Every October Someone and I attend the local AIDS walk/run.  This year we will be fundraisers.  You know the routine; you donate some money towards HIV projects and we do the running/walking. Someone will run  the 5K and I walk it – probably in some outrageous hat.
I thought I would sweeten the deal. The highest donor will receive a brand-new Queen-size Titanic Unsinkable Molly Brown Spo-shirt !
Here are the fabrics from which to choose:
1 – A golden batik with sunflowers, with red/blue and yellow specklesÂ
2- Â A bold red/white and blue stripes
3 –Â A brown Pacific Native American animals, purchased in Juneau AK
4- golden bamboo on navy blue, purchased in Honolulu, HA
5 – Raven (blue on light blue) – another ‘Alaska find’
6 –Â bird of paradise/ferns on bright red, another Hawaiian purchase.
Click on the donation button here at Spo-Reflections or at Someone’s blog, Harper’s Valley.
All money goes into a common site.
I will keep you posted of the highest bid so far, so new donors may wish to top it, and previous donors can donate some more to surpass it.
If there is a tie, Â I will flip a coin or something.
I hope you will donate anyway !
Thank you!
Urs Truly,
Spo.
Spo-Reflections 
18 comments
September 27, 2012 at 1:50 AM
Cubby
Obviously, the No. 5 fabric would be the one I would choose, but the shirt wouldn’t be for me. I’d send it to a certain very good friend whom I miss terribly.
I’m happy to finally live in a city that has an AIDS walk. I’ll be walking in the Washington AIDS Walk on Oct. 27, and I’m excited to be able to do this after so many years of hearing about everyone else doing it.
September 27, 2012 at 7:15 AM
Raven~
you have a gift for making me cry … I miss you too!
September 27, 2012 at 5:45 AM
Laurent
OK so Mr. Someone is the stud muffin athlete who will run and you are the philosopher king and will walk. Have fun.
September 27, 2012 at 9:49 AM
domanidave
Make it easy on yourself, Michael, and just have some T-shirts printed up with your most recent left-margin photo here on the blog. Arrestingly woofy, and I’m not just nattering.
Seriously, what a marvelous idea, this auction! But ‘flip a coin’ in case of a tie? I see cat fight.
September 27, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Victor
I’d like to make a donation, but the site doesn’t give information on how it works. Can you tell me, when I “check out” will I have the option to pay with Paypal? Or, do I have to punch a credit card directly into the site? Or, what. Thanks for the help! And for volunteering for a great cause.
September 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Urspo
I am not 100% certain how it work, but I suspect it is mostly giving them a credit card number, yes. Michael
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September 27, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Victor
The only card I use is AMEX and a lot of places don’t accept that. I could use paypal, or mail in a check. I would hate to click on check out and make the commitment and then not be able to pay if they don’t accept any of my options. I really wish the site offered information.
September 27, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Harper's Keeper
Hi Victor – The donation site takes VISA, Mastercard, AmEx and Discover.
Enter the amount you’d like to contribute on the first page and click “Continue”.
The next page has a drop-down menu to select your credit card of choice. It doesn’t appear to accept Paypal.
Thanks for your interest.
September 27, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Victor
Thank you! I also wrote to the site and they wrote back immediately, which was very cool. You’re info is right, AMEX is ok but no paypal. Also, they said you can mail a check if you prefer, for anyone who wants to do that. I’m good to go. 🙂
September 28, 2012 at 1:26 AM
Peter
Alas they don’t take credit cards from abroad, is there another way to support this good cause?
September 28, 2012 at 4:49 AM
Victor
Peter, I emailed through the “Contact Us” linke, and someone named Kit got back to me immediately. We wrote back and forth a few times. We corresponded back and forth several times and I was able to make a donation. He said I could mail in a check if I wanted to, which it doesn’t say on the drop down menu. I wound up using AMEX, but he was so helpful to work with whatever I wanted to do. Maybe if you contact him he can work something out with you too.
September 28, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Peter
Victor thanks, It worked ! It took only one email.
For other people from abroad who want to support this good cause, use your PayPal account and send a donation to kit@auntritas.org
Next you send him an email that you made a donation and the amount and that you want it to go runner 278111 aka David Wright.
September 28, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Victor
Great news, Peter!
September 28, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Jason
Great idea and I so wish I could sponsor you, throw some money your direction for a great cause. Sadly as a out of work poor bod at the moment I dont have any, however I do send you all my good wishes and bucketl oads of admiration.
September 29, 2012 at 1:31 AM
zeph
Totally, totally ratfucked. I can’t spare any change, right now, anything I spend is already more than I can afford. Maybe next year? Tell me you’ll do this again next year. Bugger.
October 1, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Shawn
It would be #3 for me. Where do I see this running tally?
I need to know so I can try to win the shirt!
October 1, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Urspo
You see it at the fundraising site when you click on the Walk-link.
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October 1, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Victor
I’ve clicked the Walk-link but I don’t see it either.