Lights of Hope Auction for Ethiopian Orphans

My dear friend Michelle is involved with a non-profit called Ethiopian Orphan Relief and every year they have a fancy auction for the orphaned and vulnerable children of Ethiopia.  Bill was sick so my mom came with Emmett and I.  It was at a fancy hotel downtown.

My friend Emma and boyfriend Rob, they won the $50 raffle for the wicked iPad! Steel of a deal!

Harold and Linda Doland were at our table too.

Michelle and I, she worked hard on this event!

We had a really great time.  There were at least 400 people there, double from last year.  The dinner was delicious! The live auction was fun, amazing how much people will bid each other up.  Would you believe that a chocolate cake from Claim Jumper went for.......$850!!!! Incredible! There is all this energy in the room, all this excitement that you just WANT to raise your number! So I did! I have no idea what I was bidding on, and it was up to like $1,000 but I just HAD to do it! It was all going so fast that I knew I would be outbid before I even put my hand down :) Exhilarating! 

I wasn't expecting to walk away with anything but at the silent auction there were some gDiapers (cloth) that I got for $25 (great price!), so I was pleasantly surprised by that.

Had a great time, and it felt good to know that I was a part of such a wonderful cause.