Popular Post Ed Mack Posted December 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2016 Hello LEGO fans...Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. It's that time of year again. Time to raise money for my son Max's school, St. Paul School, in Burlington, NJ. After a very...VERY...successful first BRICKPICKER LEGO RAFFLE in which we raised over $62,000.00 for the school, a year has passed, and it’s time to raffle off some dynamic LEGO gifts for charity. The money we raised last year literally kept the school open...which is a great thing. It's a special school that once again was voted BEST Private School in Burlington County, NJ, by The Burlington County Times, along with numerous other awards, such as: CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE 2017 BRICKPICKER LEGO RAFFLE FOR ST. PAUL SCHOOL! Best Private School Best PreK-Nursery School Best Teacher Best Fundraiser Best Music Instruction Best Tutor Service (Junior National Honor Society) As I stated last year, St.Paul School (SPS) and its community are wonderful. People from all races and religions attend St. Paul School. Besides excelling in educating the children, the school does a tremendous amount of charity for local people in need. From food drives to helping out at local retirement homes, the children of St.Paul School are required to perform “service hours” that are designed to teach generosity, altruism and instill a hard-working, disciplined attitude. Excellence is expected and permeates through St. Paul School and the faculty and student body, so does a sense of goodness and frugalness. We make a little money go a long way. For example: All grade levels (Pre – K through 4) are scheduled for “Specials” each week...such as art, music, library, computers, and physical education St.Paul School is nationally accredited by “AdvancED” (the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement – NCA – CASI. SPS middle-school students have three periods of Spanish and are testing into Spanish II for High School. SPS provides more periods of physical education each week than is required by the State. SPS provides multiple extracurricular activities such as: LEGO Robotics Club, Science Club, Vocal Choir, Rosary Group, Tonal Chimes, Hand Bell Choir, Crafty Kids Club, Basketball (Boys/Girls), Indoor Soccer, Cheerleading, Yearbook Club, National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), Student Council, MATHCounts, STREAM (Science Technology Religion Engineering Art Math, Activity Tutorial Period (ATP for 5th-8th grades) But all is not wonderful though. As many of you know, many Catholic schools have a hard time making ends meet. Enrollments are down due to weak economic conditions throughout the world. Even superb schools like St. Paul School have a hard time keeping the doors open. While we did pick up 25 new students this past year to ease the financial burden, we will still be way short of breaking even; thus the need for the 2017 BrickPicker LEGO Raffle 2.0. This year’s version of the LEGO raffle will start with TEN awesome prizes.These include: PRIZE #1 BRICKPICKER MEMBER RAFFLE LOT: 21301 Birds (Salimr) Comic Con Throne of Ultron (echin313) Comic Con Dagobah Mini-Build (echin313) A mint 7144 Slave I (echin313) A mint 8001 Battle Droid (echin313) 10218 Pet Shop (exciter1) Rio Olympic Mascots set (Emvisawthatswho) 70816 Benny's Spaceship (Brickcrazyhouse) A special custom LEGO snow globe (Flanagan Bros Inc) PRIZE #2 BRICKPICKER MYSTERY RAFFLE LOT (OVER 5000 PIECES): A bundle of quality LEGO sets from multiple themes that will far exceed 5000 pieces! PRIZE #3: 10220 - VW Camper T1 Van 42056 - Porsche 911 GT3 RS PRIZE #4: 10227 - UCS B-Wing 75060 - UCS Slave I PRIZE #5: 10221 - UCS Super Star Destroyer PRIZE #6: $500 Amazon Gift Certificate PRIZE #7: 75159 - UCS Death Star OR 10188 Death Star PRIZE #8 CHOICE OF: 75827 - Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters OR 71040 - Disney Castle PRIZE #9 CHOICE OF: 10225 - UCS R2-D2 OR 10197 - Fire Brigade OR 10228 - Haunted House OR 10211 - Grand Emporium PRIZE #10: 10255 - Assembly Square 10251 - Brick Bank This year’s total prize value exceeds last year’s total by over $1000.00. Last year we had 11 raffle prizes and winners from around the world. From Vancouver, Canada to Reno, Nevada to Miami Beach, Florida to the Isle of Man, United Kingdom and everywhere in between, generous raffle participants were rewarded with awesome LEGO prizes. The 2017 BrickPicker LEGO Raffle 2.0 can be found here on the secure Rally.up.com site: CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE 2017 BRICKPICKER LEGO RAFFLE FOR ST. PAUL SCHOOL! Like last year, we will ship the prizes to anywhere across the globe. If there is an issue with shipping or prizes, a comparable prize and/or shipping method will be arranged with the winner. Last year, the LEGO BrickPicker Raffle worked very well. The Rallyup.com site is a first class, secure site that made this all possible. They also issued the school a big fat check. All raffle proceeds and donations benefit the school directly by bridging the gap between what tuition covers and actual educational costs. It also raises money to upgrade the school’s technology, keeping St. Paul School ahead of the academic curve with a dynamic curriculum. The prizes have been donated by Jeff and I, the St.Paul School PTA and by some very generous BrickPicker members. I am hoping, like last year, that more people will donate sets after the raffle begins. It was fun adding to the prizes last year. You never know what can pop up as a prize! On a personal note, I would like to thank every person who donated sets/money and/or bought tickets to last year’s LEGO BrickPicker Raffle. It saved a wonderful school and kept dozens of people employed and 175 kids with their friends and teachers. I don’t like asking, but will anyway...please help out again this year. Even buying one ticket can help and it gives you a chance to win some great prizes. Watching the raffle ticket total rise every day was an intense rush and extremely gratifying experience. It made me so proud to have started this site with my brother Jeff and made me realize there is still good in this world… The contest will end on February 7, 2017 at 11:59 PM. Winners will be notified by Rallyup.com. If you are a winner, please contact me on the site so we can confirm the prizes and shipping addresses. The Rallyup.com site works very well and is secure, so please feel confident in donating to the school and purchasing raffle tickets. All the money goes to St. Paul School, which is a 501(c)(3), and to Rallyup.com for running the raffle. I will make every effort to supply the winners with the appropriate prizes. If there are shipping issues, inventory issues or potential problems beyond my control, I will make sure the winners are awarded LEGO sets/gift cards comparable to the original prizes. Any questions, ideas or concerns, please reply below or PM Jeff or me... TICKETS AVAILABLE UNTIL: February 07, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST DRAWING DATE: February 08, 2017 at 12:00 PM EST Thanks again! Ed Mack View full blog article 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego Templar Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grolim Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 A wild Grolim appears... He throws a few Kiwi dollars on the pile. Great cause, well done everyone. