#80 $1300 to be the first off the ship

To raise money for a variety of charities around the world, the Students of Service organization held an auction. Here are a few of the auction items and the prices they brought. 

• Luxurious bubble bath in the dean’s office: $300 
• Cooking lesson with the ship’s chef: $250
• Manually steer ship for 5 minutes: $525
• Game of Risk with Dustin, the 4-year-old son of a professor: $100
• Make the day’s announcements on the ship’s loudspeaker: $600
• Inflatable globe used at all pre-port meetings: $875
• Navigational map signed by crew: $1100
• First off the ship in Fort Lauderdale: $1300
• Sound the ship horn as we come into Fort Lauderdale: $60
• Raise the American flag as we pull into Fort Lauderdale: $800 

Yours in wondering at the depth of the pockets of our fellow passengers,
Mary