Robert F. Kennedy Memorial to Host Online Charity Auction with charityfolks.com

November 25, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Entertainment News
The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial will be hosting a charity auction online December 1st-12th through the Charity Folks Online Auction Website (www.charityfolks.com) featuring many one of a kind experiences and items. Chaired by founding board member, Ethel Kennedy, friends, colleagues and supporters of the Memorial have come together in hopes of raising funds to support the Memorial’s human rights and social justice work around the globe.

“This is a great way to do your holiday shopping- no one else will have it and your gift will help human rights activists around the globe.” says Mrs. Kennedy.

Highlights of the auction items include
• Shark fishing off Nantucket with former Congressman Joe Kennedy.
• Tour the Spy Museum in Washington, DC with former CIA Chief, William Webster.
• Diving expedition in search of Columbus’s Santa Maria with renowned treasure hunter and pirate ship explorer Barry Clifford off the coast of Haiti.
• Private lunch with Charles Grodin, Regis Philbin, and Alan Alda at a NYC restaurant.
• Have lunch with Bob Woodward, and afterward, take a tour of the Washington Post.
• Roundtrip travel on the Boston Bruins’ team plane to Montreal. Stay in the team hotel and ice it off with seats to the game.
• Face down the green monster from President Kennedy’s seats at Fenway Park.
• Tickets, airfare and a stay at the Four Seasons to see the ultra exclusive “Christmas in Washington,” the annual holiday music celebration under the gracious patronage of the President and First Lady and broadcast by TNT. The concert features American Idol winner Carrie Underwood; country music superstars Rascal Flatts; new R&B songstress Ciara and Gospel great CeCe Winans – with more artists to be added.
• See the Boston Red Sox from the player’s view with Dugout seats at Fenway Park.
• Have Alec Baldwin help pick you a pound puppy at a NY or LA auction.
• Drinks at PJ Clarke’s in New York with Law and Order’s Sam Waterson.
• Walk-on role in the hit series Desperate Housewives

Bidding will take place over the 12 day period on www.charityfolks.com with all bids closing on December 12th. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a 501 (3) (c) non-profit organization that works to realize RFK’s dream of a peaceful and just world through domestic and international programs working to empower the disadvantaged and oppressed through supporting our next generation of leaders and tackling the toughest problems facing our society.

Source: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial (www.rfkmemorial.org)