We had our third photo auction in May 2007 and raised $147 which we sent to U2‘s The Edge’s Music Rising Foundation which was created after Hurricane Katrina – to help put musical instruments back in the hands of musicians so they could start making a living again. Many thanks to our friends A Sheep at the Wheel, and Rocko from Rocko and the Devils for participating.
We had one more auction in 2007, in December. We featured photos from Canadian iconic rocker Tom Cochrane, U2 producer, musician/songwriter Daniel Lanois and New Jersey musician Jimmy Eppard.
We also knit 4 dolls to loosely resemble the guys from U2., and we raised a staggering $500 dollars! This is the first auction that we started using the funds raised, at the World Vision Gift Catalog and a little goes a long way. The list of items we ‘purchased’ is long:
- 4 mother to child HIV prevention kits (prevents mothers from passing HIV on to their infants during childbirth)
- 8 bed nets to prevent malaria – each bed net can protect up to 4 children
- 4 batches of Vitamin A therapy to prevent childhood blindness – each batch to protect up to 6 children
All told, we were able to help up to 54 children with the generosity provided by Tom and Daniel and their managers/promo people, and the people that bid on the auction items.