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JK Rowling contributes to fund for missing girl
The BBC is reporting today that Jo has donated money to help find a girl by the name of Madeleine McCann who disappeared while on vacation with her family in Portugal. From the article:
Rewards totaling 2.5m pounds have been offered to anyone who can help with information leading to the safe return of Madeleine, from Rothley in Leicestershire.Our thoughts and prayers go out to the McCann family for their daughter's safe return. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed in with the tip.
Businessman Sir Richard Branson, footballer Wayne Rooney, and children's author JK Rowling are among those who have contributed.
Posted by Andrew on May 13th |
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Good for Jo, I hope they find her!!! 1st?!
thats super nice of her
Yeah, jo is very inspiring! = ) ~MM~
That's awesome of her. My prayers are with the family and Madeleine.
she wins the awesome award of the century. she's just awesome =]
Great!!!
oh i heard of that girl. tom from myspace made a bulletin about it as well.
I knew she would help madeliene, afterall, JK lived in portugal. I really hope they publises her appeal a bit more widley than Ronaldos...
good use of all that money!.
I really do hope they find her, it was recently her 4th birthday aswell. I feel sorry for the poor family. It's nice to see people contributing into finding Madeleine. Good on Jk rowling and all the others who have helped.
Thats Great! Good for Jo!
Why did it take so long for this story to get posted? I've been expecting it all day. Any way this really isn't the time to be going "Awesome" it very sad and scary, this little girl has been taken by some sicko! It's great that JKR along with other people are helping publicise this, but its far too serious for the normal "WOW JK RULES!!1".
I really hope they find that girl fast! poor girl :-( Good for Jo that she can help a little this way!
Wow, that's really great of JKR and the others who donated. I hope they find her soon, this is just terrible. Children are so innocent and vulnerable. I'll be praying for her safe return.
wow its so nice to see peolpe helping such a worthy cause like this. it's one of the sadest things in news that ive hearld lately. i hope they find the little girl and the terrrible people who did this. go JKR, your the best=)
poor girl. yay 4 jo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good for Jo!! I hope they find the little girl. I hope nothing terrible has happened to her. That's so sad. :(
my heart goes out to them.
This is terrible. The poor girl and her family. But this is very nice of Jo to do. I hope they find her soon
aw i love jo. i hope she's found soon!
Good for Jo. With that kind of support, the girl will definatly be found! she'll proly get to meet Jo too. Lucky duck! wish I was lost......
That's exactly what every rich people should be doing. God, I hope she's safe.
I think that is great of all those people and I hope that Madeleine is found soon! Go Jo you rock! :)
I've been really upset by the news of this girl ever since she was missing over a week ago. I am so glad that Jo is doing something in the search for her and I can only hope and pray that it is doing some good, and we find her safe and sound.
That is so sad.... I'm so glad that so many people are involved to help look for her.... i can't imagine how hard it must be for her parents now. I really hope they find her quickly.
fantfreak, she isn't lost she was snatched, I don't think you understand what is going on.
I really hope they are able to bring her back safely- Jo you are truly an inspiration to those of us in the world who are trying to make it a better place.
this is so terrible. my heart goes out to the family. I have a dear friend who's daughter was kidnapped by her non-custodial mother and stories like these break my heart. The key is to get the word out to as many ppl as possible. Here is the link to Carolines myspace page. myspace . com / carolineteague
Aww. That is great of Jo to be helping out in this cause. It would be really scary to have someone in your family go missing, and I really hope they find the little girl!
Aww, that's nice that she donated, poor little girl. :(
Here's another article published by Cox.net: http://northe rnvirginia.cox.net/cci/en tertainmentnews/national? _mode=view&_state=maximiz ed&view=article&id=D8P3KC HO0&_action=validateartic le -HGoH Praying for the family...
I really hope they find the girl
Thats so good of JK, actually usin her money to help people, not like other celebs... I really feel for that family, ive got a 5 year old brother and i dont know what i would do if he went missing. I really hope they find her soon and that shes got home safely
Finally this story hits Mugglenet - about 8 hours after I submitted this news! Hope all HP fans will keep their eyes peeled for this little girl - she could be anywhere in the world by now - perhaps a picture of her by the news would have been helpful. Anyway, hope she and her family will be in your thoughts and prayers at the moment. Great of JK to contribute towards the reward. Hope she is reunited with her family soon.
wow.mother theresa all over again.lol
that's so sweet of her!!!
aww thats really nice of her. what happened to madeleine is absolutely awful, and its a discrace to every person on this earth that someone would do such an awful thing. hy heart goes out to all her family, and i pray the portugese police find something. mrs_black
that is really nice...good jo..and i really hope they find the girl....things like this make me cry..it is so upsetting
Omg, that is so sad! She's so adorable. I feel so bad for her family. Good for you Jo. Well done.
I thnk that JKR is great, she just keeps showing us all what an amazing person she is. We can help with the search for Maddie too, there is a poster designed by Maddie's family which can be downloaded at bbc.co.uk, they're asking everyone to print them out and put them up, especially when going on holiday in Europe. Let's hope they find her soon, such a sweet kid and it was her birthday yesterday, too.
My friend who lives in england just sent me an e-mail yesterday that was trying to spread awareness about the event so people could find her...weird...i hope they find her. well said mrs_black...my heart goes out to her family as well.
We love you Jo.
the parents are complete idiots though. who the hell leaves three unsupervised children, 3 years old & two 2 year olds, alone in a freaking hotel room so that they can go eat???
it's good to hear that JKR cares about poor children who get missing, that's great to hear and i hope they find her. DONATING FOR THIS IS SOMETHING LAURA MALLORY WOULD NEVER DO, LOL
Also, according to the News Of The World, Jo made the largest individual donation to the fund, but asked for the actual amount to be kept secret.
Oh, god, I hope they find her. That's so horrible....
Don't forget Beckham, he gave quite a bit of money as well. How nice of JK to contribute, what a terrible situation. I hope the find the precious little girl soon. Something is fishy though, I'd look at those parents carefully...
Its so sad, I'm sorry but I think that poor girl's dead by now. Its a terrible thing to say but she's been missing for a few days in a country that's policing and forensic isn't as up to date as the UK's.
That is really nice of Jo, it's great to see celebs contribute to really needy causes.! I really hope they find the girl quickly! My prayers are with her famiy!
Ok I'm getting annoyed about this. not that i don't want the girl to be found, but surely if people get such vast sums of money for finding her, then this might encourage people to kidnap more kids in the future in the hope of getting rewards. Also, tons of other people go missing every day, but nobody cares about them. her parents should have kept a closer eye on her anyway.
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