The grand prize winner will have the choice of $50,000 in cash or a voucher worth up to $50,000 for a Ford vehicle from Gerald Ford in North Aurora.

Raffle tickets can be purchased online through our official website, BataviaRotaryCharities.com, at designated sales locations, or from authorized representatives of our charity.

Each raffle ticket costs $100. There is a service charge for each ticket sold. This covers the cost of the platform we are using to sell the tickets. We encourage our purchasers to pay the service charge as this allows more money to be used by the Club in supporting various organizations. The service charge is $7 for one ticket and decreases when purchasing multiple tickets.

Participants must be 18 years or older and reside in a region where raffle participation is legally permitted.

Ticket sales will close on November 20, or when all available tickets are sold.

The winner will be drawn on November 22 and the announcement will be made on our official website, social media pages, and via direct contact with the winner.

The winner will be chosen through a randomized draw from all valid ticket entries.

No, you do not need to be present at the draw to claim your prize. Winners will be contacted directly.

Winners are responsible for any applicable taxes. We recommend consulting a tax professional for specific guidance.

Tickets are non-transferable once purchased. Winning tickets must be claimed by the original purchaser.

The $50,000 voucher can be used towards the purchase of any new Ford vehicle from Gerald Ford in North Aurora IL. If the vehicle costs more than $50,000, the winner is responsible for the difference. If the chosen vehicle costs less than $50,000, the winner will not receive the difference.

Winners must provide valid identification and complete the required paperwork before receiving their prize. Paperwork requirements will be reviewed with the winners.

Raffle ticket purchases are not tax-deductible, as they are considered a form of gaming rather than a charitable donation.

In the unlikely event that ticket sales do not reach the necessary threshold, the charity reserves the right to modify the prize or refund ticket purchases. The complete Rules and Regulations document is available through a link on our raffle website.

All proceeds from this raffle support Batavia Rotary Charities which funds various community organizations including Association for Individual Development, Mercy Housing, Marklund, Batavia Food Pantry, and Lazarus House as examples. In our last club year, we donated $62,343.

For further inquiries, please contact us at info@BataviaRotaryclub.org or visit https://www.bataviarotaryclub.org/sitepage/charities

The availability and cost of a Corvette became problematic over the last several years. The Club conducted an email survey to inquire if past participants would be willing to continue purchasing raffle tickets if a Corvette was not the prize. The results of that indicated that the raffle would be successful without the Corvette.

Due to a partnership with Gerald Ford, we are able to offer a vehicle through the Gerald Ford dealership. Gerald Ford will work with the winner to provide a vehicle at a price that reflects various discounts that may not be available to the general public.

Several things are different.

1) We will no longer be offering a Corvette as a prize option to the $50,000 cash. Instead, there will be a voucher option worth up to $50,000 for any vehicle from Gerald Ford in North Aurora, Illinois

2) We will no longer be using printed tickets and mailing these to purchasers of raffle tickets. Instead, we will be using a platform called Ticket Signup to handle the sales and delivery of tickets via email. The manual work of mailing tickets was an expensive and time-consuming process. Ticket Signup is used by many organizations, including many Rotary Clubs.

3) An email will be sent to the purchaser with their ticket number and other information. Ticket numbers are assigned randomly. This means that if you purchase multiple tickets, the numbers may not be sequential.

4) We are requesting email addresses for every ticket we sell so that we can get the purchaser their ticket number as quickly as possible. Purchasers will receive an email with the ticket number. This will happen in real time so you will no longer wait for a letter to be delivered. If a purchaser does not provide an email address they will receive confirmation through the USPS.

5) Online purchasers will have an option to pay the service fee. If the purchaser doesn’t want to do this, the cost will be covered by the raffle revenue.

What isn’t changing?

1) The cash prize is still $50,000. We will continue to have four (4) early bird drawings for $500 and also five (5) cash drawings for $500 as part of the Grand Prize drawing.

2) 1,200 tickets will be available for sale which is unchanged over the last several years