Patch Whiz Kids Of The Week: Sharon High School Photography Club

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Sharon High School Photography Club

Whiz Kids' Accomplishment: An online bidding war over "Annie Leibovitz: At Work" is a snapshot of a first at .

The 15- to 20-member Sharon High photography club launched its first online auction March 20. The auction, found here, ends April 10.

The proceeds will benefit Hope in Bloom Inc., a nonprofit that has planted more than 100 free gardens at the homes of men and women undergoing breast cancer treatment.

Club President and senior Erica Greenberg said the auction started this spring to support this effort and "as a way of making more money for selling our cards and photos."

The club began supporting Hope in Bloom in 2007 after Greenberg saw a Sharon Advocate article about founder Roberta Dehman Hershon. Hershon launched the group to honor her friend of nearly 50 years, Beverly Eisenberg. Eisenberg, an avid gardener, died of breast cancer in August 2005, according to Hope in Bloom's website.

"We decided to incorporate that with our love of photography and making cards," says Greenberg, who, the Hope in Bloom website notes, was named to the Mass General Cancer Center's 2011 List of 100 Exceptional People.

"We just wanted to get a broader audience finding out who wants to help out."

The auction had raised $1,203 as of Sunday morning. There are 92 items available.

The students hope to raise $20,000, "which is what the value of all the photos are," Greenberg says.

"We're really just looking to get as much as we can get," she says.

"Some of the photos are students' work, but most of them are famous photographers from around the world that have wanted to donate."

The Leibovitz book is valued at $210. So far, five bids have been placed, topping at $61.

Greenberg says the response has been "really good."

"We've gotten a lot of people from out of state that have been interested," she says.