Hello friends! I hope you will read this all the way through and will take a few minutes out of your busy lives to help my sister make a difference for someone else.
My sister, Tammy, will be holding a raffle for the next few weeks to raise money for a dear friend of hers who lost everything in the floods in Nashville! The Grand Prize will be one of her custom cakes especially designed for the occasion of your choice, as a gift or transferable to someone else if you so choose (like if you're out of state, but know someone that lives here!) The possibilities are endless. Many of you are familiar with her cake designs, but for those who aren't I have posted pictures of just some of them. Does you child have special birthday coming up? Parents have an anniversary? Want something unique and special for the holidays? Baby shower? Graduation? Valentine's Day? If you can think of it--she can do it! Or she can help you come up with the design. The winner will have one full year to take advantage of their prize and Tammy will do up to three tiers OR a 3-D design of your choice! And then she'll even deliver within a 50 mile radius--but any further and she'll need you to make up the difference and meet her. So buy your tickets and start dreaming up what kind of cake you'll want to wow your friends with! We will also be offering 10 RUNNER-UPS a plate of delectable large gourmet chocolate-covered pretzels. These are a highly coveted treat in our neck of the woods--I wish I had a picture--but you won't be sorry! Here are some of Tammy’s cakes:
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So now that you know what you can win, let me share with you the BIGGER PICTURE of what we're raising money for.
In the early days of May 2010, Nashville, TN was hit with historic flooding caused by record-breaking rains. Many died and even more were devastated . Months later--long after the relief parties are gone and those who were able to help have done their part and gone back to their lives--thousands of people are still dealing with the aftermath. The photos are all nameless faces to many of you, so allow me to introduce you to just ONE. This is my sister’s friend Debbie. She was evacuated from her home at 6am--literally fleeing from her home for her life with nothing but her three dogs. She was unable to even return to her home to see the damage for days due to the high waters, but when she did she found she'd lost everything--literally. Her home, her car, her furniture, her clothes. They were all lost or destroyed in the waters that consumed everything.
Almost 4 months later, Debbie's life is still turned up-side-down. She is trying to rebuild her home and hasn't even begun to think about the costs of furniture and other essentials. Her dogs have also had to be boarded this entire time as she could not find a place that could take her and her pets, so the bills just keep coming. We wish we had enough to wipe it all away for her, but since we don't, we’re simply doing what WE CAN.
SOOOOOO..... rather than just ask folks for donations, Tammy is offering this raffle to raise money for her!! Tickets will be just 5 DOLLARS--and as an added BONUS--for every 4 tickets for the cake raffle you can buy ($20 total), you will be added to a separate and smaller raffle to win a FREE FAMILY PHOTO SESSION from CS Heritage Photography! (That’s ME!)Same rules apply as above--you can give as a gift (the perfect Christmas gift for ANYone on your list) or keep for yourself--just use it within a year! This session includes an hour to an hour and a half- long photo session in a location of your choice (within the Raleigh area) with up to 6 people. You will then get a CD of the best edited, high-resolution photos from the session along with a release form to print them as much as your heart desires! – Feel free to visit http://csheritage.blogspot.com for a view of some of my recent sessions.
Since tickets are only $5 a piece, we need this raffle to be HUGE in order to help make a difference for Debbie. Please tell your friends--your co-workers--your family members! And for every 5 tickets you can sell for me Tammy'll give you one for FREE!! Please don't forget about this as soon as you read this. We’ll will be running the raffle the entire month of September and will be posting reminders. We will video tape the drawing when the time comes and post it through email and Facebook.
SO HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP!
1. Get an envelope (remember those?)
2. Send a check or cash for whatever number of tickets you'd like to purchase. Include a piece of paper with your name, phone number (so I can notify you if you've won) and an email address (so I can confirm that I received your $ and info).
3. Send to Debbie Raffle 729 Phelps Rd., Louisburg, NC 27549
4. If you are a friend of one of my family members--feel free to give the envelope to them (still please include all your info so I can confirm when I've received it!)
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE EVERYONE!! EVEN JUST 5 DOLLARS FROM AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR ONE PERSON! Please help us help her by sacrificing a few moments and just a few dollars!
Love,
Christy
*********** Please feel free to share this note with your friends on your page! REMEMBER: For every 5 tickets you help me sell, you'll get one for free! Thanks for your help!!*************
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I hope paypal works!
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