Now, I'm going to go ahead and give everyone the benefit of the doubt and assume each participant's highest bid was equal to the amount they actually donated. If we add up those bids, we just raised $3285. How about that?
How about this...after a little research, I discovered Americans drive, on average, 29 to 37 miles a day. A typical car here in the states gets around 21 miles per gallon, evidently. So, with gas averaging $2.50 a gallon here in Indiana, we can assume it's pretty regular to spend $3.75 each day driving to work and back. There are about 4.5 million licensed drivers in Indiana. If just half of those folks were able to stay home this Labor Day, and if they decided to give their daily gas money to something like the Houston Food Bank, we could really write a check...to the tune of $8,437,500. And if every Hoosier could donate 75 cents a day for the next year, we could take care of that $190 billion price tag they're sticking on Hurricane Harvey by next fall...that's the soda pop, candy bar, or three cigarettes you're trying to cut out of your daily routine anyway. I know it's not possible for everyone to give and I know helping others isn't always that simple, but without wishful thinking, where would we be? We can't clean up the mess until we open the broom closet.
A painting is a great thing to have, but it's no necessity. Here's to having walls we can hang frivolous things on. Sometimes it takes a hurricane.
