Love for Sale
Stephen Sauer '01
Issue date: 5/14/01 Section: Features
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How much would you pay for a night on the town with John Hedlund? Now John’s a pretty cool guy, and he’s a hell of a lot of fun when he’s buying the booze, so I would value an evening out at $50 - $75, maybe as much as $100 if we’re smoking cigars. But apparently I missed Hedlund’s true essence: sex appeal. A group of Johnson School women (I think it was the entire Frozen Assets 2nd year squad) ponied up nearly $400 to party with The Hedlund Machine. Amazing, just amazing.
“The One Man Funfest” wasn’t the only item to reap big payoffs at the first annual JGSM Charity Auction. Students, staff, and faculty came out in force and contributed more than $13,000 for items ranging from the Eclipse 12® aquarium to a semester’s worth of Kerri Mix’s cookies. According to Ethan Spencer, architect of the event, “When I envisioned this event we were simply trying to create a model for future years. We were initially hoping to raise two or three thousand dollars; we never dreamed we could make $13,000. You really have to credit the Johnson School community for exceeding expectations.”
Proceeds from the auction will be used to start the Community Impact Fund, which will also receive an endowment from the 2001 Class Gift. The Fund is donor-advised, with money held at the Community Foundation. A student advisory board will decide which local charities to support and will use proceeds from the Fund for donations.
The Johnson School and local community owe a big debt of gratitude to head auctioneer Ethan Spencer and organizers Jen Bremner, Stacy Hirschberg, and Carol Chan. And an even bigger thanks goes to the people who dipped deep into their wallets and loosened their purse strings for a worthy cause, paying unseemly amounts for items of questionable value. 600 bucks to have Rob Chesley and Alex Roe clean your house? Talk about charity.
“The One Man Funfest” wasn’t the only item to reap big payoffs at the first annual JGSM Charity Auction. Students, staff, and faculty came out in force and contributed more than $13,000 for items ranging from the Eclipse 12® aquarium to a semester’s worth of Kerri Mix’s cookies. According to Ethan Spencer, architect of the event, “When I envisioned this event we were simply trying to create a model for future years. We were initially hoping to raise two or three thousand dollars; we never dreamed we could make $13,000. You really have to credit the Johnson School community for exceeding expectations.”
Proceeds from the auction will be used to start the Community Impact Fund, which will also receive an endowment from the 2001 Class Gift. The Fund is donor-advised, with money held at the Community Foundation. A student advisory board will decide which local charities to support and will use proceeds from the Fund for donations.
The Johnson School and local community owe a big debt of gratitude to head auctioneer Ethan Spencer and organizers Jen Bremner, Stacy Hirschberg, and Carol Chan. And an even bigger thanks goes to the people who dipped deep into their wallets and loosened their purse strings for a worthy cause, paying unseemly amounts for items of questionable value. 600 bucks to have Rob Chesley and Alex Roe clean your house? Talk about charity.