Jill Will Run

The Pottery Lottery Announcement

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!

Filed under: Fundraising

6 Responses

1. Chris, on October 12th, 2008 at 10:23 am Said:

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

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2. Jill, on October 12th, 2008 at 10:29 am Said:

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

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3. lvgurl, on October 12th, 2008 at 12:33 pm Said:

   BAH!

   

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4. Mama Stub, on October 12th, 2008 at 7:30 pm Said:

   HUMBUG

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5. bethany actually, on October 13th, 2008 at 10:12 pm Said:

   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. )

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6. bethany actually » Blog Archive » Painting, judgment, and prayer at the mall, on November 1st, 2008 at 11:47 pm Said:

   [...] I was at the pottery studio, painting the prize for the lucky winner of Jill’s pottery lottery. While I was there a mom came in with two young kids, a boy about 5 and a girl about 3. The kids [...]

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