Me, Donate??????!!!!!!!!

I was at the usual coffee hang out today, and I had just finished a new painting, when a person came up to me and asked me to donate a painting to the Academy of Arts and Dance.  How cool!!!!  It would be auctioned off for money to be used by the school.  I have until the end of March to make up my mind, so as I feel right now, I think I'm going to do it.  The painting is of the Grand Haven pier at sunset, and I really didn't like how it was going when I started it, but it seems to have worked itself out.  You tell me what you think.  My friend thinks it's a good Idea to donate a painting to get my name out there, but will anyone really buy what I do?  Who knows, I'll get the details about what they are going to start auctioning it off for.  She thinks that at least someone will see my art and pay for it.   It's not a matter of being seen or becoming famous to me, it's just a matter of getting them sold to get back some of my costs, and with donations as they are, I won't see a penny from it.  I think that however, what goes around comes around.  I can afford to give to a good cause, especially since it's a school.