A pink toilet is popping up in yards across Lake Highlands in Dallas, and it's all for a good cause.
The Pink Potty Project was started by Jennifer and Reed Wilcox as a way to raise awareness for Crohn's disease and colitis. Their nephew, Gavin, suffers from Crohn's disease and the couple wanted to help raise money for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. Reed Wilcox turned to the internet for ideas.
"One of them was put something in your neighbor's yard that they don't want there and pay to have it removed, so kind of extortion," Reed Wilcox said.
He got his hands on a pink toilet and the effort picked up steam. People can donate $50 to have the toilet removed from their yard or $100 to have it moved to another yard of their choosing. The toilet has made its way to more than a dozen lawns so far.
"I didn't know what to expect. It was Reed's idea and I just went with it. The response has been fantastic," said Jennifer Wilcox. "We have had many houses and people who give well above the money we're asking for. The last five houses have been somebody I haven't met yet in the neighborhood, but they donate to the cause."
The toilet is a strange, but welcome, sight in the neighborhood. People have stopped to to take photos of, and with, the toilet.
Phil Macnamara returned home from a business trip Wednesday to find the Wilcox family in his front yard, assembling the toilet. He didn't know what was going on, but his son Waylon did. He recently took his own picture on the toilet.
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"It's amazing," he said. "It was a toilet that's not in a restroom, so it is very amazing."
Though he's already received some odd looks, Macnamara said he's happy to contribute.
"It's a very cool way and a creative way to raise money and we'll gladly support it," he said.
To find out how you can help support Reed and Jennifer Wilcox's cause and the Pink Potty Project, click here.
