At any hour of the night, someone might roll up to your home, sneak onto your lawn, and drop off a bright, purple eyesore in the shape of a broken-down toilet.

What’s worse is you’ll have to pay to have it removed.

It’s all part of the Angels of Hope Relay for Life team’s nefarious plot to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Angels of Hope, a dozen-strong group of Snoqualmie and North Bend residents, friends and family members have raised more than $320 in their first year of existence through the “Potty Passer.” They got the idea from the American Cancer Society Web site.

“As cancer is an ugly thing, this purple toilet eyesore is an ugly thing,” said Angels member Elizabeth Forte. “You want it out!”

Typically, a few Angels drop off the toilet in the wee hours of the night.

“We roll up with the lights off,” Forte said. Victims’ typical reaction: “Get this thing out of my yard.”

For $10, victims can get the toilet removed. $20 gets it removed to a victim of your choice, and $30 will ensure it never returns. In two weeks, all but one of the seven recipients paid the full $30 to get the toilet good and gone.

North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing, for example, paid to ensure that Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson enjoyed the next visit.

The earliest phone call they received was at 7:30 a.m. from a Snoqualmie Ridge resident, whose neighborhood bylaws likely ruled out purple, lid-less toilets on the lawn.

One resident, however, didn’t mind the group’s ministrations. The toilet stayed on his lawn for a week. The group ended up taking it back without a donation.

The fundraiser has inspired a lot of laughs.

“It’s a good conversation starter,” Angel Amy Graham said.

The Angels got the toilet from Graham’s mom, who remodeled her house and was going to send the broken john to the dump. Graham grabbed it instead.

There’s no gussying it up. The porcelain surface sucked up seven cans of purple spray paint and still isn’t pretty.

“It looks really gross,” Forte said.

The Angels are running the fundraiser until Relay for Life, set for Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12.

“So far it’s been fun,” Forte said. “It’s like going out and T-P-ing your neighbor’s yard.”

• The Angels of Hope host a family golf tournament, barbecue and craft fair on Saturday, June 27. For $50, families of up to five people can play in a tournament at Mount Si Golf Course. Half of the proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. The other half goes to the tournament winner.

Learn more about Angels of Hope by clicking on the “View Teams” link at the Valley Relay for Life Web site, www.snovalleyrelay.org.