Yard Sale, Bake Sale, Raffle...Oh My!

Our 4-H club had their second fundraiser today. We had a very successful bake sale/donation drive (our community project is to support our troops) back in October and we raised over 400.00. This time we decided to have a raffle/bake sale/yard sale. We raised about 230.00 today. We hoped for better and we had a lot of stuff to take to Goodwill when we were done, but we still had fun.

I entered two of the 19 raffles, one for a lovely new lamp dontated by a furniture company and one for a $25 gift certificate to Logan's Roadhouse and 2 free bowling passes. I won the lamp! It is amazing how different a classy looking lamp can make your living room look! It's great!

Katrina entered one raffle and won a hamster kit. She got a new cage for her hamster she bought last week (Hans Solo), feed, bedding, treats, and a toy. This was a super good deal for a dollar. Jack's hamster is living in an older cage and the plastic parts are currently held together with duck tape. He will be getting Hans Solo's old cage and Hans will be moving into a new cage. Happiness for everyone!

Jack entered a raffle for a coat stand for me, entered twice into a raffle for the Logan's Road house/bowling combo so he could take his dad, and entered for some cool VA Tech soda holders...unfortunately, he didn't win any.

We came home with a pound cake and a chocolate chess pie. (We didn't need any of them, but they are pretty tasty). Katrina got a skirt, a shirt, a pair of cute pink boots and a green bathing suit cover up for 1.00. She also ended up with 8 Nancy Drew books for 1.00 and a pair of earrings for .50 and an Obi Wan Kenobi figure for .50.

I came home with two candles for .50 each, a new Bible carrier/cover for .50, and some note cards for .50.. All in all a pretty good deal for us!

I be tired though! We were up at 6, there at 7:30 and didn't leave until 2:30. Then I had to go to the Goodwill to drop off the extras. Then home to laundry and supper and odds and ends.

A good and fun day!