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May
2006
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06:38 AM
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Top Silicon Valley execs are Out for Blood! Charity fundraiser starts online May 8

This just in from Stacy Libby at Voce Communications:


Seagate CEO Bill Watkins -- along with eBay President Bill Cobb, Symantec CEO John Thompson and Solectron CEO Mike Cannon -- are out for blood. They’ve joined forces to support a major fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which invests in blood cancer research and patient services. The fundraiser – appropriately named Out for Blood -- is a charity auction on eBay running May 8-18. The site -- www.ebay.com/outforblood - goes live tonight.



These high-profile Silicon Valley tech executives have graciously donated their time to support this fundraiser. They have created one-of-a-kind opportunities for bidders to spend quality time with them, such as one-on-one lunch meetings and rounds of golf.


Items Up for Auction

· Lunch with Bill Cobb, President of eBay North America: Cobb oversees the marketing, strategic planning, and business development for all of eBay's North American businesses.


· Lunch with John Thompson, CEO of Symantec: Symantec is the global leader in information security and availability, helping customers secure and manage their data. Under Thompson’s guidance, Symantec went from a $632 million consumer antivirus company in 1999 to an enterprise security player with $2.5 billion in sales in 2004.


· A round of golf with Bill Watkins, President & CEO of Seagate Technology and Mike Cannon, CEO of Solectron: Under Watkins’ leadership, Seagate was named Forbes magazine’s Company of the Year in January 2006. Cannon recently addressed global business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.


· Other big-ticket items include: World Cup Soccer tickets; AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am tickets; autographed jerseys from Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Roger Craig and Brent Jones; a customized racing bike from Specialized; and pre-show tickets to Saturday Night Live.


About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society


The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®, headquartered in White Plains, NY, with 66 chapters in the United States and Canada, is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. The Society’s mission: to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, the Society has invested more than $424 million in research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Last year alone, the Society made over 2.4 million contacts with patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals.