Today’s Top 10: Annual MEB 10K Raffle
As we watch our teams wrap up regular season play in
preparation for playoffs (yeah, baby!), we are reminded that the foundation of
our league continues to be our youngest players – like those pictured here in
the Learn-to-Skate program. These kids
are the reason for many of our biggest fundraising activities, and why the
feature of this week’s update is on our big event this Friday – the Annual 10K
raffle.
Are you busy this Friday night, March 27, 2015? No, have we
got a deal for you!!! Malden/East Boston Youth Hockey (MEB) is holding its
largest annual fundraiser – the $10K Raffle and Dinner. For the past several
years, this event has provided the league with funding greatly needed to finish
off the season and prepare for next season. With ice rental fees continually
increasing, we have used this event to help pay-off rinks and other fees owed
at the end of our season. Admit it, you are thinking, “Why should I get
involved in another fundraising event?" Here are 10 reasons (think of the
David Letterman show as you read these aloud):
Top 10 reasons for buying a ticket for the Malden East
Boston Youth Hockey (MEB) 10K raffle:
10. You or a friend
or family member have or have had kids in youth hockey in the last 10 years (so
you know how expensive ice time is!)
9. You are or have a
friend or family member are from or live in East Boston or Malden (or have in
the last 10 years)
8. MEB has kept their
annual tuition price virtually the same (or lowered it!) for players for the
past 7 years through fundraising efforts like this
7. You operate a
business in Malden or East Boston, or one of several other surrounding
communities, and enjoy supporting youth sports programs with a tax deductible
donation
6. The MEB 10K is an
“elimination-style” raffle, where half of the fun is watching as your
co-investors are “knocked out” of the running for the big prize
5. You are a current
MEB youth hockey parent and have at least three other friends to defray the
cost of another chance at the jackpot
4. MEB is an example
of a great merger of two town teams, with drive and competitiveness resulting
in multiple tournament and league championships over the past 7 years
3. Your child is one
of the 30+ current and former MEB players who for the 2014-15 school year were
accepted onto their high school hockey programs
2. The math is
simple: 4 friends + you = 20 bucks a head for a ticket; heck, make it 9 friends
(come on, you have more than 4, right?) and it’s only 10 bucks each for a
chance at a share of TEN GRAND
1. What else are you
going to do this Friday night – KARAOKE? This is way more fun than embarrassing
yourselves in front of your friends – err, scratch that – it’s about the same,
but for a much better cause than your weekend-warrior, artificially induced
delusions of fame and that crazy dream of making it on THE VOICE!
The details (our lawyer appreciates us including these):
The fundraising part is an “elimination raffle” drawing for
$10,000*, whose tickets cost $100 each, and include dinner for two at the
event, which takes place from 7:00 PM to midnight this Friday, March 27, at the
Loyal Order of Moose Club, Broadway, Malden. A buffet dinner is served and families
donate desserts, there are additional chances for winning baskets from each of
the teams in the league, other donated goods and services, and a great silent
auction of sports memorabilia is available as well. We'll have a DJ, and
several participants will likely resort to dancing either as a result of their
tickets being eliminated from the remaining eligible or just from the
contagious fun all are having at the event.
Really, the event is truly quite fun, especially if you like
watching people enjoy themselves while witnessing each other’s chances of
winning wash away as the evening wears on – a bit of schadenfreude among the
youth hockey parents. Remember, this is a chance at winning a few thousand
bucks! That of course depends on your luck and the choices of some “finalists”
in the process. Let me explain – this is an opportunity to enter an
elimination-style raffle, where the total number of tickets sold generates the
dollar amount available for winning. In this case, the tickets cost $100 each,
and the goal is to sell 200 of them, so that the organization generates $10,000
and the winner receives $10,000 (or is split among winners). In the case of
fewer tickets sold, the pot is slightly smaller, but the concept remains the
same.
However it turns out, all who attend have fun, and all who
buy a ticket start out with a chance at the final prize. This is a great
opportunity to support one of our growing sports organizations, and a chance at
winning. If you find you are not interested in buying a ticket individually,
the concept of four friends pitching in $25 each works very well. Also, we see
a lot of “group” tickets, which can work with your colleagues at work, friends
in your circle, or among family members to spread the investment across a few
more people. If you know of others who may be interested, please feel free to
pass this information along.
One raffle ticket includes dinner admission for two, but you
do not need to attend the event to win. You can choose to have a representative
at the event if you cannot attend in person. If you are interested in either a
single ticket or a group ticket, please contact us ASAP, as the event is this
week, and we are stretching to reach our goal.
Ticket forms are available from one of our coaches or Board
members, or on our website at http://www.mebhockey.com/Fundraising_Events.html
Thank you for your consideration, and if you choose to
participate – good luck! If you attend, it really can be quite an entertaining
evening and a great way to keep these little ones on the ice for a few more
years.
* The total amount available for the winners is determined
by the total number of tickets sold, and is a maximum of $10,000 (our goal).
