BID HIGH, BID OFTEN, MAKE IT HURT!First things first - ...

BID HIGH, BID OFTEN, MAKE IT HURT!



First things first - WOW!, One Hundred Thousand Dollars! That is simply amazing, and NO ONE saw it coming! Thanks so much to all of you who made it possible, through donations, tweets, conversation, hope and prayer. Out #10forRAINN campaign is available for donations through Mother's Day at http://rainn.org/mickfoley , and following Mother's Day, donations are always welcome at http://rainn.org ...same location, just without my name attached. This is the place to come to make donations, to learn about volunteer opportunities, or to seek help (along with our National phone-line,if you or someone you know has been raped or sexually assaulted.



My #10forRAINN online auction of my favorite wrestling memorabilia started on May 4th, and runs for one week, with 100% of the proceeds (minus auction commissions) going directly to RAINN. So far, with one day down, we are up to $4,200 in bids, which is simply amazing. In a few months, we are going to try a much bigger auction, involving far more items from the world of wrestling, sports-entertainment, and sports and entertainment in general. But for now, with the exception of a beautiful Billy Corgan model Fender Stratocaster guitar, donated, signed and personalized by Billy himself, and an INCREDIBLE TNA VIP package that has to be seen to be believed, this is all my stuff - some of my very favorite things, which I want you to have...for a very high price.



I want to mention two specific tweets that had an impact on me. The first said that he thought my constant tweets about #10forRAINN were annoying at first, until he realized just how much the campaign meant to me. At that point, he not only became a donor, but wrote a very strong blog, talking about the campaign, urging others to donate as well.



The second tweet was from a guy who simply said, "the hell in a cell shirt? Wow, you must be hard up for money." When I told him I just wanted to put my best stuff out there, to show people how much this cause meant to me he understood, but said, "isn't that like Superman auctioning off his cape?"



Well, not quite, because the Cell shirt, although it means a lot to me, has been hanging in a closet for 13 years, looking for a home where it can be more proudly displayed. Now, the Cactus Jack boots...those are a different story! Maybe not quite Superman's cape, but quite possibly on a level with the way Dorothy felt about those ruby slippers. I LOVE those boots, filled with great memories of some of my favorite matches...as well as with 149 thumbtacks (yes, I did count) from that October Impact match with Ric Flair.



look, I can be cynical about giving just like everyone else. When I hear about some incredibly generous gift, I immediately wonder if the same amount would have been given if not for the tax-break, or I look at the donor's immense personal wealth, and wonder how hard such a donation really affected him; if he (or she) ever really felt it. Poor NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg - the guy gave 250 million, yes MILLION to charity last year, and gets guys like me thinking, "hey, he can afford it. It won't hurt him." I'm probably right, just as anyone reading this would be right to assume that there is no amount I can donate to RAINN that I don't think I can eventually make up for, even if it requires another potentially embarrassing comeback match.



But I can't recoup those Cactus boots..or the original Mankind shirt, or the hell in a Cell shirt, or the Brody shirt the Nature Boy ripped from my body. I love these things, but I want you to have them, and I want their and I want them to serve as a sign of how much this campaign, this group, this cause mean to me.



Go ahead, I beg you. get out there on that auction site (run by my son Dewey) and hurt me as much as you possibly can, in the best possible way. http://myworld.ebay.com/pickels01