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZ Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 This is a great way to raise money for a great cause! In for a couple of tickets. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 7 minutes ago, Grolim said: A wild Grolim appears... He throws a few Kiwi dollars on the pile. Great cause, well done everyone. Nice to see you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlMa2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I am a teacher in germany and really like this effort for the spirit of education.. also also ordered my Tickets! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelovemachine Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Trying to figure out how much tickets to buy. And convince gf to do the same. One quick question, is this considered tax deductible? to charity? If so I may be able to also convince my gf to not donate to local radio station this year and towards this as well. Thanks. I'm buying tickets one way or another, it's just a matter of how many! Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmpartz Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 just did $100 contribution Thank You Ed for BP!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego Templar Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Going to keep bumping every couple hours! Keep it at the top of the forum!! Also @ 166 likes! Going to guess and say that's the most liked comment ever! Let's try and get to 200 likes!! As is right now need to add 66 to the raffle! Last few hours guys! I'm sure some of you are on the fence or don't think 10 dollars makes a difference but it does! This is THE BEST way to give back for the work Ed/Jeff put into the site! Tax returns coming in you can live without 10 dollars! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 38 minutes ago, Lego Templar said: Going to keep bumping every couple hours! Keep it at the top of the forum!! Also @ 166 likes! Going to guess and say that's the most liked comment ever! Let's try and get to 200 likes!! As is right now need to add 66 to the raffle! Last few hours guys! I'm sure some of you are on the fence or don't think 10 dollars makes a difference but it does! This is THE BEST way to give back for the work Ed/Jeff put into the site! Tax returns coming in you can live without 10 dollars! Yes, even $10 helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego Templar Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Almost at 40,000!! Wow. Talk about waiting till the last minute! Let's pass 40,000!! Get your family, friends, strangers, etc In this!! Tax season...write off!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 We have to raise $1600 in 4 hours. I think we can do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belljohn Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I am so confident we will get to $40,000, I put my extra $100 in now. Another $100 at $50,000. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 I have to admit, the raffles are very close in tickets sold for each. I was expecting a huge lead for the SSD, but it's just not there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrake Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I finally put my $95 in to round up to (over) $500. That means I'm in with a lot of hope to crack the 40.000,- in the end .... and with 5 tickets for the secondary raffle, too. Don't forget about that one, people! So buy tickets as long as you can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 With three hours left to go, I'd figure I would show the percentages of tickets bought for each raffle. Remember, I am throwing in a 700-1000 piece set on both the STAR WARS #3 and LEGO Vehicles raffles to entice contributors! STAR WARS PACKAGE #2 12.2 % PICK A RETIRED SET! 11.9 % LEGO TOWN 11.4 % LEGO BUILDINGS 11.3 % MYSTERY RAFFLE LOT (OVER 6000 PIECES) 11.0 % AMAZON GIFT CARD 9.6 % BRICKPICKER MEMBER RAFFLE LOT 8.7 % STAR WARS PACKAGE #1 8.5 % STAR WARS PACKAGE #3 7.8 % BONUS SET INCLUDED! LEGO VEHICLES 7.6 % BONUS SET INCLUDED! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego Templar Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I jumped the gun and bought another 100 dollars worth. So far 167 likes. (Rounded up 33 likes). Also guys if you see this: Load it via a browser (not clicking the link on this thread) also try a laptop or desktop (not mobile) I got that error just now (from my iPad) I loaded it on safari and worked just fine. Less than 1,400 now! Let's do this guys! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djtsmith007 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 A last minute another $50 from me, good luck guys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucySPSMOM Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 22 hours ago, MarleyMoose said: Just bought $250 worth of tickets. That makes $325 total. Thank you - hope your generosity brings you luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poly 30286 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Bought some more raffle tickets. "Thanks" for all the email reminders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBro Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Just put in my contribution. Much love to the cause. Best wishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego Templar Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 700+ and I'll stop with the play by play lol... I know ed doesn't want to annoy you guys but I sure don't mind Don't buy Starbucks tomorrow....Donate!Don't super size that order....Donate!!Don't buy 11 of those sets buy 10...Donate!!!Wait to see TLBM on Tuesday (or whatever day your local theater is) when it's cheaper!....DONATE!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickMarket Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 On 1/2/2017 at 5:38 PM, Ed Mack said: The raffle is starting off a little slow this year, but I have faith in our members. I have faith in that they procrastinate to the very end. Sad but true... Finally made my contribution, hopefully the fundraiser will finish strong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Coat Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Alright, upped my contribution some more. Good luck to SPS and everyone else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibhawk Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Long time lurker, first time contributor. Good luck to St. Paul School and thanks to Ed, Jeff, and everyone else involved for your hard work and contributions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoroakenfelder Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I donated last minute. What I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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