No sales. Now that's shocking.(mothers posed for a sexy calendar)(Brief article)

Seven middle-age morns in Spain can tell you sex doesn't always sell.

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The moms tried to raise money for their children's small school by posing for a sexy calendar. But now the moms have 5,000 unsold copies and almost $16,000 in debt." We are selling some calendars and with a bit of luck and maybe we can support out of this debt," said Rose Garin, in an email to The NonProfit Times. "We have much to be thankful to the American people [for] your help." She wrote that they are getting requests for the calendars from the United States and are receiving messages of support and "much affection."

The mothers from Serradilla del Arroyo blame missing the Christmas shopping season and not their photos, which features the group garnished in tinsel. One mom drapes fox fur around her body and poses with a shotgun while two other mothers discreetly hide behind umbrellas sitting on a picnic table.

The mothers created the calendar to raise money for a cramped elementary school, with only one teacher for the seven children ages 7 to 11.

The distributor filed a complaint that the women were behind on payments, sparking a media flurry that renewed interest in the calendar.

A comparable campaign by women in their mid-40s to 60s in Yorkshire, England to raise money for cancer research sold 800,000 calendars and inspired the 2003 film "Calendar Girls."

A tourism Web site is selling the calendar at www.ctrlacasadelmedico.com

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