Just before I left for my cruise, I attended our Rotary club's annual $10,000 Raffle Dinner. Our biggest fundraiser of the year, we sell 200 tickets @ $200 each and during the dinner we draw each of the numbered tickets. The first and every 20th ticket wins $250 and the final ticket drawn wins $10,000. It's always an exciting event, especially if your number makes it deep into the evening.
Well, this year my ticket made it to the final five! Though it was somewhat anticlimactic, the final five ticket holders agreed to split the winnings so we each walked away with $2000. (Just for fun, the last 5 tickets were still picked and mine would have been the ultimate winner!).
Since it was all "found" money, here's what I decided to do with my winnings. First, I split it 50/50 with my wife. Then I took my half ($1000) and decided that I would use half of that ($500) for my kindness project. With an extra $500 I figured I could do some really nice things.
Today, I used about $82 of that money to buy diapers to be donated to Twin Oaks Community Services. I've made contributions there before and they go to teen mothers and others who struggle mightily to make ends meet. I was able to buy more than 500 diapers with that money. It's fun to have a pot of money I can use to make life easier for some who are far less fortunate.
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