NEWS FLASH!!
     Karl’s TV & Appliances will partner with D5610 to provide a GRAND PRIZE for the Foundation Raffle:  LG Kitchen Appliance package worth up to $7,500 at Karl’s retail pricing. In addition, Karl’s will sell raffle tickets for us at every location in South Dakota!  A large sign/poster to promote ticket sales will be displayed in each of their 14 SD stores.  The twelve communities in SD with Karl’s stores are:  Aberdeen, Brookings, Gregory, Huron, Madison, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls(2), Spearfish(2), Watertown, Winner and Yankton. We are only working with the stores in SD because of concerns about state laws regarding raffles.  We get permission from the state and from the city of Mitchell to do our raffle.  We don’t ask for those permissions in our border states, so we thought it prudent to stay within SD borders. However, the winner of the Grand Prize may deal with the closest Karl’s store, no matter where.   But stores outside SD will NOT sell raffle tickets.
      If you have a Karl’s location in your community, consider inviting the store manager to your meeting.  You might even ask he/she to speak about their newest products.
     As you all know, Rotary is the greatest service organization in the world, and The Rotary Foundation is the funding arm for all the great service that Rotary does in the world. We are really hoping that the increased focus on the raffle will help us achieve our District goal of $200,000 in donations to The Rotary Foundation. Thank you for your support!