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Rip Unravels Family's Shopping Trip

Children's Hospital

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Help us help Children's Hospital. Our goal by Jan. 20: $600,000.

Our total so far: $ 73,703.62 .

There are three easy ways to donate:

Make a check or money order payable to "Children's Hospital" and mail it to Washington Post Campaign, P.O. Box 17390, Baltimore, Md. 21297-1390.

Go online , to http://www.washingtonpost.com/childrenshospital, and click on "Make a Donation."

To contribute by Visa or MasterCard by phone , call 202-334-5100 and follow the instructions.

Share your shopping horror stories, or talk about anything else, during my online chat at 1 p.m. today at www.washingtonpost.com/liveonline.

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