CowParade Wisconsin Auction Raises Big Moo-lah

The CowParade Wisconsin 2006 herd of artistically created fiberglass cows that grazed Madison and surrounding communities for nearly five months has raised more than $550,000 to benefit charity. The majority of the proceeds will help build the new American Family Children's Hospital in Madison . Proceeds will also benefit more than 30 other non-profit organizations.

Live Auction Results
The "Dazzle in Dairyland" live auction drew more than 500 people to the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall on Friday, November 10. The 44 cows offered at the live auction sold for $363,500 – an average of nearly $8,300 per cow.

A fan in Brno writes:
**In this second discursive footnote, I note that the greatest cow of any cow parade ever is without question "Babushka Marushka the Polka Cow" by artist Jennifer Jastrab from the 2006 Wisconsin Cow Parade.
Thanks! And fans of Babu will be happy to hear she raised $4000. for charity at the live aucton in November!
I highly recommend this entertaining and informative blog!
http://morskyjezek.blogspot.com

Babushka Marushka the Polka Cow!

My two favorite people in the world accompanied grandma to visit Babu. They were very disappointed to report that someone had broken off not one, but three pieces of the babushka. What can I say kids...some people think cow tipping is fun. But seriously folks, these cows are a fundraiser for the new children's hospital. Someone you know may need that hospital one day and the more money that Cow Parade Madison can raise, the more we will be able to lend support to this new facility. Let's pass the word on that vandalizing the cows is not a good idea!

Czech Mama Spends a Summer Afternoon Taking in Cows and Iced Lattes

  

Heather is a talented young writer from WI who generously featured Babu on her blog.
Heather's niece was visiting from Florida and she is pictured here with her babushka. Do Floridians wear babushkas? Babu thanks you!
Read more from Heather here:
http://wordtrix.blogspot.com

If you look very closely
you will see that Babu's
tail is also a paint brush.