Doylestown Home Plastered With Toilet Paper During Mischief Night Fundraiser

DOYLESTOWN, PA — It’s a sight you don’t typically see in the quiet, well-kept neighborhoods of Doylestown Township - a property totally plastered with toilet paper.

On Friday night, white streams of toilet paper were everywhere, hanging from the trees, the roofline, and the rain gutters. It also covered the yard and the bushes.

The toilet paper started flying around 6 p.m. on Mischief Night and continued almost nonstop for the next three hours until it had covered almost every inch of the property.

The scene brought an unexpected response from homeowners Jeff and Jessica Hilton, who donated their property for the night of mischief and fundraising and watched as their property was literally trashed before their eyes

“To me, it looks so pretty," said Jess, of the cascading streamers of paper hanging from the trees appearing like giant icicles following an ice storm.

"I'm so glad we did this," said Jess who donated her property to raise funds for Main St. and breast cancer patients. "It's just an awesome event. And it's great to see so many come out."

Jess said it was funny watching the parents teaching their kids how to throw toilet paper. "The kids really don't throw toilet paper, so they needed instruction."

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Keith Fenimore, left, with Jeff and Jessica Hilton. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

(Jeff Werner/Patch)

(Jeff Werner/Patch)

For Jess, a breast cancer survivor, the most satisfying thing was knowing that for every roll tossed, $5 was being donated to Main St. in support of breast cancer patients.

Keith Fenimore came up with the idea of "TP My House" as a fun way to get entire families involved in supporting Main St. and its mission to support the local breast cancer community.

"For those who have followed our work, we are untraditional in a lot of ways," said Fenimore. "We like to go against the grain sometimes in an effort to turn heads and move our mission."

For the past three years, the Fenimore's have donated their house for the event. This year, they passed the "honor" onto the Hilton's.

"When I moved into a smaller home, I couldn't donate my house any longer, and I desperately wanted the tradition to continue. I made a solicitation on social media, and Jess and Jeff stepped up," said Fenimore. "That is what makes this community so amazing: people are willing to help in any way they can. Sometimes that's donating funds, other times donating their house!"

Joining in the debauchery on Friday night was Buckingham Township Supervisor Mike Bateman who brought his daughter to the event. They were covering one of the trees with TP when Patch caught up with them.

“Look at the trees. They are absolutely covered,” said Bateman. “It’s so fun to see kids being kids while helping to raise money for a very important cause,” he said. “It’s so much fun to bring the kids out and enjoy this with them.”

Throughout the evening, the Doylestown School of Rock set the vibe for the sanctioned mischievous activities while the Spuddy Buddy Fry Truck and Evolution Candy provided food and treats.

(Jeff Werner/Patch)

(Jeff Werner/Patch)

(Jeff Werner/Patch)

(Jeff Werner/Patch)

The morning after. (Main St.)

“This is the lighter side of what we do,” said Fenimore. “And that’s the community engagement piece. And if the cost happens to be TPing a house, so be it. I was trying to think of a way to get the kids and the community involved in a way they have probably never engaged with a nonprofit before.”

As toilet paper continued to rain down on the property, some began wondering, “Who has the job of cleaning it all up?"

The next morning, that question was answered when crews from Anchor Facility Services, LLC, came to the rescue and donated their time to professionally clean up the Mischief Night mess.

"Jess and Jeff's house was returned to the way we found it, as if the destruction never happened," said Fenimore. "It really takes a village to do what we do, but all the hard work supports the mission, and in the end people in our community are helped, so it's all worth it."
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