[15436] in APO-L
silent auction at nationals to benefit Red Cross
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neal/Molly Farmer)
Sun Nov 10 22:28:13 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 21:29:45 -0600
Reply-To: nmfarmer@ix.netcom.com
From: Neal/Molly Farmer <nmfarmer@ix.netcom.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Dear APO-L,
Please take a moment from the current "Great Debates" on APO-L for a
notice concerning the Silent Auction of Sports Memorabilia at the National
Convention. The items will be on display Dec. 28-29 and the final auction
will be Dec. 30. (We will need volunteers to man the display table for the
three days).
At the Dallas/Fort Worth convention, we raised an even $2,000 that was
split evenly between the AIDS committees in Houston and Dallas. This
year, we will donate the monies raised to the Phoenix Red Cross.
*baseball signed by all-time strikeout king Nolan Ryan
*Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman football
*color photo signed by the greatest boxer ever, Muhammad Ali
*hat signed by auto racer A.J. Foyt
*mounted color photo signed by country superstar Garth Brooks
*mounted color photo signed by all-time hit leader Pete Rose
*baseball card signed by former L.A. manager Tommy LaSorda
*visor signed by golf great Fred Couples
*cap signed by tennis great Stefi Graff
*basketball signed by Houston Rockets future Hall of Famers Hakeem
Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and Charles Barkley
*autographed copy of the book, Southwest Conference Baseball's
Graestest Hits, by Houston Chronicle sportswriter Neal Farmer
*book of the White House signed by George and Barbara Bush
*cap signed by golf great Nancy Lopez
*hockey puck signed by Phoenix' Jerry Roenick
*moving flip baseball cards of Brett Butler
*moving flip baseball cards Don Mattingly
*1996 Proline NFL football card complete box set, with an unknown
autographed card in the set
*signed baseball card by San Diego Padres hitting great Tony Gwynn
*signed football card by Buffalo Bills running great Thurman Thomas
*signed football card by receiving great Raghib "Rocket'' Ismail
*signed golf card of future great Jeff Maggert
*weird, collectible hockey card of Chicago's Ed Balfour
*50th anniversary College World Series baseball signed by LSU national
champ coach Skip Bertman, who also guided Team USA to bronze medal at
Atlanta Olympics
*signed color photo of Minnesota Twins second baseman Chuck
Knoblauch
*a game football jersey from Stephen F. Austin State in Nacogdoches,
Texas
*signed photo of golf's all-time money winner Tom Kite
*Dallas Cowboy pennant signed by owner Jerry Jones and head coach
Barry Switzer
*plus I have more than 15 requests still out there
*And I am expecting a baseball to be signed by Kansas City Royals all-star
George Brett, to be delivered by National Executive Director Patrick Burke.
Also, former National President Jerry Schroeder said he will donate a photo
of him with Pres. Clinton. I'm sure I can browbeat Pres. Wilfred Krenek
into donating something to the auction - as long as it is not any briefs (I'm
very sorry I brought up that mental image).
IF YOU CAN BRING ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE AUCTION, please do
so. Let me know so we can advertise it before Nationals. The time is now to
write a letter if you have not, as there usually is a 4-6 week waiting period
before sports franchises will respond to a letter.
Remember that undergrads can go talk to the athletic director at your
respective school and get a football/basketball/baseball jersey to auction off.
-- Neal Farmer, national alumni chairman
