I was actually trying to do some research for something totally different, when I was IM’ed (Instant Message) by one of my very best friends in Second Life.
Mystra Gide asked me to participate in an charity auction for cancer research (AICR – Association for International Cancer Research), and I immidiately hurdled off to ‘Scotland‘, where the auction were held.
Lindens gather in ‘Scotland’ to raise money for cancer research. (Mystra is in pink to the right)
The auction started just when I arrived. A beautiful female avatar called Ladyc073 was placed on a podium, and had I not heard the introduction to the auction by the host, Kristopher Tenk, I might have mistaken it for something else.
The female av started dancing and then the mere 50 avatars started yelling bids at a big board just behind the podium. With in a few seconds the bids passed L$3000. 3 minutes later she was “sold” to a guy in the crowd, that actually appeared to be her own boyfriend. It was then I got the point.
The highest bidder won a date with the dancing person on the podium. A really good and different way to meet new people in Second Life – and for a very noble course. Only the highest bid was collected and went to the AICR.
A guy gets a new friend in the audience as he dances to raise money for cancer research
Somewhere between 10 or 15 avatars were up dancing – males and females. Also Mystra went up there and then the crowd went nuts. I think she went for L$20000.
The more moderate (don’t call me cheap) among the crowd settled for a 6000 bid on a scottish lass… and won 
All in all Kristopher Tenk and the AICR collected L$131.739 (£229) from the auction in just a few hours. Personally I think that’s pretty cool. I wonder how much more Kris, AICR and others can make from the open-minded lindens in the future.
I will follow up on this. Meanwhile I recommend you all to pay the AICR-shop a visit. (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland/216/204/36)
Hey glad you enjoyed the auction, I believe we met earlier today in SL, talk about coincidence.
That would be my Avatar up there dancing and I went to your friend Mystra.
Kris worked very hard on it and were glad it was such a big success, I was record keeping the full time so didn’t get a chance to view much of the auction from your perspective. Glad all had a good time and that you got the girl, and a very nice one she is
Kris is planning to try and host a few more of these and other events in the future as well as bigger plans, and we hope you can come enjoy them again. It’s for a very good cause.
[...] The first AICR event was an auction, where bidders could win a date with a volounteer male or female. By that event the AICR gathered UK£ 229 (more than L$ 100.000). (read: Auction raised £229 for cancer research) [...]