How there raffle works
- Each raffle ticket is $25 – and raffle tickets are now on “sale”.
- To “buy” a raffle ticket, make a donation to this thermometer.
- Send EMAIL to WaterGirl letting her know how many tickets you “bought”.
- Include your nym in your email to WaterGirl
One ticket is $25, two tickets $50, and so on.
First prize winner gets their pick of Prizes! Second prize winner picks between the remaining two.
Prizes are numbered in order of dollar value if you were able to purchase these.
1st Prize
I am waiting on the exact size of the quilt, but I am guessing that it’s 72″ x 72″.
This quilt is 78″ x 84″.
WaterGirl
In case you missed yesterday’s post, we have one quilt for Raffle, another quilt for Auction, and a $30,000 external match for an outright fundraiser.
Darkness Has a Hunger That’s Insatiable and Lightness Has a Call That’s Hard To Hear
The raffle starts today. Raffle tickets are available until evening on Saturday.
The Auction event will be from noon to 7pm (blog time) on Sunday.
The fundraising for the $30k external match will begin once the raffle and auction are both complete.
PatrickG
In for four tickets ($100)!
WaterGirl
@PatrickG: Thank you!
I need the email messages so I have an easy way to track and communicate with the raffle peeps. :-)
HinTN
I am in for four (4) tickets = $100 donated. Thanks for doing this, WG.
lowtechcyclist
$100 buys four tix for me!
Dmkingto
Email sent! In for 4 tickets ($100)
WaterGirl
Thanks you guys!
Josie
Four tickets for $100.00. Thanks for setting this up, WaterGirl.
SuzieC
In for $25.00
Mr. Bemused Senior
I’m in ($100).
Fair Economist
$50 for 2 tickets
PatrickG
@WaterGirl: read instructions? What’s that? :confused-dog:
sent :)
WaterGirl
@PatrickG: confused dog made me laugh.
WaterGirl
So glad this is going well!
I walked into the house this morning and heard what I could only guess was one of my furry guys throwing up. As I walked through the house I heard the gurgling and walked into the (empty) bathroom in the otherwise empty house and saw the dreaded bubbling in the toilet.
Which means only one thing. Call the sewer clean-out people, stat! They were able to come out within the hour, and all is well again.
Spared the toilet overflowing routine, which is what happens when you ignore the gurgling and bubbling. That’s a lesson you only need to learn once, and thankfully that was a couple of decades ago.
SiubhanDuinne
Two raffle tickets, please ($50.00)
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Got your email, thank you!
hobbitdreams
What’s the size of the Native American voting population in Virginia?
A Good Woman
In for 2 tix. Xssing my fingers.
Percysowner
I’m in for 2 tickets, $50 from me.
rikyrah
OT:
CAN we think about supporting this candidate?
Are we already supporting this candidate?
Marc Levy (@timelywriter) posted at 5:22 AM on Mon, Jul 14, 2025:
HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) — Democrat Janelle Stelson, who lost to Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry by barely a percentage point in 2024, will run again in the right-leaning congressional district in Pennsylvania.
(https://x.com/timelywriter/status/1944704131639521530?t=Fv-soy71PlB6sWQ8y17gqw&s=03)
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: We can absolutely think about supporting that candidate from PA.
WaterGirl
@Percysowner: Can you send me an email, thanks!
Glidwrith
In for two tickets ($50) and email sent
WaterGirl
This quilt for the raffle is 78″ x 84″.
WaterGirl
@Glidwrith: Got your email, thank you!
WaterGirl
The quilt for the auction is 73″ x 75″.
Auction starts this Sunday at noon.
emrys
One ticket
WaterGirl
@emrys: Got your email, you’re all set, thanks!
Madeleine
In for four tickets=$100.
Sandia Blanca
Bought three tickets, sent the email. Thank you WaterGirl!
mvr
Put in for two tickets. Email sent!
WaterGirl
@Sandia Blanca: @mvr:
Got your email messages, you’re all set!
Karen H
Bought 2 tickets. Email sent
Thanks!
WaterGirl
@Karen H: Got it, thank you!