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314. I got involved around 1996

I was a huge x-files fan and I had started working with a wonderful friend from Canada, (I was and still am in the Orlando Fl area) on a Gillian Anderson website. This site was just a fan site but it eventually became her official website. In the beginning people would want to send her gifts for her birthday etc. And I came up with this idea after reading an interview where she talked about all the gifts and how she would rather people donated to NF. Her mother ran a NF support group in Michigan. Gillian's younger brother had NF.

Anyway the idea was to have an online auction during May which is National NF Awareness Month. The first year x-files fan donated items and we auctioned them online. This was before e-bay. This was the first of its kind. It raised $7,000 that first year.

Not long after that Gillian's mom called me and we started working together on many things. For the next auction her mom got Gillian to donate a few things and we raised $21,000. By this time Gillian caught on and really started donating stuff and for the 3rd year we raised $98,000.

She would donate stuff like a visit to the x-files set. Or tickets the wrap party. Signed scripts, x-files props. It was crazy. In the end this auction raised about $678.000 and a lot of people became aware of NF.

Gillian was a real trooper when it came to NF. Sadly her brother passed away a couple of years ago. He was 30, and passed due to a tumor in the brain. But Gillian and her mom are still active in NF.

If I know my state flags it looks like you are in Arizona. They have some wonderful NF support groups. A lot of kids camps.