7,400 dollars went to our local Humane Society & to Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary. The lady who bought the cards just happened to live in the same town. I never knew her before this auction. Laura Norton Dye though became a very good friend after the auction. She has since passed away after losing her fight with the cancer she had battled for over 15 years.
We had many copy-cat auctions. Some with good intentions and some with bad. I donated 100% of the final bid to the two shelters. This means to those who sell on ebay, I was stuck with fees from ebay, over 150 dollars. my contribution to my cause.
When Monte's photo made it on the front page of Yahoo. I almost cried. A friend called me and told me and I thought they were pulling my leg. It was insane to know this attention was out doing "vick's" name for a while.
AND CNN, Monte had no idea what was going on just thought it was cool to keep getting visitors and having his photo taken. His vet got an ink pad and printed off his photo and has his autograph hanging at her office.
Rocket Girl, you're amazing!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is crazy. I remember reading about that and was shocked someone would pay so much for the card. But the whole idea behind it and the fact it went all to charity, rock on girl!!
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