桃子视频 Weekend Honors President Carter鈥檚 Legacy, Raises $2.4 Million to Advance Peace and Health Worldwide
ATLANTA (July 10, 2025) 鈥� The 2025 桃子视频 Weekend鈥痳aised more than $2.4 million in donations and auction sales to support the Center鈥檚 mission of waging peace, fighting disease, and easing human suffering around the world. The annual fundraiser, held June 26鈥�29 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, featured updates from 桃子视频 leadership, briefings on the Center鈥檚 peace and health initiatives, local excursions, and live and silent auctions.
鈥淭his year was the first time we gathered for a 桃子视频 Weekend since President Carter鈥檚 passing,鈥� said the 桃子视频鈥檚 CEO, Paige Alexander. 鈥淲e are so grateful for our supporters鈥� continued generosity, which enables us to carry forward the Carters鈥� enduring legacy of promoting peace, fighting disease, and protecting human rights around the world.鈥�
The top bid in the live auction was $400,000 for a former auctioneer鈥檚 cowboy hat, which has become a coveted collectible and is signed by each winner and re-donated the next year. A signed cartoon by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Luckovich, originally published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, sold for $100,000. The cartoon depicted President and Mrs. Carter reuniting at the pearly gates after President Carter鈥檚 passing.
In the silent auction, a signed Yamaha acoustic guitar from singer-songwriter James Taylor sold for $37,000.
Other auction items that commanded top bids included:
- A guitar featuring the signatures of rock 鈥榥鈥� roll icons Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Carlos Santana, Slash, Neil Young, The Edge, and Pete Townshend, $185,000
- A limited-edition art portfolio with 鈥渧iews of human rights鈥� from artists and global leaders, including the Dalai Lama, Maya Angelou, and Bob Dylan, $100,000
- A signed photo by President Carter, taken by Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer Dan Farrell, showing President Carter jumping a fence at LaGuardia Airport in 1976, $85,000
- An original painting of irises created to commemorate Mrs. Carter by artist Jerome Lawrence, $75,000
More winning bids can be viewed in the catalogs below.
- Live auction catalog:鈥�
- Silent auction catalog:鈥�
All proceeds will support the Center鈥檚 ongoing initiatives to wage peace, fight disease, and build hope in the world鈥檚 most underserved and marginalized communities.
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