The Hello Bar is a simple web toolbar that engages users and communicates a call to action.

12 October 2008 ~ 6 Comments

The Pottery Lottery Announcement

Examples of Bethany's creations.

Examples of Bethany's creations.

As each person purchased a “ticket” into the drawing by making a donation to my fundraising, I added their names to a spreadsheet. Each “ticket” allotted the person an additional entry into the spreadsheet. So people that donated $5 got their name in the lottery spreadsheet 5 times. Make sense?

Upon closing we had 214 entries into the drawing. 214! Thank you to everybody who helped support my fundraising efforts and thank you to Bethany for contributing such a great prize.

Anyway, back to the drawing… so we had 214 names in the file. I sent that file to my husband, who is a licensed CPA, and he uploaded it into software he has for doing a random sample on audit jobs. We verified that all 214 entrants made the migration into the random sample and at the press of a button, we had a winner! Drumroll please…

Ta da… Chris is the big winner!!! I have a feeling his little girl will be getting a personalized item in the near future!

Thanks again to everybody who participated!

6 Responses to “The Pottery Lottery Announcement”

  1. Chris 12 October 2008 at 10:23 am Permalink

    Holy Crap! I am a winner! Thanks Jill…this is great. I already know what I am going to get. What’s next?

  2. Jill 12 October 2008 at 10:29 am Permalink

    Chris: I’ve given your contact info to Bethany, so she can e-mail you and start working out the specifics!

  3. lvgurl 12 October 2008 at 12:33 pm Permalink

    BAH!
    ;)

  4. Mama Stub 12 October 2008 at 7:30 pm Permalink

    HUMBUG :)

  5. bethany actually 13 October 2008 at 10:12 pm Permalink

    Woohoo, 214 entries! Thanks to everyone for entering, and congrats to Chris on his win! Can’t wait to make your daughter her plate.

    lvgurl and Mama Stub, I would be happy to do custom pieces for you, you just have to pay for them.

    In fact, if anyone wants a custom piece and in their email says the magic words, “Jill Will Run!” I will donate the profits to Jill’s fundraising efforts. (Yes, Jill, I”m serious! Do with this information what you will. ;-) )


Leave a Reply