In the dead of winter, when most people are waiting to watch the Super Bowl, I begin to think about panels I can paint and donate to the World of Wheels Charity Auction events. For the past 10 years the Pinstripe Legends group has gathered at the Milwaukee World of Wheels car show. All the money that is raised from several auctions during the weekend event is donated to the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
There is another group called the Chicago Brushmasters that has been gathering to do a similar event at the Chicago World of Wheels show. The Brushmasters have been active since 2008 and donate 100% of their proceeds to the worlds largest Ronald McDonald in Chicago.
Back in 2008 I relocated back to the Milwaukee area and learned about the Pinstripe Legends Charity event from a friend. Even though I am not really a Pinstriper, I decided to attend my first charity auction event in 2009. This year marks my fourth year of helping out at the Milwaukee event. Here is some of my donations from the events...
First few panels here were sold at the Pinstripe Legends event in Milwaukee, WI....
The last two panels shown here were donated at the 2012 Chicago Brushmaster's Charity Auction Event....which raised around $63,000 for the Ronald McDonald House.
So far it's been a fairly productive year. Next up, I am putting the finishing touches on a new web page, more on that in a bit.
Take care for now.
