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Well folks, it is finally here!! With all that has been going on in my personal life, it has taken a little longer than I wanted but the online auction for Cody Colley and his family is finally ready for prime time!

For those who may be new or may have missed it, Cody Colley is a 13 year old young man from Youth Minister Dan's youth group who recently underwent surgery for bone cancer in his shoulder and is now enduring chemo therapy.

A number of months ago I made an offer here on IAP to send up to 4 sets of 5 Texas Wood pen blanks for just the cost of shipping. The catch was, you had to make at least one pen from each set and donate it to a fundraiser for Cody. Well, you wonderful people rose to the occasion and overwhelmed me with orders! I shipped out 130 sets of pen blanks to members here and 2Cool Fishing.

The pens started coming in and they kept coming, and coming, and coming! A total of over 300 pens were received by Dan, way more than were required by my deal. You guys really stepped to the plate on this deal! Dan held a silent auction and ice cream social at his church and sold many of the pens and raised $3,500. Needless to say, with over 300 pens, there was just no way that the people of Forney, TX could buy them all! Dan and I got together and decided to build a website where we could auction the remaining pens and Penefit.org was born!

Penefit.org is dedicated to helping raise funds for Cody and his family as they struggle through this ordeal. 100% of the proceeds (after PayPal and Shipping fees) will go to the family. Hopefully, we will be able to give them a nice big check in time to brighten their Christmas during this trying time!

We currently have 60 pens listed in all different configuration and price ranges. Please take a look and bid on some of your fellow IAP member's pens. Also, please help us get the word out to all of your friends and family. The more people we can reach, the more money we can raise for the family. Post it on your Facebook account. Send an e-mail to all your friends. Put a link on your website. Everything will help.

I also contacted many of the IAP vendors and asked for donations for us penturners to bid on. I would like to especially thank the following vendors. (I am listing them in the order they replied to my PM.)

rherrel
Exoticblanks.com
Indy-Pen-Dance
JohnU

(If you are a vendor and would like to help out, there is still time to get your donations added to the site)

Be sure to check out the pen making link for some really nice penmaking items including but not limited to: a Cat Blank Sampler, 9000 Easy Flow refills, Fantastic Feathers Blanks, Cactus Blanks, a one of a kind Texas Trio Blank made by me, and last but certainly not least, one of the few unturned blanks made by the master himself, EAGLE!

You can find all of this and more at www.penefit.org.

Let the bidding begin!
 
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Thanks for posting the link and a big thanks to the vendors who are making donations. I got a few bids in but I hope to be outbid so that I can have the fun of coming back to outbid the people that raise me. We can have a lot of fun outbidding each other and knowing the money is going to a good cause.
 
:biggrin:Ok gang I just bid on the Eagle blank and will check back every hour so try to out bid me!!!!!!!!!!!!:biggrin::wink:
 
Mike and Linda welcome to the figtht.....you had the blank for 9 minutes....now I'm out to the shop to finish a project and will be back in an hour....
 
great site, that Eagle blank is sweet, out of my price range though, I have already spent about two months worth of spending this month on pen supplies:biggrin:
 
:crying::crying::crying::crying:Nobody wants to play with me....:frown::frown::frown:
Remember it's for a great cause and the Eagle blank is a collector Item!!!
 
I put a couple of bids in myself! I'm really diggin' that blank that Curtis designed as the texas trio! Pretty bad a$$ if i do say so myself! That may cause a bidding war!:biggrin:
 
Dean and all this time I thought we were friends.........when you least expect it I'll snatch that blank away..
 
OKLAHOMAN said:
Dean and all this time I thought we were friends.........when you least expect it I'll snatch that blank away..
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What? :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: You were whining that you needed someone to play with so I played... And who knows.. Maybe I'll play again??:devil:

I have to say... If I don't win this blank - it will inspire me. I want to try and make a blank like that. If I don't win, its my goal to make one like it this winter.
 
Thanks for getting this up.

It seems I've missed some cool stuff. Bummer. Not like I had any money anyway.. :wink:


Nevermind, FOUND the Eagle blank.
 
OKLAHOMAN said:
:crying::crying::crying::crying:Nobody wants to play with me....:frown::frown::frown:
Remember it's for a great cause and the Eagle blank is a collector Item!!!
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Sorry Roy, had to go shopping. I never mind when the trip includes Rockler and our favorite bird store. Now I am boke. :crying:
 
DurocShark said:
Thanks for getting this up.

It seems I've missed some cool stuff. Bummer. Not like I had any money anyway.. :wink:


Nevermind, FOUND the Eagle blank.
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You may have found it, but its still mine! :) I've had it for over 12 hours... That must be a record :)

Roy must be sleeping. I can't believe hes given up yet.

Oh... and the new stuff is pretty too!
 
Boy I thought I would sneek in here quietly and place a few bids and bam I didn't hold them for more than 5 minutes. Are people sleeping here???:smile:

I think this is actually a great idea to do again sometime.
 
Put a link on your site!

I think what Curtis and Dan are doing is beyond words! Everyone who has a pen site could help by putting a link on their site. Something to the effect of: "If you can't find what you want on (insert your sitename here) take look at www.penefit.org." Just a thought..........
 
alphageek said:
DurocShark said:
Thanks for getting this up.

It seems I've missed some cool stuff. Bummer. Not like I had any money anyway.. :wink:


Nevermind, FOUND the Eagle blank.
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You may have found it, but its still mine! :) I've had it for over 12 hours... That must be a record :)

Roy must be sleeping. I can't believe hes given up yet.

Oh... and the new stuff is pretty too!
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You HAD it, :devil: Now stop playing and do some serious bidding!!!!:biggrin:
 
I think one thing we are learning here. It is hard to ask a pen turner to bid on another turners pens. Ask them to bid on kits or materials and the sky is the limit.:smile:
 
The idea with the pens is that if you donated a pen that is listed in the auction, why not send a link to all your friends and family and ask them to bid on it.
 
MesquiteMan said:
The idea with the pens is that if you donated a pen that is listed in the auction, why not send a link to all your friends and family and ask them to bid on it.
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Curtis - is this all the remaining pens, or is there more to come? I think I know the answer, but it would be good for the rest to know.
 
alphageek said:
MesquiteMan said:
The idea with the pens is that if you donated a pen that is listed in the auction, why not send a link to all your friends and family and ask them to bid on it.
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Curtis - is this all the remaining pens, or is there more to come? I think I know the answer, but it would be good for the rest to know.
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No, Dan has a bunch more to put up I believe. He is taking pics and should have them up soon.
 
I sent a link to my Mom, and she has passed it around at work. Hopefully something will come of that. I've got my eye on a few things. Hope I can afford something after the rest of you get done!!
 
MesquiteMan said:
Another good way to get the word out is to post something on other interest forums you may frequent!
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Who has time for "other interests"!!!

Remember, it is Sunday---even the Lord rested on SUNDAY!! NOW MONDAY---that's a whole different story!!!

Nice additions to the auction, guys!!
 
Ok ... got the two different Church Christmas parties out of the way, and a Christmas luncheon at the Senior Citizen Housing (which I have been the president of the board for several years and then church today and a family get together in Corsicana this afternoon....finally hope to get some pens posted tonight and a bunch tomorrow night. I will do my best to get the rest posted in the next couple of days.

Remember Cody in your prayers.... He was suppose to finish up this round of Chemo this month but will not finish now till sometime next month. The Chemo is starting to be much harder on his body the last couple of treatments. His counts are not bouncing back like they did before.

Thanks to everyone.....

YMD
 
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