The deadline to buy chances in an online raffle sponsored by the Jefferson County Growth Association (JCGA) to support local chambers of commerce is July 15.
The 50-50 raffle is limited to 1,200 tickets, which cost $50 each. If the event is a sellout, the raffle winner will pocket as much as $21,000, and with the second prize as much as $9,000. Drawings will be held for other prizes, such as a large-screen TV, a rifle and a three-month family membership to the Jefferson County Family YMCA.
“Enter and spread the word,” Sharon Floyd, executive director of the JCGA, said. “We want the pot to keep on growing.”
Jefferson County’s five chambers – the Hillsboro, De Soto, Twin City Area, Arnold and Northwest Jefferson County chambers – and the JCGA will split the proceeds.
Winners will be drawn at 6 p.m. July 17 at the Villa Antonio Winery in the Hillsboro area and will be shown live on the JCGA’s Facebook page.
“We decided on a virtual drawing because of concerns with COVID-19,” Floyd said. “If you’re buying tickets through our website with a credit card, money doesn’t have to change hands. You don’t have to be present to win.”
Floyd said the organizations need the money right now.
“The chambers, and the JCGA, are hurting,” Floyd said. “This is a bad time to be in business, but chambers exist to support businesses, and we help support the chambers, because without them, there is no growth.”
“We’re all facing issues, because even if we have fundraisers still scheduled, we don’t know whether they will be held or how many people will participate in them,” she said. “None of us knows what lies ahead.”
Click the following link to enter the raffle:
https://jeffersoncountygrowthassociation.growthzoneapp.com/ap/donate/wXpjwAPG
