Draws on 12/07/08

Raffle Benefits

Fund for an OPEN Society (OPEN) is America’s only national nonprofit whose sole purpose is working to promote thriving racially and ethnically integrated communities.

We believe that inclusive communities create equity, breaking down the structures which have created and sustained inequality for people of color. Integrated communities provide rich environments for our young people, who will be leaders in a more global economy and society.

We believe that integration benefits everyone: by living in community together, we take full advantage of the power inherent in America’s rich diversity.

While the United States is the world’s most diverse nation, it is also extraordinarily segregated. Our racial and ethnic divide has been described as “American apartheid.” Segregation has denied many Americans the benefits of equal access to good schools, economic opportunity, and safe communities to live and to raise their families. It has also denied all of our children the opportunity to prepare for diverse workplaces in our globalized economy.

Raffle Prize

BMW launched its 1-Series Convertible for Europe and
North America in 2008. The 128i Convertible is powered by
BMW’s 3.0-liter, 230 horsepower inline six-cylinder engine
generating 200 pound-feet of torque.
The 128i Convertible features Valvetronic valvetrain
management and aluminum/magnesium cylinder block
construction-core elements of BMW’s Efficient Dynamics. There is also a second place prize of a $1500 gift certificate to Best Buy!

Ticket and Contact Information

Only 1000 tickets will be sold at $100 each. For more information on the Fund for an Open Society, raffle rules, ticket purchase and contact details visit their website at OpenSoc.org. Thanks!

Draws 08/05/09

Raffle Benefits

The Bridge Fund Incorporated was founded in 1966 in the Lower Roxbury neighborhood of Boston and has served as a pioneer in providing one of the city’s first supplementary education programs to the struggling Boston Public School system. In recent years, significant changes to family needs and concerns with the fiscal management of the state’s childcare voucher system, led to the leadership of the organizationtoevaluate its mission and philosophy. The Board of Directors conducted a strategic planning process with many of the families we served to develop a comprehensive needs assessment for families. The parents rely on their own parents to provide daycare for children and vise versa. We found that there are a few services beyond Medicaid or Medicare funded programs that provide family support services for the aging. There are few supports in place for elderly residents, kids, as well as youths in the community, and we are now seeking support to expand our Home Care Program to address the increasing demand and need to care for aging residents at home. Therefore, support for kids and youth by providing children with opportunities to realize their full potential through fulfilling life experience.

Raffle Car

2009 BMW!

Raffle TIckets and Contact Information

Tickets are $25 each and no more than 7000 will be sold. For more information, to read the raffle rules, to learn more about Bridge Fund Inc. and more please visit their website at BridgeFundInc.org.

Steven Smith, Conductor

Benefits Brevard Music Center

 Draws 08/09/09

Raffle Benefits

Brevard Music Center is an independent, non-profit educational institution chartered in the state of North Carolina, and is governed by a self-perpetuating board of trustees. Founded in 1936, it incorporated as a 501(c) 3 organization in 1947. Although BMC’s annual budget exceeds $3 million, its sound financial management has kept the institution “in the black” and without debt since 1978.

In addition to the seasonal staff, BMC has a year-round staff of 19. During the educational season, staff increases to include approximately 60 faculty members and 50 additional support staff.

As an independent institution, BMC relies on its own management practices and the support of the private sector. Its sole support from the public sector is an annual Statewide Arts Resource grant, which constitutes less than 6 percent of its budget. The rest is earned through performance ticket sales or is received in donations.

In order to make its unique educational program accessible to as many talented young people as possible, the Music Center’s comprehensive fees are competitive for comparable programs in the country. A major scholarship program for more than 90 percent of its students is solicited annually from individuals, corporations and foundations.

Raffle Prize

Get this: The winner of this raffle gets to choose between three brand new BMWs…a 328i Sedan, an X3 3.0 si and a Z4 3.01! 

Raffle Tickets and Contact Information

Ticker fo this raffle are $100 each and no more than 1200 tickets are to be sold. Drawing day is Aug. 9th, 2009. For raffle rules, more information, to buy tickets and to learn more about Brevard Music Center please visit their website at BrevardMusic.org (raffle link at bottom center). Thanks!

Draws 03/07/10

Raffle Benefits

The mission of the Family Life Center/Emergency Shelter in Flagler County, Florida is to stem the perpetration of Domestic/ Sexual Violence throughout the county through proactive programs that provide protection, intervention, education and prevention.

The Family Life Center will provide Emergency Shelter and essential support services for women and children who are victims of Domestic/ Sexual Violence, as well as engage the Flagler County community in Outreach Programs that focus on awareness of, and deterrents to, Domestic/ Sexual Violence.

Essential Support Services Include:
Provision of Food, Clothing, Personal Care Items and Transportation
24- Hour Crisis Counseling- Individual and Group
Assistance in Acquiring Emergency and Non-Emergency Medical Care
Assistance in Acquiring Legal Aid and Representation – Court Advocacy
Referral to Agencies and Organizations for Financial Assistance
Referral to Agencies that Provide Housing Assistance
Referral for Employment Assistance
Assistance in Acquiring Day Care
Group Counseling – In House and Outside of Agency
Assistance in Accessing Private Counseling
Life Skills Training (Parenting Classes, Budgeting, Assistance with GED Preparation and Other Employment Enhancement Skills, Goal Planning)

Operating with the premise “Peace Begins at Home,” the Family Life Center strives to create an environmentof safe and harmonious co-existence among families residing within its facility andwithin communities throughout Flagler County. We provide an empowerment based model of help that is self-directed by the survivor.

