Don't Just Do Something, Sit There!

Connecticut's MiddleTown Press has a short item on a meditation-thon that took place (I believe, it's kind a hard to tell) on Nov. 17. Put on by the Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut, the event, or non-event, I guess, was supposed to be a fundraiser and way to interconnect a whole buncha minds. Is there a better way to raise money than meditating for 8 hours?

I'd really like to read a follow-up to see how all that went.