# Man's auction to change his name benefits charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/04/24/man039s-auction-change-his-name-benefits-charity/
- Published: 2007-04-24T13:45:42+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Scott MacDonald has auctioned online the opportunity to change and choose his name,
and donated 10% of the winning bid to charity.

Mr MacDonald, or Mr Freebeestore as he is now legally called, promoted the auction
on his blog, [choosemyname.blogspot.com](http://choosemyname.blogspot.com). The 
winning bid came from Free-A-Store-Us-Rex. He will keep the name until at least 
2 February 2008.

He chose to donate 10% of the bid price to Im Jai House run by children’s charity
the ISAAC Foundation in Thailand. “The Im Jai House was recommended by a friend 
who volunteered there,” he told .net magazine. “I talked to them, they loved the
idea, and came across as the right people.”

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Mr Freebeestore is the borther of Kyle MacDonald, who came up with another quirky
but popular online initiative to trade up from [one red paperclip](http://www.oneredpaperclip.com)
to a house.

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