function gatherSelectedValues() {
  var selectedCheckboxes = jQuery("input:checked");
  var allSelectedLabelTexts = "";
  var checkboxIdString;
  var labelWithCurrentId;
  var labelCurrentText;
  for (j = 0; j < selectedCheckboxes.length; j++) {
    checkboxIdString = jQuery(selectedCheckboxes[j]).attr("id");
    labelWithCurrentId = jQuery("label[for=" + checkboxIdString + "]");
    labelCurrentText = jQuery(labelWithCurrentId[0]).text();
    if (j > 0) {
      allSelectedLabelTexts += " - ";
    }
    allSelectedLabelTexts += labelCurrentText;
  }
  return allSelectedLabelTexts;
}