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Twitter Tries to Fill Dying Girl's Bucket List

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10 Jun 2011 39 views
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Twitter Tries to Fill Dying Girl's Bucket List
A 15-year-old girl from North England has been fighting cancer for four years and now strangers around the world are fighting to help her cross off as many items as possible from her 'bucket list'. To stay in a caravan. To swim with sharks. To go to Kenya. To go to Cadbury World eating lots of chocolate.

A 15-year-old girl from North England has been fighting cancer for four years and now strangers around the world are fighting to help her cross off as many items as possible from her ‘bucket list'.

To stay in a caravan. To swim with sharks. To go to Kenya. To go to Cadbury World eating lots of chocolate.

The story of Alice Pyne has been a popular trending topic on Twitter (#alicebucketlist) as the online community works to help her realize her dreams.

(READ the story in the Globe and Mail) – See her blog at alicepyne.blogspot.com

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