing”

Totally understandable. It’s been a busy past few days so I figured that a recap would be in order.

After my 9th chemo treatment, I got some awesome news. The masses in my neck, chest, and abdomen had been labeled by my Dr. as “resolved” after a PET scan. That meant I’m going in the right direction. I currently have 2 more chemo treatments left.

My last treatment is Nov. 2nd. A week before my birthday, Nov. 9th. So I decided to put my Twitter name (@Drew) up for auction hoping to raise some money to give to LIVESTRONG for my birthday. This is the foundation that has been by my side since my diagnosis.

I talked to Twitter before this. Their terms of service strictly prohibit selling a twitter name for personal financial gain. They understood what I was trying to do and blessed it.

So we went forward and Drew Carey (@DrewFromTV) got wind of the auction. The starting bid was $10,000. A huge amount in my mind. He took it further with a starting bid of $25,000. And then minutes later threw in a curveball. If he got 100,000 followers by auction end (Nov 9th), his bid would turn into $100,000.

Wow.

And then the bombshell yesterday. If he gets 1,000,000 (one million) followers by the end of THIS YEAR, December 31st, he will donate $1,000,000 (one million dollars) to LIVESTRONG. (watch the video with Shira Lazar here!)

Leah Clark totally got what Drew Carey is trying to do.

He is raising awareness, he is taking an opportunity to give to a wonderful organization and help obliterate a horrific disease…cancer.

More to come, there’s a whole month left for bidding and a whole few months left before the end of the year. Will another Drew bid? Drew Barrymore, Drew Brees? If they do, what does that mean? It means more awareness will be raised for a disease that is assumed to be “under control” or “something that won’t affect me”.

Since his bid, he went from 13k followers to over 60k at this point. He gets it and so do you. You are participating in raising priceless awareness AND a VERY significant dollar amount that goes right to Cancer research.

That’s what this whole thing is all about.

Thank you.

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