WBT News | Hope Stout's dying wish inspires teen entrepreneur | December 29, 2005:
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"When she died Jan. 4, 2004, almost $500,000 had been raised to grant the wishes of those 155 children. That amount grew to more than $1 million just two weeks later, following the first Celebration of Hope fundraising gala held in Charlotte in honor of the girl.
Then, six months later, Ali Spizman of Sandy Springs heard of Hope's selfless act from the Make-A-Wish Foundation after researching charities to which she could donate part of the proceeds from a line of handbags that she was designing.
``She wanted to be famous, she wanted the world to know her,'' said Spizman, now a 19-year-old freshman at Indiana University. ``That's where I come in.''
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