Popular Post Ed Mack Posted December 21, 2016 Popular Post 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
HandyHand Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 Going to buy 3 tickets tonight when I'm home from work as I don't have my credit-card details with me at the moment. Already selected the tickets and am good to go, just need to fill in the payment details and click the Contribute button. Quote
HandyHand Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 5 hours ago, Haay said: Going to buy 3 tickets tonight when I'm home from work as I don't have my credit-card details with me at the moment. Already selected the tickets and am good to go, just need to fill in the payment details and click the Contribute button. At home after work, enjoyed my dinner with wife and kids, read the daily bedtime stories to both my daughter and my son, and then they were settled I made sure to get the payment through to support this worthy cause! Three raffle tickets bought to support this worthy cause. Good luck all! Quote
ascedt Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Thanks Ed and Jeff for Everything you do, made my donation and looking forward to the Mr Gold when i win it. Best of Luck with the fundraiser. Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 20, 2017 Author Posted January 20, 2017 13 hours ago, ascedt said: Thanks Ed and Jeff for Everything you do, made my donation and looking forward to the Mr Gold when i win it. Best of Luck with the fundraiser. Thank you. Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 21, 2017 Author Posted January 21, 2017 Behind the scenes video of the St. Paul School LIVE LEGOthon team. We are hoping to have the event live on this site on Sunday afternoon, the 29th of January....More on this later! Thank you Tony and Russ for helping out. Check out their blog... 1 Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 24, 2017 Author Posted January 24, 2017 Two weeks to go. Thank you to all who have bought tickets for the LEGO raffle so far! Quote
echin313 Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 Just bought a few more tickets to push it over the $10k mark! 1 Quote
Guest brickcrazyhouse Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 I'll match anyone? up to 14 tickets. Any takers? Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 24, 2017 Author Posted January 24, 2017 2 hours ago, echin313 said: Just bought a few more tickets to push it over the $10k mark! Thank you. It's been a lot slower to $10,000 this year unfortunately, but the kids and teachers appreciate it. 24 minutes ago, brickcrazyhouse said: I'll match anyone? up to 14 tickets. Any takers? Very generous offer...Thanks Quote
Guest brickcrazyhouse Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 3 hours ago, brickcrazyhouse said: I'll match anyone? up to 14 tickets. Any takers? >cough< >cough< Quote
river41 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 maybe you should reintroduce the badges you gave last year for those that gave.It may have encouraged some people into giving Quote
labfreak7 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 FYI, tried buying another and got an error message. Not sure if it is widespread. Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 FYI, tried buying another and got an error message. Not sure if it is widespread.Please contact Heather at Support on the bottom right hand portion of the screen. She is in Arizona, so give her till 11:00. She is very helpful and prompt. Quote
Sfcommando14 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 My $100 will come on Monday when Amazon pays me What did you all go for so I can get better odds on the overlooked options? 1 Quote
Phil B Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 30 minutes ago, Sfcommando14 said: My $100 will come on Monday when Amazon pays me What did you all go for so I can get better odds on the overlooked options? I hear the "Just Donate" option is not used much ...... 2 Quote
Sfcommando14 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 7 minutes ago, Phil B said: I hear the "Just Donate" option is not used much ...... I can't find it on my page. Oh well...I guess I'll just have to put in for the raffles. It goes to the same cause, right? 1 Quote
Jeff Mack Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 10 minutes ago, Sfcommando14 said: It goes to the same cause, right? Yes, all goes to the same place. 1 Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 49 minutes ago, Sfcommando14 said: I can't find it on my page. Oh well...I guess I'll just have to put in for the raffles. It goes to the same cause, right? The "Donation" page is here... https://go.rallyup.com/Checkout/Index/279831/Contribution It is all the way on the bottom of the raffle prizes. You can also use PayPal directly for this. The donations will be accepted for ONE WEEK AFTER THE RAFFLE DRAWING! Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 I also wanted to let people know that donbee donated a 40252 Mini VW polybag to the BrickPicker member raffle! That is now up to 11 sets!!! 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) 75105 Millennium Falcon (Summit) 40252 Mini VW (donbee) 2 Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 So the LEGOthon LIVE event is coming together. We are shooting for 2PM on Sunday afternoon (Eastern). Get your credit cards ready!!! Quote
waddamon Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Bought 52 more tickets. Hope this gets moving, keep the faith. 4 Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 Bought 52 more tickets. Hope this gets moving, keep the faith.You are very generous. Regardless of whether you win or not, I would like to send you something when this is all done. Thanks again. 3 Quote
waddamon Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 I'm happy to give, if this was on the other side of tax time, I would do more. 1 Quote
Ed Mack Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 We sent out an email thru Rallyup.com about an hour ago to people who participated last year and have seen some encouraging results. Thanks. 1 Quote
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