It’s that time of year again for us to “borrow” a bell and bucket from the Salvation Army, put our Santa hat on, apply eyeliner around our big doe eyes, and stand outside in the frigid cold Internet hoping you’ll leave your spare change in our PayPal collection box when exiting Amazon.com, AKA we’re holding our annual holiday raffle for the good of GCE mankind. This year we’re teaming up with The Humble Telescopes, a brand new organization that empowers homeless and at-risk Atlanta youth by connecting them with artists via skills-building workshops, apprenticeships, and mentoring relationships. So not only will buying raffle tickets support our own wonderful scholars, it’ll also help THT give their charges the artistic and goal-oriented skills to help them carve out fulfilling lives for themselves. Plus, big things on both our plates this year: GCE has plans to start a tutoring center in the village square, while THT is trying to turn these workshops they've been funding on a string up to turbo boost. Let's help them get that running start they deserve.
The raffle will be drawn at our annual holiday party, affectionately called the Yo’ Mama Haiku Battle. This year’s rendition is subtitled Constructive Criticism for Your Momz and will be hosted December 24 in Seoul, Korea at the Southside Parlor. Please join, though since you live in not-Korea and most likely can’t then please join the video of the raffle drawing we will post afterward on this here blog.
Tickets for the raffle are $10 each or 4 for $20 and can be purchased through our PayPal button:
The raffle will be drawn at our annual holiday party, affectionately called the Yo’ Mama Haiku Battle. This year’s rendition is subtitled Constructive Criticism for Your Momz and will be hosted December 24 in Seoul, Korea at the Southside Parlor. Please join, though since you live in not-Korea and most likely can’t then please join the video of the raffle drawing we will post afterward on this here blog.
Tickets for the raffle are $10 each or 4 for $20 and can be purchased through our PayPal button:
If you live in Koko then everything's the same, except 10,000 and 20,000. You can either wire your wons to KEB account #620-189798-483 or, better yet, come to the aforementioned fundraising par-tay and buy your raffle tickets there. Do it before 11:00 pm (9:00 am EST) since that's when we will have the drawing.
As far as prizes, well here is what we have:
Goods from our friends at La Mer Collections, the best watch company in the multiverse.
Scarf and sarong sets from Thailand for when you’re cold and then later when you’re hot.
Vietnamese rice bags...repurposed as totes!
Namibian Himba bracelets, handmade from recycled PVC piping. Recycled is probably just code for "the neighbors were gone so we dug up their pipes," but still, all your friends will give you compliments so who cares?
And some Vietnamese propaganda art you can put on your walls or hide in the basement depending on your political sensibilities. (Ignore the "Dogma" watermark. We got the picture from the Dogma Collection website, where you're welcome to purchase this piece if you don't win it.)
Legalese: Proceeds from the raffle will be split evenly between Gosen Community Effort and The Humble Telescopes. Raffle prizes are restricted to people who buy tickets. Limit one prize per person assuming that person only bought one ticket. If they bought two then they are theoretically allowed to win two prizes. If they buy ten tickets, well then, we hope you win them all! Please remember that in the 501(c)3 world the purchase of raffle tickets is not tax deductable, so if you'd like to make a dedicated contribution then please include a note with your donation and we will issue you a receipt instead.