Sep 10, 2009 2:15 pm US/Central
Chance Of A Lifetime: Dinner With Sarah Palin
Ride 2 Recovery Holds Charity Auction With A Prize Of Dinner With Former Alaska Gov.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CBS) ―
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has joined Ride 2 Recovery in a charity auction, in which she'll have dinner with the highest eBay bidder.
CBS
Want to have dinner with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? Plan on writing a big check.
The ex-Republican vice presidential candidate is offering the dinner as part of a
charity auction on eBay for the Ride 2 Recovery program, which supports wounded veterans through cycling programs.
The 10-day auction started at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. The opening bid for dinner for five with Palin is $25,000, and organizers say the winner will have to foot the travel bill to meet up with her, likely in Alaska.
The bid was at $38,166 as of 4 p.m. ET Thursday.
Palin made note of the auction on
her Facebook page and encouraged her followers to place a bid. "Todd and I are so happy to help such a worthy organization," Palin wrote in a note on the site.
The
Ride 2 Recovery Web site describes the dinner with Palin as "an experience of a lifetime."
There are nine other celebrity items in the auction, including lunch with former Bush aide Karl Rove. That opening bid is $7,500.
By comparison, $2.1 million was paid in 2008 for a lunch with financial guru Warren Buffett.
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