This Teen Raised $10,000 For A Cancer Charity By Auctioning Off A Pig 4 Times
The auction took place on a mild Wisconsin morning. Yet, standing in front of an expectant crowd, 15-year-old Waylon Klitzman was sweating.
“I was nervous,” he told CNN. “I’m not that guy that talks to a lot of people. I’m not really a very good social guy.”
He self-consciously hoisted a sign with his hog’s picture as an auctioneer shouted a gibbering flow of syllables only seasoned livestock bidders understand.
Waylon called his hog “Roo.” The farm boy was not sentimental about the animal he raised. But he cared deeply about his favorite teacher and hoped the money from Roo’s sale would help her family fight cancer.
Within ten minutes, the pig was sold — four times and raised $10,000.
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