Raffle Car

A 2010 BMW 328i!
Featuring…4 Doors, Power Seats,Cruise Control, 18 MPG – City28 MPG – Highway, Beautiful Red Finish, AntiLock Brake System, Beige Leather Interior, Automatic Transmission, 4 Years Service & Oil Changes Provided by Fields BMW of Daytona!

Raffle Tickets and Contact Information

Only 1000 tickets will be sold for the 2010 BMW at $100 each! To learn more about this organization, see raffle rules and to buy ticket please visit their website over at flcsafehouse.org. Thanks!

Draws 03/23/2010

Raffle Benefits

Mission

The mission of the Canyon Crest Academy Foundation is to partner with students, parents and staff to facilitate community involvement and provide financial support for Canyon Crest Academy educational programs and priorities.

A Brief History

Since 2004, when Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) opened its doors to 364 freshman students in portable buildings in a parking lot, the Canyon Crest Academy Foundation has been working to raise funds to support the extraordinary range of programs and exceptional quality of education that have become the hallmarks of CCA. These efforts have helped make CCA of one of San Diego’s top-ranked high schools.

The Canyon Crest Academy Foundation is a nonprofit parent volunteer organization dedicated to realizing CCA’s educational programs and priorities through financial, volunteer and community support. Our primary objective is fundraising. The Foundation raises the funds necessary to support the spending priorities determined by CCA’s principal and staff, mostly through parent contributions. We also collaborate with students, parents, staff and our local community to assist CCA with its volunteer needs.

Why A Foundation?

Although CCA receives funds from the State of California, these monies are insufficient to pay for the exemplary classroom instruction and numerous special programs that are the reason so many students choose to attend CCA. The gap between public funds and CCA’s actual needs seems to expand each year. The Foundation’s role is to raise funds to bridge that gap to support the expansive curriculum and enriching educational and athletic programs available to CCA students.

Where Does the Money Go?

The donations raised by the CCA Foundation fund arts, engineering, technology, the sciences and humanities, college and career counseling, and athletic programs. Every student at CCA benefits in some way from the generous donations made by CCA families to the Foundation.

A few examples of what Foundation donations have paid for include:

• books and materials for the media center
• classroom computers and software
• the world language lab
• coaching stipends and assistant coach fees
• sports uniforms and equipment
• guest teaching artists for Envision day classes and Conservatory
• construction expenses
• Challenge Day
  
• pool rental, sheet music, costumes
• lab equipment and supplies, and much, much more.

In short, the Foundation raises the money that helps make the difference between an ordinary high school experience and the exceptional educational opportunities available to all Canyon Crest Academy students.

Raffle Car

A beautiful 2010 BMW 329i!

Raffle Tickets and Contact Information

Only 3000 tickets will be sold at just $40 each! To learn more about this organization, see raffle rules, get contact information and to buy tickets please visit their website at BMWRavenRaffle.com. Thanks!

Draws 7/30/10

Raffle Benefits

Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, is recognized as one of the top pediatric hospitals in the country by rankings published in U.S. News & World Report and serves as a major regional referral center. Its physicians are on the faculty at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. The hospital is currently engaged in the Heroes for Life campaign to raise a minimum of $600 million to help create Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and support its medical and nursing professionals, programs and research.  As a not-for-profit organization, Children’s Memorial relies on philanthropy to help provide care to 126,000 patients and their families every year.

Raffle Cars

$40,000 (pre-tax) cash or one of the following luxury cars:

• 2010 Mercedes C300 Sedan
• 2010 BMW Z4 Convertible
• 2010 Mercedes SLK 300 Convertible
• 2010 BMW 328i Coupe
• Two 2010 Mini Coopers (1 coupe / 1 convertible)
• 2010 BMW 128i Convertible
• 2010 Land Rover LR2

Raffle Ticket & Contact Info

Tickets are $100 each and only 7,000 will be sold.  To purchase a ticket, call 1-866-KIDS CAR (1.866.543.7227) or go online www.childrensmemorial.org/CarRaffle.

Raffle Benefits

The good folks at Brevard are back again!

The Brevard Music Center, a summer institute and festival, enrolls a select group of the world’s finest young musicians for a seven-week program of intensive study, rehearsal, and performance. Their efforts are manifest in some 80 public performances that attract large, regional audiences.

Students work with a select artist faculty of 60, drawn from distinguished orchestras, conservatories, and universities. However, the Music Center goes beyond providing lessons and performance opportunities. A distinctive feature of the Brevard Music Center is the sense of community that emerges each summer. By living, working, and performing alongside faculty and guest artists, students have unique learning opportunities not found at other summer music organizations.

Each summer the Brevard Music Center transforms a small mountain community into a cultural gathering place whereartists are nurtured, ideas are shared, and audiences are inspired. Engage in the Brevard Music Center experience and perhaps your life will also be inspired.

Last year, proceeds from the BMW raffle raised over $60,000 to benefit student education programs at BMC, and the winner drove home a shiny new Beemer!

Raffle Cars

Winner gets their choice of a 328i Sedan, a X3 3.0i SAV or a Z4 3.0i Roadster!

Raffle Tickets and Contact Information

Great odds on this one! Tickets are just $100 each and no more than 1500 tickets are to be sold! For more information, to learn about the Brevard Music Center and to buy tickets please visit their website at BrevardMusic.org. Thanks!