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The photo of Bernie Sanders in his brown coat and wool mittens at the presidential inauguration has inspired hundreds of memes, but it has also helped raise $1.8 million for charity.
The money came from the sale of items with the original photo on them. According to Sanders, he put the first products, including T-shirts and sweatshirts, on his website January 21 and they sold out in less than 30 minutes. More products were added over the next few days and quickly sold out too, he said.
"[My wife] and I were amazed by all the creativity shown by so many people over the last week," said Sanders. He said he's happy he can use the popular meme to help people in Vermont.
The money from Sanders' products will be used to help several organizations in Vermont. But the photo has also helped raise money outside of Sanders' website.
Tobey King, who lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, made a crochet doll of Sanders sitting in his coat and mittens and was able to sell it online for more than $20,000. She said she will give the money to Meals on Wheels America.
Sanders' mittens were made by Jen Ellis, a Vermont elementary school teacher who also makes mittens out of recycled wool and sells them. Ellis said on social media that Sanders called to tell her that her mittens had helped raise a huge amount of money.
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哇！所以這些迷因圖的周邊商品幫助慈善機構募到了180萬美元耶～
嗯～是筆相當可觀的收入呢！根據桑德斯所述，他1月21日時在他的網站將T恤和毛衣等首批商品上架，在30分鐘內就銷售一空。桑德斯也表示他很開心能夠借助迷因的力量來幫助佛蒙特州的人們。
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