OLYMPIA, WA, A participant in the upcoming Breast Cancer 3-Day walk in Seattle, Washington has come up with a novel way to raise funds: she will sell a pink street sweeper at an unreserved auction in Olympia and put half the proceeds towards her team's fundraising efforts. Tina McDonough, the owner of One.7, Inc., the largest used sweeper dealer in the U.S., will sell the pink 2001 Elgin/Freightliner FL70 S/A street sweeper at an unreserved public auction being conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (www.rbauction.com) in Olympia on June 17 & 18, 2009. Ritchie Bros. will also donate its commission and any additional fees from the street sweeper's sale to the breast cancer fundraiser.
"I lost one of my friends to breast cancer," said Ms. McDonough. "I can't bring her back, but I can raise funds to help find a cure for breast cancer. I walked the 3-Day for the first time in 2007 to honor Michelle while she battled this disease. After she passed away, I decided enough is enough. So I formed a team to walk again in 2008. Together we raised $115,000 for the cure. We want to do more this year, so we decided to paint and sell one of the sweepers from our fleet to raise awareness and more funds towards a cure for breast cancer."
The pink 2001 Freightliner/Elgin street sweeper will be sold on Thursday, June 18 as part of a two-day, unreserved public auction at the Ritchie Bros. auction site in Olympia. The sweeper will be sold to the highest bidder on auction day, with no minimum bids or reserve prices. If the highest bidder is a U.S. taxpayer, they will receive a charitable donation receipt for 50 percent of their winning bid.
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