Funds raised at the event will go to museum programs devoted to crafts.

Mrs. Rell subsequently returned the more than $60,000 raised at the event.

The campaign raised about $250,000 at the event, a campaign official said.

Proceeds raised at the event went to animal rights causes.

The two-year-old New York organization raised more than $50,000 for 26 tribal colleges at the event.

Event organizers said he raised about $500,000 at the event.

Today, it is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, by involvement and revenue with $12,374,034.46 having been raised at the 2013 event.

Around 150 items were donated, many of significant value, and approximately $65,000 was raised at the event.

More than $750,000 was raised through donations and pledges at the event, according to council officials.

Over £3,000 was raised at the event in 1988, even though it was a damp and miserable day.