Faithful readers already know that our family will be joining a team for the upcoming Relay for Life to raise money for the American Cancer Society. That team named itself "Pirates of the Cure" (inspired by the recent Pirates of the Caribbean movie, of course) and will have a pirate-themed booth at the Relay. It makes sense, then, that another fundraiser of theirs would have a pirate theme.
We awoke last Friday morning to find that overnight our yard had been "flocked" or "pinked"! Yes, a half-dozen pink flamingos had found their way onto our front yard in the dead of night and were there the next morning in all their neon pink glory to greet us, our neighbors, and all passersby on our street. There was a hot pink brochure in our mailbox explaining that the flamingos could be removed by the flocking crew (the Pirates of the Cure folks, as it turns out) for a $10 donation and then placed on the front lawn of our choice tonight. Should we choose to keep the flock an extra night, it would cost us another $5.
What a fun fundraising idea! We chose Susan's aunt and uncle Mary and Dale, who played along and sent the flamingos the next night to Susan's aunt and uncle Kathy and Pat, who paid to send the flamingos along again . . . and that flock is still traveling from lawn to lawn in the community. Who cares that flamingos have nothing to do with pirates? Although, in the Pirates of the Cure's defense, they did decorate the flamingos in pirate apparel. Look closely for head bandanas and eye patches:
What a fun idea. We had a neighbor who was "Rednecked"......Same idea only it was a bunch of junk put into their yard. It was a fund raiser for a men's club at a local church. They even offered Redneck Insurance for a fee.
ReplyDeleteOh how cool........did you ever find out just who put them in your yard?
ReplyDeleteWe were the starting point for the flamingos, so the "Pirates of the Cure" folks (whose team we're joining for the Relay for Life) put them in our yard, and it was up to us to start the chain of flamingos migrating from yard to yard.
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