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Donate generously to tsunami relief and have a cup of tea with Amitabh Bachchan or Aishwarya Rai
Mumbai, February 8, 2005
Baazee.com - an eBay Company, has offered its platform to the Bollywood & Television Industry to offer celebrity costumes for auction on Baazee.com. The members of the Indian film industry have come forward for HELP, a historic never-before Telethon-cum-Concert for the benefit of the victims of tsunami. Some of the star studded auctions includes "Meet Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan in person", "High tea with Aishwarya Rai", "A Day on the sets with Shahrukh Khan", "A gym session with Sanjay Dutt" & " A day on the sets with Karan Johar" & a host of Bollywood costumes auction of film stars such as Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Dia Mirza and Fardeen Khan. All funds raised by this benefit will be donated to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund. The special tsunami relief fund raising drive kicked off on Jan 6, 2005 and is on till February 28, 2005. Log onto www.baazee.com/tsunami to view these auctions.
In addition, producer Vashu Bhagnani has donated 12 Bollywood costumes worn by cine stars Amisha Patel, Zayed Khan & Arjun Rampal in the movie 'Vaada'. Venus Records & Tapes have contributed 2 costumes worn by Kareena Kapoor in the movie 'Hulchul'. All the proceeds of these 14 auctions will go to CRY's Tsunami Relief Fund.
Indian Television, has also donated 27 television costumes designed by Ashley Rebello. The glamorous outfits were worn by well known TV personalities like Aamna Shariff, Rajeev Khandelwal, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Ronit Roy, Gurdeep Kohl & Rakshanda Khan at the Indian Telly Awards 2004. All the proceeds of these 27 auctions will go to Akshara Foundation & CRY's Tsunami Relief Fund.
Baazee.com is also supporting the CRY Tsunami Relief Fund by involving its more than 1 million strong community of users in a fund raising drive. The fund raising drive involves CRY Child Art Wallpaper being sold on the site against fixed donation slabs from Rs. 100, Rs. 250, Rs. 500, Rs. 750, Rs. 1000, Rs. 2000 & Rs. 5,000. All proceeds will go to the CRY Tsunami Relief Fund. Baazee will also make a matching contribution to CRY equaling the money donated by its users through this effort.
Log on to http://www.baazee.com/Tsunami to donate generously to the tsunami relief efforts.
About Baazee:
Baazee.com, India's leading online marketplace, is a 100% subsidiary of eBay.com, the World's online marketplace. Today, Baazee.com is India's biggest online trading community on the Internet where anyone can sell or buy almost anything. Baazee is a trading platform offering auctions, quick buy and classifieds modes of person-to-person trading. Baazee.com has a wide range of products listed on its site spread over 1500 categories including Art & Antiques, Apparel, Bollywood, Books, & magazines, Cars & Bikes, Computers, Home and Personal Loans, Electronics, Cameras & Optics, Movies, Music, Health & Beauty, Gifts, Home, Jewellery, Mobile Phones, Real Estate, Toys & Baby Products, Travel etc.
About eBay.com
Founded in September 1995, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is The World's Online Marketplace® for the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of individuals and small businesses. Today, the eBay community includes more than a hundred million registered members from around the world. People spend more time on eBay than any other online site, making it the most popular shopping destination on the Internet.
People from all over the world buy and sell on eBay. Currently, eBay has local sites that serve Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, eBay has a presence in South Korea and Latin America through its investments in Internet Auction and MercadoLibre.com, respectively.
About eBay Foundation
Established in 1998, eBay Foundation was the first-ever charitable entity created with a contribution of pre-IPO stock. eBay Foundation, a CFSV supporting foundation, serves as the primary vehicle through which eBay contributes to community organizations. For more information about eBay Foundation, please visit www.ebay.com/foundation.
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