RAFFLE METHODOLOGY:

Each person who sponsors an event participant at the $10 or more level will receive one entry into the Sponsors Only raffle. The sponsor will not receive a ticket. Their name will be entered on a spread sheet. At the end of the fundraising period, every entry on the spread sheet will be assigned a number, from 1 through the total number of entries on the sheet. A corresponding number of raffle tickets will then be printed. The tickets will be placed in a raffle barrel and the drawing held.

For example, if the spread sheet has 2,450 entries, each name will have a number assigned, from 1 to 2,450. Raffle tickets will be printed with numbers from 1 to 2,450 and placed in the raffle barrel. If the ticket number 657 is drawn, we will look up that number on the spread sheet. It will have been assigned to a corresponding name. That person will be the winner.

When a person makes a contribution to a participant through their FirstGiving web page, we will get the contributor’s name and contact information. We just have to look up the winner’s name in our database. This methodology enables us to use real raffle tickets in a traditional drawing, yet it keeps our event participants from having to distribute ticket stubs to their sponsors. We will publish the drawing spread sheet so each sponsor can see the number they were assigned.