NE Exchange Club Ribfest Raffle Winners!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever heard someone’s idea and then took it and ran with it … well, that’s what happened this past September for the Florida District Exchange Club … New VP of Child Abuse Prevention; Ralph Conca wanted to do a Raffle and we were discussing the prizes and when and where … when I had the inspiration to conduct a Raffle during the Northeast Exchange Club (NEX) of St Petersburg’s Ribfest in November. So with the help of the NEX and the St Petersburg’s Exchange Clubs we held a 1st ever raffle during the 23rd Annual Ribfest.
We were able to get a scooter donated from Finish Line Scooters / Finish Line Free Rides and some gift cards for Publix and Lowe’s were donated from Semilab SDI LLC and Semiconductor Diagnostics, Inc. As a first time raffle out in the public limelight; yes, of course, we ran into a few obstacles … our signs did not get done and would not be able to be done for Ribfest. Since it came about so quickly; we needed volunteers to sell the raffle tickets and publicity about the raffle during Ribfest. Some of the volunteers were a great group of ladies; the Tampa Bay Diva Angels, came out to help wander around the crowds. All in all things seemed to come together and on the plus side for the FDEC’s Child Abuse Prevention Foundation Trust, we raised $2,779 from our raffle!!!
The drawing was held on November 13th at 9:30 pm after Ribfest had drawn to a close. In attendance at the drawing were the
President, the Treasurer and another member of the Exchange Club of St. Petersburg; Jim Buck, Tina Ramsburg and Charles Kard, respectively. Also, Amy Mueller of the Florida District Exchange Club CAP Foundation Trust was in attendance. And … The winner for the scooter was Billie Gore of Gulfport, FL. The winners of the Publix and Lowes gift cards were Brandon Thomas of Largo, FL and Bridget Hartwick of Holiday, FL.
The winners were notified during the week after Ribfest by phone and the prizes were awarded on Sunday, November 20th at
5 pm at the Finish Line Scooter / Finish Line Free Rides Store on St Pete Beach.
A BIG THANK YOU to the members of NEX, the Exchange Club of St Petersburg for all their help at conducting this raffle and
the ladies of the Tampa Bay Diva Angels.