Did You Ever Meet Michael?

Were you one of the lucky ones who got to meet Michael Jackson? Would you like to share your story with us for an exciting new project we are working on?  If so, email your story along with any photographs you may have, to Valmai Owens, Director of Publications, at the following email address: [email protected]. Tell us a little about your experience of meeting The King of Pop. We want to hear your story.

Raffle!

Here’s Your Chance to Win a Collectible Michael Jackson Doll
and An Authentic Patch from the Patchwork Blanket Project!

BREAKING NEWS: Announcing a great opportunity to win a MICHAEL JACKSON DOLL (“American Music Awards” edition; box has never been opened; collector’s item). Also win your own precious keepsake PATCH, which was cut from the exact same fabric that was used to create the “Wrapped in L.O.V.E.” PATCHWORK BLANKETS for Michael’s children Prince Michael and Blanket (the gift of the blankets was accepted by Katherine Jackson and Michael’s children a few weeks ago at the time of his birthday). Take part in this exciting raffle to raise funds to support Michael’s Tribute. Everyone who participates will be helping to keep the Tribute and our MJ website community alive and well. The winning name will be selected at random by Artist David Ilan on October 4, 2010 at 4 p.m. (PST). The winner will be announced on the Tribute website and in the MJTP newsletter. The more tickets you get, the greater your chance of winning! Get your raffle tickets now.

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Michael’s Angels

We Have a Friend in Need

Valerie M. is a genuine angel with a kind and loving heart. She has been quietly carrying a burden, shared only with friends on the MJTP and her family. It’s an affliction she has shouldered with strength and faith in both God and Michael, but even the strongest can falter when things prove to be too much to handle alone. The pressure and stress has reached a point where she now needs our help to see her through this painful and difficult period. Please read her story and share your prayers. Read More

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Earth Tree for Michael

The Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait is proud to announce our support of The Magical Child (TMC) in their efforts to plant more trees in honor of Michael Jackson, continuing his legacy to help save our planet!  TMC is leading a project called Earth Tree for Michael, which officially launched on Michael's birthday this year, and seeks to have trees donated in the Amazon Rain Forest in Peru. TMC is dedicated tokeeping Michael Jackson’s spirit alive while helping to recover nature by planting trees, acres and acres of trees, to become the forest of Michael Jackson’s fans. Read More

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Tribute Tidbits

Winner of the Dot Certificate Fundraiser DrawingHelp Fund The Tribute
Congratulations to Yoko Ito  (Username "Ponyo,” Dot Number 11611) on winning a dot in Michael's heart. On Michael's birthday, Ponyo's name was randomly selected in the Dot Certificate Fundraiser Drawing. There’s still time to get your Commemorative Dot Certificate, click here.

Member Comment of the Month
We receive so many wonderful comments on the MJTP site from members in response to articles on our blogs, Michael’s Angels, or in group postings. I want to share some of them each week with everyone in our community.  Each week I will select a comment that I feel should be shared with everyone and post it in this section.  

This week I want to share with you a comment that was left on my blog as a response to my article Why We Love Michael Jackson.  It speaks beautifully to the undying love Michael gave to his fans.

One of the most moving accounts of Michael's loyalty to his fans I found in an article written by his "former friend" Uri Geller. It’s incredible...

"I walked with him for 200 yards through the pouring rain across an Oxford road and past barriers after his address to the privileged Union audience last month, to a huddle of drenched and shivering fans. They had not been able to get tickets, and they had turned up on a bitter night without any real hope of being close to Michael for more than a moment, but they (and not the curiosity-hunters in the Union building) were the real fans.

Michael truly loves his fans. When he tells them, he does not do it in the superficial way that most pop stars intend when they shout it from the stage. He means it this way - when Michael walked through the rain that night, he was on crutches, with two broken bones in a foot that was swaddled in bandages. By the time we got back to the limousine he was squeezing filthy, icy rainwater out of the bandages onto newspapers on the floor. I laid my hands on the aching flesh and let energy flow through me, to activate Michael's own healing powers. He sat back with a calm expression on his face and his eyes closed, perfectly accepting of the possibility that healing can begin with positive thinking."

This is Michael Jackson for you!

In Michael’s Words
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved, and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.”

Linda Higgins
Editor-In-Chief
MJTP Newsletter
[email protected]
www.MichaelJacksonTributePortrait.com