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« February 23 Confab | Main | Frickin' Laser Beams! » February 25, 20062006 UW C4C AuctionFriday night was the annual UW Business School "Challenge For Charity" auction. If you're an alum of the UWBS, it's one of those can't-miss events: it's fun, it's prestigious, it benefits two great charities (Special Olympics and the Boys & Girls Club), and it's a great chance to see long-lost classmates. (The social aspect is actually a little overwhelming - I didn't get a chance to bid on any of the silent auction items because I was too busy catching up with people I'd not seen for the last nine months!) Fortunately, I did score a great item in the live auction - poker with Messrs. Turner & Forehand. Ben Lower, Keith Vaitkus, Andy Boyer (and, hopefully, Chris Howard - if we can twist his arm) will be taking these guys for everything they've got ... while chomping on cigars and swilling martinis. Awesome. The fundraising goal was $150,000, and it looks like we beat it - the unofficial total of $147,000 was announced before the evening was over. I'm willing to bet we'll be around $155K when all is said and done. What's astounding about this number is that it's nearly 50% higher than what we did last year. Way to go, Class of 2006! UPDATE, September 4, 2006: One or more of the original hyperlinks on this page expired, and has been dereferenced. The hyperlinked text is now underlined. Posted by Gavin Shearer at February 25, 2006 10:13 PM. Posted to UW MBA. CommentsPost a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |