NewsSeptember 16, 2011
Sheryl Crow's car buyers give Joplin schools $130K
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- A charity says a couple who bought the vintage Mercedes singer Sheryl Crow donated to benefit the schools in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., has also donated $130,000 to the district's recovery fund. The top bid for Crow's 1959 Mercedes convertible at the August auction in California was $143,000. The auction company kept $13,000 in fees and the remaining $130,000 went to the Joplin Schools Recovery Fund...
The Associated Press
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- A charity says a couple who bought the vintage Mercedes singer Sheryl Crow donated to benefit the schools in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., has also donated $130,000 to the district's recovery fund.
The top bid for Crow's 1959 Mercedes convertible at the August auction in California was $143,000. The auction company kept $13,000 in fees and the remaining $130,000 went to the Joplin Schools Recovery Fund.
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Missouri's Community Foundation for the Ozarks reported Thursday that the couple who bought the car matched the $130,000. The donors wanted to remain anonymous.
A May 22 tornado destroyed three Joplin schools and seriously damaged seven others.
Crow is a Missouri native and was a teacher before she achieved fame. She said in a statement that she was touched by the couple's generosity.
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