Monday, October 26th, 2009

“Bling My Bra” Charity Auction

First of all, thanks very much for the kind words while I was away. It was a personally rewarding trip and one that needed to be made. I’m back at the office today for the first time in over a week, so I’m easing back into things here on Ink with an eBay Giving Works related post.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so the first post I’m getting off my chest upon my return concerns a charity auction currently running on eBay called “Bling my Bra”.

Back in April, I profiled John Lawson of ColderICE and his “Chest for Breast Auction” that ultimately ended up raising over $3,000 for breast cancer research. The winner of that celebrity auction, Galleria Gifts‘ Melinda Jackson, was inspired and partnered with Beth Cherkowsky (her co-host on RRBRadio.com) to take it a step further and, using eBay Giving Works, came up with a concept that sees a number of her friends and peers submitting “blinged out bras” for sale on eBay.

Over 40 bras have been submitted for sale to date and they continue to receive more each week. From the superhero-themed bra above to the “Colorado Boulder Holder”, there are a lot of both funny and fun entries. All proceeds go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

If you’d like to be a part of an extremely worthwhile cause and have some fun in the process, head over to eBay.com and type “blingmybra” in the search term to see all active listings.

Cheers!
RBH

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