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WALLET
Continued from page A-1
A dinner and auction to
raise money to help pay Al-
lison's medical expenses will
be March 8 at the 40 et 8 Club
in downtown Shelton. The
dinner is served from 4 p.m.
to 7 p.m., followed by the auc-
tion. To donate an item for
the auction, call Melody Gill
at 427-7125 or Mike Gill at
463-2690.
Allison said she was ini-
tially unaware of how her
story was spreading.
"When it first happened,
I was still sort of out of it,
because of the heart trans-
plant," Allison said. As for
the media attention, "I didn't
know it would get that big,"
she said.
Allison said she started
making duct tape wallets
about a year ago, a skill she
honed after watching a dem-
onstration on YouTube. It
takes her about 30 minutes
to craft a wallet, if she has
no distractions, an hour if
she's also watching shows on
Netflix. The Wilson wallet
took a week to complete.
Since the national atten-
tion, Allison has made about
50 wallets, including one
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
Allison Christensen, 11, of Shelton experienced national exposure after Seattle Seahawks
quarterback Russell Wilson gushed at a press conference about the Seahawk duct tape
wallet she made and gave to him at Seattle Children's Hospital, where she received a heart
transplant. A benefit dinner and auction to help pay her medical expenses will be March 8
at 40 et 8 in downtown Shelton.
that ESPN announcer Chris
Berman brandished on the
air. Recipients have donated
money for Allison's medical
bills.
Allison watched the
Seahawks' Super Bowl victo-
ry at her grandmothers Shel-
ton house, wearing Wilson's
No. 3 jersey.
"We pretty much all had
Russell Wilson jerseys," said
If you go:
WHAT: Dinner and auction to
help pay Allison Christensen's
medical bills
WHEN: Dinner from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m. March 8, auction to follow
WHERE: 40 et 8 Club, Shelton
INFORMATION AND DONATION
ITEMS: Contact Melody Gill at
427-7125 or Mike Gill at 463-
2690
Allison's father, Mark Chris-
tensen.
Mark said he is thankful
for all the people who have
prayed for Allison. "I didn't
understand how deep the
kindness was ... People were
there for us," he said.
As for Wilson, "I credit him
with saving her life," Mark
said.
Allison said her new heart
has made her thankful for
life. She recently battled a
cold, but "I will feel fine. I
feel a lot better than I did be-
fore."
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