We are starting a Boys & Girls Club in our community. (I say "we" because I have gotten myself on the board. We really, really need a safe, supervised, positive place for kids to go after school. (We welcome kids @ the library but when they get bored, they get restless, and then they misbehave and get kicked out.)) We have to raise $100,000 in order to open the doors.
Last evening the Chamber of Commerce had a fundraising event for the BGC: CommuniTies. Everyone who attended paid $5 at the door and got a necktie. There were tie-related games: ugly tie contest; a team effort to come up with ways to use a used tie (our team had 36--from belt, dog leash, and noose to g-string, jock strap, and Boys & Girls Club fundraiser); and a novelty tie auction (the Chicago Bears tie went for $400).
I said I would buy all the ties no one wanted to take home. That turned out to be almost all of them (given how hideous some were). I got about 25 silk ties and have boxed about 50 polyester, etc., to give to Salvation Army. I'm happy to give (again) to this good cause.
BTW, I wore my necktie patchwork jacket.
And, with my Rotary president's hat on, I was pleased to present a check for $10,000 as our club's contribution.
Nann