The brand new charity organization sponsored by actress Amanda Tapping and the team at Sanctuary has officially opened its doors! Sanctuary for Kids aims to raise money “to provide sanctuary for children who do not live with the right of safety in their lives.” The organization was founded by Tapping, along with Sanctuary creator (and former Stargate SG-1 writer) Damian Kindler and Jill Bodie, a teacher and social worker. Its goal is to leverage the show and the actors, and the generosity of science fiction fans, to raise money to then distribute to other charities that do work in children’s safety and welfare. The organization has launched with the Nepal Orphans Home and Watari’s TTIP1 and TIPPY Programs in Vancouver as its selected destinations for donated funds. Additional children’s charities will be added in the future.

In addition to taking online donations, Sanctuary is offering special auctions to sci-fi fans. Prizes include a visit to the show’s Vancouver, B.C. set and lunch with Amanda; Sanctuary memorabilia; a 20-minute Skype chat with Amanda, Damian, and executive producer and director Martin Wood; and the chance to name a character in an upcoming episode. This first round of auctions will run from today (starting at 9 p.m. Pacific time) until Sunday, November 22. Three such auction series will be held each year.

Dr. Helen Magnus (AMANDA TAPPING) wakes up on the floor of the Sanctuary with no recollection of why or how she got there. Disoriented and bewildered, she discovers her office scarred with bullet holes, equipment broken in pieces and layered with dust and the lab left only with devastating remnants of a horrific battle scene. With no signs of life to be found, Magnus is completely baffled and shaken. To gather her thoughts, she steps up onto the Sanctuary’s rooftop parapet, but is shocked by the scene before her. Instead of the lights of New City, she looks out to a dark, cratered landscape…the city is decimated.

Later, she encounters two men, heavily armed. Before she can ask any questions, one of the men draws a stun gun and fires it at Magnus, taking her down. When she awakens, she finds herself in an abandoned warehouse with the same two men. They aggressively hose her down, scrubbing her skin raw and leave her soaking wet, shivering and distraught. Exhausted, she curls up on the floor confused and temporarily defeated. When a third man enters the room, she braces herself for another assault. But she is both surprised and relieved when she realizes the man standing before her, although hardened and battle-scarred, is none other than her colleague and friend Will Zimmerman (ROBIN DUNNE). She starts to ask him questions, but he forcefully shuts her down and accuses her of being an imposter. He explains coldly that she could not possibly be who she claims because Helen Magnus… died three years before.

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