Creative fundraiser seeks to aid church mission trips

Consider yourself warned.

Under cover of darkness, a group of prowlers have been lurking about peoples yards in the Honesdale area with, well, odd intent.

These prowlers are not thieves. In fact, they are leaving something for their victims to find when they wake in the morning. Something golden.

You may have already seen the handiwork of this band of pranksters. You may have even been the beneficiary of one of their oddball offerings. You may find it in your front yard, you may find it on your roof though they havent been that ambitious yet one person in the area even found the strange mark of these merry misfits on a rock in the middle of their pond.

The item these tricksters are leaving for unsuspecting homeowners to find? A gilded throne.

But fear not. And please, think twice before releasing the hounds if you hear some giggling prowler in your yard over the next few months, for these prowlers mean you no harm.

If you happen to find yourself the unwary host of a golden toilet between now and Mid-June, as counter-intuitive as it may seem, check inside before calling the police. There you will find instructions on how to get rid of the thing and no more harm will come to you. Hottie Pottie

Far from being a case of serial vandalism, the curious commodes are making the rounds as part of an effort to raise money while having a bit of good, clean, Christian fun on behalf of Honesdales First Presbyterian Church.

According to church Youth Director Chris Scheuerell, the well-meaning mastermind behind the fundraiser, three of these golden thrones will be making the rounds over the next couple of months in an effort to raise $12,000 for two mission trips this summer to help out the disadvantaged in Wilmington, Del. and Warrensburg, N.Y.

Putting his own creative twist on an idea he read about on the internet, Scheuerell says its kind of awkward sneaking onto someones property in the dark of night to put a golden toilet on their lawn, but so far the response has been surprisingly positive.

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Creative fundraiser seeks to aid church mission trips