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2239 days ago

Titirangi Volunteer Fire Brigade raffle

Nicola from Sunnyvale

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Lot of tickets left - details below or go to their page.


The Titirangi Volunteer Fire Brigade is selling raffle tickets to raise funds for Australian bushfires cause. Tickets are $10 each and we have an awesome selection of prizes on offer listed below.

The generosity from the local public and businesses has been outstanding, so much so that we have hit the $5000 prize value limit and have had to turn donations away. Apologies to anyone who tried to donate a prize but couldn't. Please scroll down below the prizes for info on how to purchase tickets and for raffle details. Tickets are on sale until Friday 10th Jan 7pm.

Broadleaf Tree Care: One day of Tree Work, incl Chipper and 2 person crew (Value: $1,200- Must be within 1 hours drive of Ellerslie and booked after Feb 20)
Glen Eden Tennis Club: Family Membership- 2 Adults & up to 4 Kids (Value: $500)
Laurie Kearns Jewellery Ltd: A pair of 9ct gold and sterling silver earrings- pear shaped with oval moon stones (Value: $390)
Little Essentials: 2 prizes- one boys newborn- 6months pack and one girls newborn-6 months pack- including clothing, shoes and bibs (Value $150 each pack)
Playhouse Theatre Inc: 3 prizes- 4x tickets to Alice (Value $80), 4x tickets to Black Adder (Value $100), 4x tickets to West Side Story (Value $120)
TWR Media: 1x year subscription to Deals on Wheels/Farm Trader Magazine (Value $130) and a 1x year subscription to Fishing and Outdoors Newspaper (Value $40)
Hell Pizza Head Office: 4x $50 Hell Pizza Vouchers (Value $200 total)
Janet Martin: Set of 10 Children’s picture books signed by author Janet Martin (Value $200)
David Prentice: Family Photo Portrait Session (Value $300)
Jo Crocker: 4 Hours of gardening work (Value $200- must be in Titirangi area)
Ramada Suites Albany: 1x nights accommodation at Ramada Suites Albany including breakfast (Value $219)
New Lynn Snap Fitness: 2 months free membership including 2x PT sessions (Value $250)
STS Electrical Services Ltd: $200 worth of electrical services (Value $200- must be in West Auckland area)
Queensberry: 1x 14x11 canvas print of your choice (Value $150)
Lauren Malkin- 5x dog walks (Value $100- must be in Titirangi area)
Titirangi Body Mind Balance: 1 hour Professional Reiki or BodyTalk session (Value $80)
Mowing Innovations: Lawn mowing voucher for 1x lawn mowed up to $50 (Value $50- must be in West Auckland area)
Giant Bubbles: $50 voucher to use with Giant Bubbles
Scarlyt Dreams: Necklace (Value $40)

Tickets are $10 each. There are 2500 tickets available and we are hoping to raise $25,000.
Raffle proceeds will be donated in a four way split between the NSW Rural Fire Service, Queensland Fire & Rescue Fire Appeal, Victoria Country Fire Rescue Bushfire Appeal and the Australian Salvation Army Bushfire Appeal.
To purchase a ticket you will need to either a) message the Brigade Facebook page b) email Scott.lovell-gadd@fireandemergency.nz to state how many tickets you would like, and if you have a preference you can select your exact ticket (A,B, C, D, E across red, blue, orange, green and 1-100). Once you have locked in your tickets payment needs to be made to the Titirangi Volunteer Fire Brigade account 12 3488 0050944 00- please include your full name. If you would like to purchase tickets in person with cash please let Scott know and we can arrange to meet at the Titirangi Fire Station one evening this week.

Sale of tickets will end at 7pm Friday 10th Jan and we will have a community member randomly draw the 26 winning tickets at the Titirangi Fire Station on Saturday 11th at 10am. Anyone is welcome to attend. We will publish the winners that afternoon on the Brigade Facebook page. Proceeds will be transferred that day to the four listed benefactors.

Thank you to all the local businesses and members of the community that have donated prizes so generously, we have been blown away by the amount of support that has been given to this great cause. We empathise with the Australian Fire Fighters, especially the volunteers, and the affected communities.

This is being run as Class 2 lotto event. Organiser is Scott Lovell-Gadd, 238 Godley Road, Titirangi

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