[Cash-and-caring] NFB MD raised $11,000 gross with recent Basket Bingo; rules for NFB-MD Spruing Raffle 2014

Sat Mar 22 01:40:36 UTC 2014

Sharon Maneki runs it every year.
She is the one to ask details from behind the scenes.

I went to it this year and the last two. The Bingo hall is a professional
setup with a professional caller on the stage using a mike and running the
electronic bingo machine on which he lights up what he calls out.

Long old wood tables with perhaps decades of bingo dabbers ink on them.
Folding chairs. A black large garbage bag duck-taped to the end of the
table for discarded bingo sheets.

I received the papers for preregistering and there was a table sign with my
name on it. I had to pay one dollar for my dauber at the entrance table.
Some folks bring their own.  Children in aprons with pockets took orders
from the seated folks for foods and drinks and brought back change.

Special bingo contests were held in between at regular intervals for which
one paid extra and the kids brought the scorecard to you and took your
money. Special baskets full of stuff to fit a theme - like all candy. Or
have an Italian dinner. Or a pretty ceramic pie plate plus more.

At regular intervals the guy on the mike called out a batch of door prices.
He called a number and you checked your ticket stub that was on the end of
your paid ticket for entrance. I won a door prize that is a little nice
smelling candle votive in a Longeberger candle cup.

All the prices that filled the Longeberger baskets were donated and somevor
all baskets were too. They were lined up and labeled to show which game won
what. Then there was a chart on the wall hand-written for a special tickets
and a table with 2 people only for that raffle.  At the end all the losers
were in a pool and I did not see how it worked exactly, but the first one
to win may choose one of the i15 to 20 items and it's now gone. The next to
win chooses from what's left and then 2 prizes are gone. And so on.

Lorraine

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 21, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> wrote:

      Thank you, Lorraine.  This is interesting.  Do you know how it
works?

Ramona

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*From:* Rovig, Lorraine <LRovig at nfb.org>
*To:* CASH & CARING COMM listserv <cash-and-caring at nfbnet.org>
*Sent:* Friday, March 21, 2014 12:18 PM
*Subject:* [Cash-and-caring] NFB MD raised $11,000 gross with recent Basket
Bingo; rules for NFB-MD Spruing Raffle 2014

 The following note arrived yesterday from the affiliate president for
Maryland, Melissa Riccobono:

       *Basket Bingo Report*: Thanks to the tireless work of the Central
Maryland Chapter, our Basket Bingo fund raiser was once again a huge
success. The final figures are still being calculated, but it looks as if
this event brought in at least $11,000 for the Central Maryland Chapter and
National Federation of the Blind of Maryland to share. Thank you to all
those who promoted, worked at, and attended Basket Bingo. This is a
fantastic annual event, and we hope all of you will be eager to remain a
part of it next year.

.         *Spring Raffle*; have you purchased your tickets yet? It is still
not too late. Please help us sell all 1000 tickets. For those who might
have missed this last week, here are the spring raffle details.

.         All tickets are $5 each.

.         Each ticket has a 3 digit number, which is good throughout the

entire month of May-so you have 31 chances to win!

.         If your number is drawn on a Sunday through a Friday, you will
win $50.

.         If your number is drawn on a Saturday, you will win $100.

.         Numbers may be drawn more than once.

.         If you sell 35 tickets, you will receive $50 either at the
National Convention, or in the month of July, as a thank you for your hard
work and dedication to our movement.

.         If you would like to purchase and/or sell tickets, please contact
me as soon as possible. Let's raise some money for the NFB of Maryland!

Cordially,

Lorraine Rovig

Office: (410) 659-9314, x2415; lrovig at nfb.org

NFB Program Operations Specialist - Advocacy & Policy Dept.

~ Assistant to Chairperson Patti Chang, Esq., NFB Scholarship Committee

~ Assistant to Chairman Allen Harris, Kenneth Jernigan Convention
Scholarship Fund

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