TLC Joins Forces With eBay for the Holidays

TLC Joins Forces With eBay for the Holidays

- Proceeds from Auction Benefit Home Rehabilitation Organization Rebuilding Together -

SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of TLC's most popular series can make their holiday dreams come true this year with the opportunity to bid on one-of-a-kind items from their favorite shows and personalities. During TLC's third annual HELPING OTHERS HOLIDAY AUCTION, fans can bid on everything from visits to the sets of TLC shows to personalized items and handmade treasures from their favorite cast members from hit TLC series, including TRADING SPACES, WHAT NOT TO WEAR, WHILE YOU WERE OUT, OVERHAULIN', CLEAN SWEEP and more. All proceeds from the auction will benefit Rebuilding Together, the nation's largest volunteer home rehabilitation organization. The auction will take place December 6 to 15 online at http://tlc.discovery.com/holidayauction/.

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Cast members from all of TLC's hit series have put their creative juices to the test and are donating personal time and items. Here are some of the items up for grabs:

* Visits to the sets of popular series TRADING SPACES and OVERHAULIN';

* Handmade items from TLC cast members, including an original painting by
TRADING SPACES designer Frank Bielec; handmade holiday stockings by
TRADING SPACES designer Edward Walker; and hand-stitched pillows by
Nadia Geller and Leslie Segrete from WHILE YOU WERE OUT and TRADING
SPACES designer Laura Day;

* The money dress and suit worn by WHAT NOT TO WEAR fashion experts Stacy
London and Clinton Kelly in promotions for the special WHAT NOT TO
WEAR: $50,000 DREAM WARDROBE -- the suits are hand-stitched from real
U.S. currency;

* Lunch with WHILE YOU WERE OUT designer Chayse Dacoda and carpenter
Jason Cameron;

* 30-minute clutter consultations with CLEAN SWEEP's Peter Walsh or Molly
Luetkemeyer;

* Everything needed to host a WHAT NOT TO WEAR viewing party, including
customized martini glasses and a personal call from fashion experts
Stacy London and Clinton Kelly;

* Autographed merchandise including apparel, books and photos from
TRADING SPACES, OVERHAULIN', WHILE YOU WERE OUT, CLEAN SWEEP and more.



Beginning December 6, fans can bid on the items by going online and visiting http://tlc.discovery.com/holidayauction/ or clicking on TLC at http://www.discovery.com/. Proceeds from the auction benefit Rebuilding Together, the nation's largest volunteer home rehabilitation organization, whose vital work takes place in 865 cities and towns in all 50 U.S. states. The mission of Rebuilding Together is to preserve and revitalize houses and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners, particularly those who are elderly and disabled and families with children, live in warmth, safety, and with independence. In short, their mission is to make houses homes.

TLC is dedicated to high-quality, intelligent and relatable nonfiction entertainment: authentic personal stories that inspire, engage, inform and unite our audience in the spirit of life's possibilities. TLC intimately connects more than 94 million homes in North America to the human experience through its "Life Unscripted" approach to storytelling. Discovery Networks, U.S., a unit of Discovery Communications, Inc., operates and manages Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Kids Channel, Discovery Times Channel, The Science Channel, Discovery Home Channel, Discovery Wings Channel, Discovery en Español and Fit TV. The unit also distributes BBC AMERICA. Visit TLC on the web by going to http://www.discovery.com/ and clicking on TLC.

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Source: TLC

CONTACT: Don Halcombe of TLC, +1-240-662-2952,
don_halcombe@discovery.com; or Zoe Weisberg, +1-212-367-6926,
Zoe.Weisberg@eurorscg.com, for TLC

Web site: http://www.discovery.com/
http://tlc.discovery.com/holidayauction


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