Cottages for the Homeless

Gwen’s first attempt at a charity auction is a set of 11 color pencil drawings of cottages.

Check out the bids for the Eleven Cottages auction, and consider bidding yourself.

Auction Address on eBay: Cottages for the Homeless
Charity: Save the Children
Please note: local charities such as Salt & Light, Habitat for Humanity, and others were not available through eBay Giving Works. We have submitted their information to get them listed and available for future auctions!
Percentage: 100% of the proceeds from this auction will go to the charity, minus whatever eBay takes.
Auction begins: Friday, December 11, 2009
Auction ends: Dec 21, 2009
Auction results: (listed here after close)

Gwen introduces herself

Transcript of the video:

Hi, I’m Gwen.
I like dolphins. It’s my favorite animal.
And, I like mother nature because I love nature — it gives us a lot of things.
I like to draw a lot — I’m a good artist.
I like to help my dad with things, for decorations like halloween and holidays.
I like to build things with blocks.

I drew these cottages — pictures — with flowers on the edge of the paper.
You’ll see them up on my website — the website is called gwenart.com, I think…

You know my dad? Well, I started talking to my dad about it and he said he could help me with it, so he helped me and made me a website and we put all the cottage pictures on there — there’s eleven of them.

I hope you buy them, because I want to give the money to poor people who really need it, because sometimes they don’t have food or homes or houses — which is homes. So, that’s what I want to do. And, I hope you buy them, and — I’m going to be done with the video.

Bye!

The eleven cottages

Check out the eleven cottages in this auction below. Click on any of the images to see a larger version in a nice slideshow.

Please note: the auction is for the original drawings. If you win the auction on eBay, you will be receiving the original color pencil drawings.

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Jill Rackow
11 Dec, 2009

Your art is beautiful!! What an awesome idea I hope that other kids catch on to what you’re doing, and follow along with you. Good luck!

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Julia
11 Dec, 2009

Brava! Good work, Gwen. Keep it up!

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Becky Brooks
12 Dec, 2009

Hi Gwen,
Your art is really beautiful and I’m so impressed you had the idea to use your pictures to help other people! Good luck to you!

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Susan Ryan
13 Dec, 2009

You’re inspiring, Gwen! I posted your charity auction and video on my blog. Hope you get lots of bids on your great artwork, while helping others have good homes like you have. Thanks for sharing.

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Emily Turner Condill
18 Dec, 2009

Gwen — I LOVE your art. It is awesome. I love the pictures of food and the cottages. It really connects to what people need most — food, shelter and even to feel safe and cared for. I think it is wonderful that you want to help other people. I hope my own little ones will follow your lead as they get older. Again, beautiful. Just beautiful!!! Keep on drawing and thinking big!

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