The auction closed yesterday. My sincere thanks to everyone who participated. I was unsure how much interest it would generate, and somewhat concerned about whether it would generate anything significant for the organizations. Pleasantly, a number of people responded with generous pledges.
Here are the winning bidders, bids, and destinations for each tie:
- Jon Loeliger, $175, the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin, TX
- Bryn Dole, $150, Purdue University/CERIAS
- David Elliott Bell, $300, Purdue University/CERIAS
- David W. Baker, $350, Purdue University/CERIAS
- Henrik Kramshøj, $150, UNICEF
- Karen Lopez, $501, Purdue University/CERIAS
- Bryn Dole, $150, Purdue University/CERIAS
- Aaron Lepold, $150, American Cancer Society
- Linda McGlasson, $125, Purdue University/CERIAS
- Lynn Terwoerds, $150, UNICEF
Additionally, Paul Rosenzweig pledged $100 to Purdue University/CERIAS. If that bid had won a tie, he was going to donate it to a worthy grad student. (Paul is a regular bow tie wearer, too.)
As per the “goodies” offer in the original post, Bryn, David. David, Karen, Linda and Paul will each get a CERIAS challenge coin. Bryn, David, David and Karen will also receive a CERIAS-logo item. And Karen will get treated to dinner and a bow tie-tying lesson from me if we manage to determine a shared location sometime before too long. No one made a $1000+ pledge, so I don’t need to reveal what I had in mind for that. :-)
Additionally, although I didn’t disclose this in the original post, I made a personal commitment to ensure that all the charities I listed get something out of this. Therefore, in addition to whatever I may donate at year’s end, I donated (from personal funds) $150 to each of:
- A community food bank, e.g., Lafayette Food Finders
- Nothing But Nets
- The American Red Cross
- Project Night Night
- The Fistula Foundation
Thus, the total amount raised for these organizations from this mini-event comes out to $3051 — and no one was required to dump anything on their heads!
If you would like to toss in a donation as part of this overall effort, please do so! These are all great groups and worthy of support. I will honor my “goodies” offers for any donations made through the end of August! Contact me for details.
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