Gold Raffle 2020 Everyone is a winner this year! Unexpected challenges faced everyone earlier this year (coronavirus and social distancing restrictions) and we were challenged with "how do we hold our club's 31st annual Gold Raffle? Thanks to our illustrious Gold Raffle Committee who dug deep, pulled strings, got their creative juices flowing we found a way. Thanks to EVERY club member who promoted the raffle, sold tickets, purchased tickets and generally became cheerleaders we were able to pull it off! Mini of San Antonio dealership generously offered to host our very first virtual, live broadcast. By way of facebook and zoom, attendees logged on for a fun filled event! The biggest hurdle - selling all 300 tickets - seemed impossible. Thanks to the hard work of everyone who volunteered to sell, we sold 100% of the tickets before the big day. Thank you one and all for the part that you played to make this year's raffle a smashing success. Here are the big winners: First ticket dra wn #200 – winner of $500 Gift Certificate to Bjorn’s: Trish Esparza 100th Ticket Drawn, #214 – winner of $500 in Gold: Bil Trodlier/Amy Clifton 200th Ticket Drawn, #111 – winner of $1,000 in Gold: Rick Rhodes/Rick Rhodes III Last Ticket Drawn, #167 – winner of $10,000 in Gold: Charlene Freedland of Westin, Florida The Gold Raffle Team: President/Leadership - John Legris Master of Ceremonies - Ken Ruiz Social Media - Allyson Hamlin & Mary Denton Raffle/Poker Team - Fred Timmons & Rick Rhodes Ticket Sales Accounting - Fred Timmons Volunteers- Robotics - Rick Tarbell Staging - Club Banners & Materials - Ken Donoughue & Bruce Richter Photographer/Decorations - Veronica Ruse National Anthem Soloist - Natalie Restore Team/Cleanup - All members present Mini of San Antonio - Sydney Evans & Rob Silva Richard Tarbell (son of our own Rick Tarbell!) assisted Richard Hamlin keep track of numbers drawn on the drawdown board Alyssa Brown of Kendall Robotics assisted Fred Timmons in drawing the numbers Thank You! A heartfelt thanks to everyone who purchased tickets this year! You are what made this event so successful. |