Draws 05/30/09The good folks at the Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation are back again with another drool inducing car! Let’s help them make their 16th Annual Car Raffle a huge success!

Raffle Benefits

Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation’s Adult Day Care Program provides relief from the constant supervision, companionship, therapeutic and personal care of the dementia patient. A protective environment in a home-like atmosphere, staffed with caring health professionals and volunteers serves the needs of frail elders and their families with dignity, empathy and respect. Friends and family who are coping with round-the-clock caregiving can enjoy peace of mind when they enroll loved ones in the program, which is specifically designed to encompass the capabilities of each client.

Caregivers who place Alzheimer patients in daycare programs have lower levels of care giving-related stress, better attendance at work and better psychological well-being than persons who do not use this service. Three important needs are addressed through the program: socialization, safety and respite. Activities modified for the cognitively impaired and a full day of socialization with peers are offered. Adult daycare can also reduce behavioral problems and prevent excess disability and functional decline. Program objectives include assisting clients in maximizing their existing health and abilities, allowing clients to remain in their homes longer, maintaining health and mental stability and enabling caregivers to function longer in a care giving role.

Raffle Car

A 1970 Dodge Challenger Convertible with the famous 426 Hemi! The original 426 Hemi has been balanced and blue printed. Kiesler Five Speed Transmission. Strange Dana 60 Rear – 4.10 ratio Original Body Panels, Fenders, Doors, Quarter Panels, Trunk Floor and Floor Pans. What more can you ask for?

Raffle Tickets and Contact Information

Raffle Tickets for the 1970 426 Hemi Challenger Convertible are only $25 each (or six for $100 or fiftenn for $200!) and this raffle draws on May 30th, 2009. Grab your tickets today! To see more pictures, get the raffle rules and buy tickets get over to WinaHemi.org!! Also be sure to check out the main website of the Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation at BrevardAlzheimers.org. Thanks and good luck!

Draws 12/06/09

Raffle Benefits Compassion House is a non-profit organization which offers transitional housing and other aid to families in need.  We have been providing essential support to families in our community since 1998.  The assistance includes life skills training, establishing links with other ministries and social service agencies, providing for transportation needs, and financial counseling.  Our goal is to share God’s love with each family while working with them to break the cycle of dependency on public assistance or to avoid the need for such assistance.

Compassion House began in 1998 through the vision of Pastor Mark Miller and the support of his church, Mountain Creek Christian Fellowship.  In response to the neediness of families in the Issaquah area struggling under financial burdens and traumatic personal circumstances, Compassion House was born.  Providing transitional housing as well as offering physical, emotional, and spiritual support, Compassion House volunteers seek to come alongside these families in distress.

One unique aspect of Compassion House is its cooperation with the City of Issaquah.  The City identified the shortage of low income housing as a number one immediate challenge, and Compassion House’s goal of helping people recover from the need for public aid lessens this burden of the City’s.  So the City has leased or sold several homes to Compassion House for nominal fees.

The first house Compassion House leased from the city was a badly neglected house on Rainier Boulevard.  See the Project Rainier page to find out about the generous donations that made the remodeling of this house possible and the families that have found a resting place there.

Working relationships with the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank, the local Kiwanis Clubs, and other service groups help to make the goals of Compassion House achievable.  Compassion House is run by a Board of Directors comprised of both church members and local leaders.

Raffle Prize A 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Limited Edition! (or $40,000 in cash!!)

Raffle Tickets and Contact Information Raffle tickets for the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 are only $20 each! To learn more about the the raffle and to purchase tickets please visit  Lake Sammamish Elks Lodge. You may also learn more about Compassion House by visiting their website at CompassionHouse.org. Thanks!

With a portfolio of data lookup, statistical modeling, marketing and notification services NAIDCharities tackles the problems faced by animal shelters directly by drastically decreasing the time any pet spends in a shelter, thus freeing up space in crowded animal shelters and reducing, or even eliminating, the need to euthanize. With fewer animals to maintain, shelters can better utilize their resources and budget to care for the animals within their facilities.

The fundamental challenge facing animal shelters today is their use of a ‘pull model’ to inform the public an animal is available for adoption.  The shelters rely on a small percentage of the populace to stumble upon their facility, in person or online, to discover the perfect pet for their circumstances, and then choose to adopt. Services such as Pets911® attempt to make this process easier by allowing the shelters to list their animals in one central online location, but still rely on the populace to discover the pets.   NAIDCharities’ approach is to provide a ‘push model’ for placing pets in homes, using its proprietary technology to identify potential owners for a displaced pet and then contact them directly to inform them of the pet’s availability.

Raffle Benefits

The Arizona Sun Devils Mens Division 1 Hockey Team! Coach Powers enters his fourth overall season on the Sun DevilCoaching Staff and his first as Head Coach of the DI program at ASU.  Greg is originally from Indianapolis, IN. where he grew up playing youth AAA Hockey in the AAA Michigan National League (Currently MWEHL)

and was a 4 time Indiana All-State Goaltender in High School.  Collegiately, Greg was a 3 Time ACHA Division I All-American Goaltender, and holds all major goaltending records while playing for the Sun Devils under the tutelage of  Hall of Fame Head Coach Gene Hammett.  Greg helped ASU qualify for the ACHA Division I National Tournament 3 out of 4 seasons as a player and again as an Assistant Coach in 2000-01 and 2008-2009. Coach Powers was inducted into the Sun Devil Player Hall of Fame in 2009 and was also selected by USA Hockey and the ACHA to serve on the selection committee as the Goaltender Coach/Evaluator for the 2010 World University Games Team representing the United States.   In addition to being Head Coach, Greg is responsible for the overall management of hockey operations and recruiting.  His ultimate goal is to bring ASU its first ever ACHA Division I National Championship.

Raffle Prizes

2010 Dodge SRT8 Hemi Challenger and 2010 Dodge SRT8 Hemi Ram! Each of these prizes offer the alternative of a cash prize and they have a ton more additional cash prizes as well.

Raffle Tickets and Contact Information

Tickets for this raffle are just $20 each or get six tickets for just $100! For more information on this organization, to see the raffles rules and all the cash prizes and to buy tickets please visit their website at SunDevilHockey.com. Be sure to tell them you saw their raffle on OldCarRaffle.com and thanks!