Modern art & cool designs: ebay Artists bids-4-kids to help children

eBay Self -Representing artists support kids with life-threatening diseases by raising funds
or Paul Newman’s charitable
Hole in the Wall Gang Camps

Art often imitates life. Early this summer, however, hundreds of self-representing artists from across the United States and Canada will use art not only to imitate life, but to keep creativity in the hands of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. eBay artists will join Internet auctioneer eBay in an unprecedented online benefit, entitled Bids-4-Kids, to raise funds in support of award-winning actor Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall (HITW) charitable camps for sick children. Artists representing every state will participate in by listing original artwork for sale on Ebay’s art site, http://art.ebay.com. Proceeds from the sale of Bids-4-Kids artwork will be used to purchase art supplies for HITW programs.

HITW associated camps provide admission-free services for children battling life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, hemophilia, sickle cell disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Established by Newman in 1988 in New Haven, Ct., the HITW camps feature state-of-the-art medical facilities that enable children to share in recreational and esteem-building activities while suffering serious health conditions. Bids-4-Kids will provide necessary supplies to HITW camps around the world. More information about the Hole in the Wall Association is available at http://www.holeinthewallcamps.org.

eBay houses one of the largest active self-representing art communities in the United States; the community includes thousands of artists who list original artwork online for sale daily.
Bids-4-Kids was conceived by a group of artists who wanted to showcase original art on eBay while contributing to a charitable cause. Because many artists who sell work on eBay have close ties with children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, interest in participating in the grassroots effort was immediate and immense.