The second year of Project Paper Doll (PPD) astonished committee members who had conservative expectations with record breaking winning bids and an 82% increase in website hits compared to last year. Despite a recession fraught with foreclosures and bailouts, PPD has raised nearly $45,000 in the last two years for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

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The next eBay auction event for PPD is a series of nine framed, handwritten hit-song lyrics that will launch Monday, Jan. 26 and run through Thursday, Feb. 5. These auctions will be announced at www.ebay.com/vch-benefit and featured songs include: “Nothing On But The Radio” - Gary Allan PPD’s celebrity-driven auctions generate national awareness and financial support for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. No child who needs the hospital’s services is ever denied care on the basis of ability to pay. The Vanderbilt facility was recently recognized as one of the premiere pediatric hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.