Meds Charity Auction

The yearly charity auction organized by every "ocean" (aka section) at Sloan is a nice distraction from incoming finals. Everyone from the class can auction and bid on the most various items. In our 70-people ocean we raised 9'300$, donated to Community Water Solution. I have to say I wasn't very original in my auctioned item: 3 hours of consulting case preparation (there's a good market though!) and an italian dinner (promptly outsourced to my girflriend). On the other side I got:

• A complete, 3-course plus dessert Latin lunch for 2 people
• A date with the MIT Homecoming Queen (not for me, all the class collected the money for a classmate of ours)
• A deluxe hug (for the entire ocean) donated by a classmate (?!)

Here's some pics!

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