[Outlaw]

Originally Posted by Skip

Also, do you think (to piggyback on your donation) it would be appropriate to garner donations or hold some sort of raffle at September's get-together to enhance this fund?

I think this is an excellent idea. I always love finding ways to raise money for a good cause (donation). I think we should definitely do this on September 11th.

I attended an event last year at the Margate that was put on by the US Power Squadron with the US Coast Guard in attendance. The individual members had a few tables set up with items on them that they donated to be raffled off and the proceeds from the raffle were donated to a specific cause.

It was really a neat way they organized the raffle, unlike the traditional ones that I am familiar with where all the purchased raffle tickets go in to one big bowl and numbers are drawn as each prize is brought up. This raffle, there were containers (small boxes, cups, bowls - whatever could hold raffle tickets) in front of EACH ITEM. You purchase however many raffle tickets you want and YOU place your tickets in the container in front of as many items as you like as many times as you like. That way if you were to win, you would win something that was of interest to you.

The items raffled ranged from framed photos, to margarita glasses, to hand made crafts, to nautical clothing.

The only cost would be the actual raffle tickets, the items to be raffled are donations made from the generous forum members and all we would need are a few tables and some containers to hold the tickets in for each item to be raffled.

I'll volunteer some of my time to setting up / coordinating this activity (my only other idea for an activity was a Dunk Tank and we could charge for each throw).

Thoughts and comments on this idea of a raffle for the September gathering are encouraged.