Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/12

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Subject: [Leica] Sold a Print for Charity
From: telyt at telus.net (David Young)
Date: Mon Mar 12 09:11:31 2007

  Sanjay Nasta wrote:

>I am jazzed.  Friday night, my brother organized an event called 
>Austin Under 40  for charity that raised close to $25,000 to send 
>underprivileged kids to camp. (Interesting sidenote the camps are 
>called Sunshine Camps because they were founded when we thought 
>sunshine cured tuberculosis).  At any rate, a good friend won 
>Austinite of the year.  Furthermore, I had donated a print 
>(http://aroundaustin.typepad.com/photos/austin/austindowntowndusk_2618_medium.html)
> 
>to the silent auction and the bidding was hot and heavy and it sold 
>for $400.  My mother proudly points out her Indian cooking class 
>went for more.  I've decided to donate prints to local charities 
>since my day job keeps me too occupied to sell any and heck makes me 
>a good enough living that I can afford a Leica every now and then.


A great shot, and a great cause.  Well done you!



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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA

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