And it doesn't necessarily have to be money. For example Robert Byrd could put up on e-Bay a set of his KKK sheets and pointed hat to be auctioned off for the cause.
Obama could take an ink pad and a sheet of paper and auction off an imprint of one of his great big ears. Hillary might auction off the pieces of a broken Whitehouse ashtray or lamp she threw at Bill. Ted Kennedy could contribute a set of used rum flasks that he has swigged from. Boxer might offer up a few inches of facial skin left over from her latest facelift.
Plenty of opportunity here for those not wanting to part with cash.
Didn't the *Crintons pinch a whole bunch of White House gear on their way out the door? Historic indeed. (Say, have they returned everything?)
Teddy could auction off his black book and his bloody mary recipe.