Trailer Raffle and Fund Raiser for Dano

[VentureT]

I hope this turned out to be a tremendously successful initiative. Kudos to all involved and supporting a fellow rider.

 

 

 

Trailer Raffle Has Concluded. No more ticket sales. Winner will be drawn soon. Thank you all very much for your support.

 

As most of you know, Dano hit a dear on his RSV about 3 months ago and spent a good a long while in the hospital. He is home now and doing outpatient rehab but it is going to be at least a few more months before he is able to think about working again. Dano is self employed so no work means no money. Those of you who have been fortunate enough to meet him and Rose know that they are just great people. Dano is one that is always there when anybody needs his help but now he could use our help.

 

Jeff and Margaret kindly donated the trailer that they bought and loaned Aussie Annie and Quickstep to use during their travels in the USA last summer. We are going to raffle this trailer off with all proceeds going to Dano. If you have no interest in the trailer and but with to donate to the fundraiser anyway, that would be great also. The trailer is a 1994 Cycle Mate. It had new tires installed last summer and the wheel bearings were all repacked at the same time. Now please be aware that this trailer is presently being stored at a members house in Washington State. Getting it home will basically be the winners responsibility but I know that as a group,, we can do a trailer relay and help get it to the winner.

 

Rather than all the funds going through me or somebody else, I think the easiest way to do this will be to have you send your donations directly to Dano. The tickets will be $10.00 each or 3 for $25.00. If you use PayPal, PLEASE do NOT mention anything about a raffles as PayPal does NOT allow their services to be used for raffles. When you sent him the money, click on the "personal" tab and mark it as a "gift". That way there will be no PayPal fees held out of the donations.

 

Now this will be an extra step and a bit of an inconvenience for you but if you are actually sending a donation and want to be included in the raffle, you need to send me a private message and let me know that you have sent Dano the donation and how much it was so that I will know how many tickets to be added to the raffle in your name. I will not be sending out ticket stubs or anything like that. At the conclusion of the raffles, I will use a random number generator to choose the winner.

 

So let the fun begin. I hope that many of you will help out. If you can't send $10.00 for a raffle ticket, then $1.00, $5.00...whatever size donation will still be appreciated. It all adds up.

 

Here is the info for Dano. You can use this email address to send funds via PayPal. Just got to paypal.com, login, click send money, enter Dano's email address, click on the tab that says personal, mark it as a gift and send. If you don't use PayPal, you can send a check, money order, whatever to this address.

 

Dano's PayPal email address is:

danob11@comcast.net

 

His home address is:

Dan Obert 8699 W 800 N Indianapolis, Indiana 46259-9402

[FreezyRider]

Thanks again to everybody for their help, especially Jeff and Margaret. I had the trailer here over last winter so somebody is going to get a great one! Your help is going to go a LONG way towards my return and keeping the wholeness of the family belongings together. Hope to meet all of you one of these days!

 

You are most welcome, Dan. I really hope I win that sucker, because I know just where it will end up if I do. I have no interest in pulling a trailer, I use a hitch rack. So, I'll just have to donate it to someone who lives close enough that I can deliver it to him.

[bongobobny]

Yah! I have plans for that trailer along those lines if I win it too...

[dingy]

You are most welcome, Dan. I really hope I win that sucker, because I know just where it will end up if I do. I have no interest in pulling a trailer, I use a hitch rack. So, I'll just have to donate it to someone who lives close enough that I can deliver it to him.

 

Yah! I have plans for that trailer along those lines if I win it too...

 

My idea also, Could be a trailer raffle at Oberlin MD for some other worthy cause.

 

Can't really see pulling a trailer behind Speedy, just not its style !!!!

 

 

Gary

[Freebird]

OK folks. Here are the names that I have with your ticket numbers assigned. I'm going to post this so that hopefully most will see it and let me know if you have donated and do not see your name on the list or if I do not have you down for the correct number of tickets.

 

I plan to draw the winning number sometime around 10:00 tomorrow morning.

 

 

 

NOTE: I have now removed the names and ticket numbers. No reason to keep them here since the contest has concluded.

Edited March 18, 2012 by Freebird

[Flyinfool]

Hmmmm

Looks like Squeeze REALLY wants that trailer.

Good job Squeeze, and everyone else that chipped in.

