[Ohio-talk] Important: Student Division Raffle Details

[Marianne Denning]

I tried both links in this email.  The first one gave me an error
message and the second link said there was a problem with the vendor's
Paypal account.

On 9/2/14, Emily Pennington via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Greetings, fellow federationists.
>
> I hope this message finds you well and enjoying the fall. I myself am
> excited for another school year, and another state convention. As JW would
> say, can I get an amen?
>
> Anyway, I'm writing to update you all on the raffle fund-raiser we students
> are conducting this year. I know there has been a lot of confusion as to
> what is actually going on with it, so I want to explain what's happening,
> address any concerns, and tell you how this is going to work.
>
> First of all, I would like to apologize - on behalf of the student division
> - for how long this has dragged on and for how many false starts we have
> had. We have taken ticket orders since March, so I can imagine many of you
> are wondering if you wasted your money. The fund-raiser is definitely going
> to finish up this month, so your buying raffle tickets won't be for naught.
> We students faced several obstacles and difficulties over the last several
> months - in cluding significant changes in leadership, difficulty with
> setting up the bank account, and several membership changes - all of which
> are factors which contributed to why this raffle has taken so long to get
> off the ground. However, we now have a bank account and some good systems
> in
> place which will make this fund-raiser and all future endeavors run much
> more smoothly.
>
> Now, let me explain how the rest of this fund-raiser will play out. We will
> conduct the drawing at the board meeting on September 20, at which several
> members of our division will be present. We will sell tickets from now up
> until the lunch  break at 12:00, and I will let you know in the next
> paragraph exactly how you can purchase those tickets. I want to let you
> know
> that you do not have to be present at the board meeting to win if your name
> is picked; as long as you bought a ticket, you can win. Once again, tickets
> are either one for $1 or six for $5.
>
> Now, there are several ways you can purchase tickets from this point until
> 12:00 on Saturday, September 20. You can send cash or a check in the mail
> to
> my house. My address is 6808 Center Street, Cincinnati, OH 45244. Checks
> can
> be made out to the Ohio Association of Blind Students, and as the
> division's
> treasurer, I will make sure they are deposited.
>
> Secondly, you can buy tickets from any students on the day of the board
> meeting. You will not get a tangible ticket; rather, we will take down your
> information and give you a ticket number. For instance, if I was the first
> person to buy ten tickets, my number would be 1, and I would Braille or
> slate ten number ones. If said number were drawn, I would win something. We
> are keeping very careful track of who has what number and how many tickets
> he/she has bought, so we are very organized in that respect.
>
> Lastly, if you want to purchase your tickets online, you can do so through
> PayPal. You do not have to have a PayPal account to do so, and the site is
> fairly accessible. For the sake of simplicity, I decided to forgo the one
> ticket for $1 option on PayPal, so if you choose this option, you can buy a
> minimum of six tickets for $5. Of course, you can change the quantity of
> this item, which is one by default. If you upped your quantity to two, you
> would then be buying 12 tickets for $10, and so on and so forth. The site
> will ask you to fill out your name, shipping address, and credit card
> information, and it is pretty simple. Regardless, if anybody would like
> help
> with purchasing tickets through PayPal, please feel free to call or e-mail
> me, and I can give you a hand. The link to purchase tickets through PayPal
> is:
>
> https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick
> <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6FW5ZC
> 8G45T8E> &hosted_button_id=6FW5ZC8G45T8E
>
> Should anybody need assistance navigating the site, they can e-mail me at
>
> emilypennington at fuse.net
>
> or call me at (513) 668-6866. Again, you can choose to send cash or checks
> in the mail, or purchase tickets from a student at the board meeting if
> you're planning on coming.
>
> I apologize for the length of this e-mail, but I hope it helps in clearing
> up confusion over the fund-raiser. Thanks in advance for your
> participation;
> I look forward to this fund-raiser - and many more student fund-raisers in
> the future.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Emily Pennington
>
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-- 
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053