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  • 2017 BRICKPICKER LEGO RAFFLE 2.0 FOR ST. PAUL SCHOOL

    Ed Mack

    By Ed Mack (edited)

    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

    Edited by Ed Mack

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    Jeff Mack
    13 minutes ago, Willworkfortoys said:

    Thanks for running a good raffle for a great cause.  Just a heads up looking at the raffle page it states ' 7 days ' as the time remaining.  Just thought if I was confused (as easy as that is) others may be also and be left with a false sense of time left to contribute.  

    The ability to purchase tickets for the raffle ends today.  The fundraiser stays open for 7 days after this in case people want to still donate.  

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    Willworkfortoys
    1 minute ago, Jeff Mack said:

    The ability to purchase tickets for the raffle ends today.  The fundraiser stays open for 7 days after this in case people want to still donate.  

    That makes sense.  Thanks, told you it was easy to confuse me :-)

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    Ed Mack
    19 minutes ago, Willworkfortoys said:

    That makes sense.  Thanks, told you it was easy to confuse me :-)

    It actually confused me.  Heather at Rallyup had to explain it to me.  :thumbsu:

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    Ed Mack

    As I stated earlier, I will add a significant set(s) to the Death Star and Porsche/Camper raffles to sir up interest in those two low interest choices.  I will give the winners a few choices of sets to pick from.  They will be at least 700-1000 piece sets, give or take.  

    I will also add the Town Hall as an option in the PICK A RETIRED SET raffle.  

    The recent activity has once again humbled me...Thanks.

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    Phil B
    3 minutes ago, micbelt said:

    I think I missed the deadline, just tried to buy tickets and got an error.

    TICKETS AVAILABLE UNTIL: February 07, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST

    So the error must be because of something else.

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    Huskers1236
    1 hour ago, Ed Mack said:

    As I stated earlier, I will add a significant set(s) to the Death Star and Porsche/Camper raffles to sir up interest in those two low interest choices.  I will give the winners a few choices of sets to pick from.  They will be at least 700-1000 piece sets, give or take.  

    I will also add the Town Hall as an option in the PICK A RETIRED SET raffle.  

    The recent activity has once again humbled me...Thanks.

    The horde obliges just like last year.  I remember there was a huge dash to the finish and looks like this year is no different.  Not sure if the end number will be the same but it's following the same pattern.

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    Jeff Mack
    14 minutes ago, micbelt said:

    I think I missed the deadline, just tried to buy tickets and got an error.

    We are still getting contributions, two just came in during the past 2 minutes, so it seems to be working, please try again.  Still 10+ hours to go.

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    StPaulPTAMom

    IMG_3572.JPG.5df1125fa09dedc71e14191cd94b1321.JPG

    IMG_3568.JPG.9fa0d105ebd49f5c45e050d435d1d5f7.JPGIMG_3709.JPG.0546b34638cbecfe4a9e62fa21f6face.JPGWhat an AMAZING outpouring again in support of St. Paul School!  I hope everyone who has contributed knows how much we appreciate the help and what a wonderful cause they are supporting!

     

     

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    brickelements

    Good bad or indifferent.  I just posted the link to the raffle on a Facebook AFOL thread.  Not sure if the AFOL mods will allow it to stay.

    I hope I didn't break any unwritten rules.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/AdultFansOfLego/

    While the extra traffic may hurt the chances of those of us already "in".  In the end it is all about getting dollars into the school so I hope it helps the cause.

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    Alpinemaps
    26 minutes ago, brickelements said:

    Good bad or indifferent.  I just posted the link to the raffle on a Facebook AFOL thread.  Not sure if the AFOL mods will allow it to stay.

    I hope I didn't break any unwritten rules.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/AdultFansOfLego/

    While the extra traffic may hurt the chances of those of us already "in".  In the end it is all about getting dollars into the school so I hope it helps the cause.

    It's also been posted on Reddit's /r/legoraffle sub.  

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    Ed Mack

    Anything helps and we appreciate the effort to share it.  If they take it down, so be it.  

    31 minutes ago, brickelements said:

    Good bad or indifferent.  I just posted the link to the raffle on a Facebook AFOL thread.  Not sure if the AFOL mods will allow it to stay.

    I hope I didn't break any unwritten rules.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/AdultFansOfLego/

    While the extra traffic may hurt the chances of those of us already "in".  In the end it is all about getting dollars into the school so I hope it helps the cause.

    Your chances are better than last year.  

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    dhanulec

    Okay I broke down and added a few more tickets to hit the $100 threshold, crossing my fingers but not holding my breath.  I also shared the fundraiser link on my FB page early this morning so hopefully at least one other person has donated.

    Go SPS!

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