Auction for Congo

Remember how years ago, everyone was running around yelling "Free Tibet?" Well, Africa is the Tibet and has been for a while. There's Darfur and the rush of Hollywood celebrities stealing babies and whatever Bono is prattling about but there's also a need for help in the Congo. To help the Congo, local Executive Coach and Keynote Speaker Fran Zone (that's what the bio says) is having World of Good Holiday Auction. It's online and ends Thursday, November 30th.

So what's in it for you? Well, vacation homes in Provence, Tuscany, and Baja, all donated by their owners. If that's too rich for your blood, there are plenty of small budget things like tickets Beach Blanket Babylon or free makeovers or meals cooked for you by real live fancy-schmancy chefs.

What all this is for is HandUp Cong, "a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people help themselves by providing a helping hand UP to a determined Village in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

A vacation home in Provence and help somebody in Africa? That would be super-sweet. Well, if we could afford it....