December 8th, 2011
EQUI-KIDS’ FREE Gas for Year Raffle Raises $6,250.00 to Support Program Outreach
From left to right: EQUI-KIDS Program Horse Sadie, Executive Director Jill Haag, Board Vice President John Lockard, Winner Karen Mercier, Board Treasurer Don O’Brian, Board Member Amber Styron and EQUI-KIDS Program Horse Levi.
EQUI-KIDS Therapeutic Riding Program, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Virginia Beach, VA, hosted its ‘Giddy Up and Go’ Free Gas for a Year Raffle with a grand prize of $3,500 in gasoline gift cards for one lucky winner. The ticket was drawn during The Stall Ball on November 12, 2011 and the grand prize winner was Karen Mercier of Chesapeake.
“I knew about EQUI-KIDS and heard a lot of wonderful things about the organization,” said Mercier. “I work with a member of their Board of Directors, and when she posted on Facebook that she was selling Free Gas for a Year raffle tickets, I said ‘I am in for two’ because it is such a worthwhile cause.”
The Giddy Up and Go Raffle raised $6,250.00 to support EQUI-KIDS’ program services. “This is the first year for our fundraising raffle.” says Jill Haag, EQUI-KIDS Executive Director. “The much needed proceeds from this event will help us expand our outreach throughout the special needs community.”
Ticket sales for the 2012 raffle will begin April 1 and the winning ticket will be pulled on October 31.
