HUMBOLDT 鈥� The school community councils of St. Augustine and St. Dominic Schools are joining forces to fundraise 鈥� while having a little friendly competition.
鈥淭hey really haven't had the opportunity to do that this year, so they wanted to do a little bit of that for the two schools,鈥� said Cal Theisen, St. Augustine鈥檚 principal. 鈥淭his is what they came up with, a 50/50 raffle.鈥�
The raffle is being held online at , through a service called Rafflebox.
鈥淚t works really slick,鈥� Theisen said. 鈥淚t's all done online, so students are not approaching anybody in-person, people just go on and buy tickets.鈥�
On the website, ticket purchasers can select which school to support as part of a friendly rivalry that aims to encourage the schools to raise a bit more money.
There is a $5,000 guaranteed prize, supported by Discovery Ford and Hoppe Transport.
As of June 11, $6,400 had been raised.
鈥淚n my mind, a reasonable goal would be to hit $10,000 because $5,000 is going to whoever wins, and then the schools get the remainder,鈥� Theisen said.
Theisen said during the pandemic, the school community councils haven鈥檛 done a lot of fundraising.
鈥淲hen you start looking at students approaching people or some of the other ways we do fundraising, [it] has just been a little bit more difficult this year, so we really haven't done what we traditionally do.鈥�
The raffle started June 1. It will go until Tuesday, June 29, with the draw being made the next day.
