Catie Hoch was a young girl who died from cancer. Before she passed on, she was an avid Harry Potter fan and loved it when her mother would read the novels to her. Catie, like Harry, was fighting for her life.

To symbolize this, Catie wore a long, red cape and big, black glasses, put lightning-shaped scar on her forehead, and carried a wand to one of her several treatments in New York City. She was ready, once again like Harry, to fight.

In January of 2000, Catie was back at home; her options of successful treatments were slim and her chances of reading the fourth Harry Potter novel were even worse. That was when J.K. Rowling heard about the little girl, and began to write to her.

In one of the first e-mails, Jo said, “I am working very hard on Book 4 at the moment,” and she talked about the chapter she was writing, some of the new creatures she'd created, and which characters were her favorite.

Shortly after Catie's ninth birthday in March, the doctors revealed that she only had a few weeks left to live. During the next month, Jo called and read to her Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which she'd finished writing, but it wasn't for sale yet. Catie died on May 18th, 2000, before she'd heard the end of the novel.

The Catie Hoch Foundation was soon created to help give those children with cancer a break. The foundation also helps those families deal with the financial burdens of treatments and medical bills.

To help the Catie Hoch Foundation, all Harry Potter fans will have the chance to bid on a full set of the Harry Potter series, which are signed by J.K. Rowling. The bidding opens on September 1st, and you can read even more about the auction here. The winning bidder will be announced on Septemeber 29 at the Saratoga Auto Museum in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

I really hope that anyone and everyone who can even bid something will - even if they know that they won't win.