I wish I could have done more to help.

[bongobobny]

Okay! And the winner is...

[Freebird]

Now you are going to make me feel bad. I tormented over how to do this. It took me a good long while to go through all the emails and PMs and make up a list of participants and then assign them the right number of tickets. I then thought about whether I should just post the list or take the time to send each person a PM. That would have taken a long time so I did it the lazy way and just posted the list. The one thing I was concerned about though was making somebody feel bad because they didn't give as much as somebody else. I just DON'T want anybody to feel that way. I know that each and every person gave from the heart and that is ALL that matters. Whether your bought one ticket or 500 tickets doesn't matter. Some folks are more able to help than others. Some folks support many other causes and have to allocate what they have to those various causes. Some folks make more money than others. There are a multitude of reasons that some can or choose to give more than others. The fact is, if you gave a single dollar bill, your contribution is sincerely appreciated.

[Freebird]

Okay! And the winner is...

 

Dan and Rose.

 

Actually, anytime we can come together and help each other, I think we are all winners. Remember, this list is NOT representative of all who helped. There are some who donated but did not want to be included in the trailer raffle.

 

So a round of applause to all our VentureRider members.

[Marcarl]

Okay! And the winner is...

Patience my friend, it's not tomorrow just yet. I hear that as you get older time seems to fly,,, it does really,,,, but not that fast!!

[Flyinfool]

Now you are going to make me feel bad. I tormented over how to do this. It took me a good long while to go through all the emails and PMs and make up a list of participants and then assign them the right number of tickets. I then thought about whether I should just post the list or take the time to send each person a PM. That would have taken a long time so I did it the lazy way and just posted the list. The one thing I was concerned about though was making somebody feel bad because they didn't give as much as somebody else. I just DON'T want anybody to feel that way. I know that each and every person gave from the heart and that is ALL that matters. Whether your bought one ticket or 500 tickets doesn't matter. Some folks are more able to help than others. Some folks support many other causes and have to allocate what they have to those various causes. Some folks make more money than others. There are a multitude of reasons that some can or choose to give more than others. The fact is, if you gave a single dollar bill, your contribution is sincerely appreciated.

 

Doh........

 

I certainly was not trying to make anyone feel bad.

 

I was trying to congratulate all that helped.

 

And pick on Squeeze a little.

[Freebird]

I know you weren't....but I'm the sensitive type you know....

[bongobobny]

Dan and Rose.

 

Actually, anytime we can come together and help each other, I think we are all winners. Remember, this list is NOT representative of all who helped. There are some who donated but did not want to be included in the trailer raffle.

 

So a round of applause to all our VentureRider members.

 

That is EXACTLY my opinion! I was going to post that about 6 lines down on my post...

[Midnight Rider]

I haven't been on in some time. Just seen this and would love to make a donation. Hope its not too late.

Dale

[kbran]

Look at the first post Dale, just send it to his paypal or home address.

[Freebird]

Yes, you can certainly make a donation but to be fair, it is too late to actually be entered in the raffle. I know that Dan and Rose would still appreciate any donations though.

[Midnight Rider]

Thanks Don. Wasn't worried about the raffle. Will send you paypal.

[Freebird]

No, please send it directly to Dano. The information is in the first post of this thread. If you have already done it though, I will forward it to him. Thanks Dale.

[Dano]

Thanks again guys, makes a shorter hill for us to climb. I'm gonna try and be at it by mid April (if left side is OK) as much as I can. THAT'S the hill that needs climbed!

[BradT]

Not interested in the trailer anyway. All the best.

 

Brad

[Freebird]

The winner has been announced HERE:

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=67896

[Squeeze]

......

 

And pick on Squeeze a little.

 

 

Come on, Jeff, don't hold back, bring it on !! !!

 

 

Just make sure you're ready for the Echo :p:p

 

On a serious Note, Don's absolutly right, we all do what we can. Small Number or big Numbers don't say much, it's the Effort which counts. Yes, i really wanted to have the Trailer and i wanted to give support. But, i'm a bit in a Pinch these Days too, so i had to cut down in obtaining my Chances to the lower End of the Range. In the End it doesn't matter, i just hope Dan's gonna be back to being able to work soon and making the Ends meet again by himself. I'm still so thankfull he's alive ...