Rafflemania, the Booster Club sponsored annual spring fundraiser for Brown Primary School will be held on Thursday, March 11 in the Smithville High School cafeteria from 5 to 7 p.m.
The event features a raffle of theme-oriented baskets and a dinner consisting of chopped beef sandwiches or a sausage wrap from Zimmerhanzel’s Bar-B-Que, with chips and a drink.

The Raffle
Each classroom and school group at Brown Primary will sponsor a theme-oriented basket. Tickets to win the baskets can be purchased on the night of Rafflemania or pre-ordered through the school.
On the night of Rafflemania participants will drop their tickets into a container at the basket that they would like to win. There is no limit to the amount of tickets that can be bought but you could win a basket without spending a lot of money.  Ticket containers are then collected and the winning ticket is drawn for each basket. Ticket drawings for the theme-oriented baskets will begin promptly at 7 p.m.

Themed Baskets
The baskets are spectacular and themes this year include:  “Movie Mania”, “Family Fun Night”, “Outdoor Fun”, “Chill’n & Grill’n” “Yard Man”, “Kitchen”, “Spring Garden”, “Bath & Body Works”, “Taste of the Town”, “Let’s Bake”, “Books”, “Techno Treasure Trove”, “Summer Fun”, “Toyland”, “Fun & Games”, “Study Time” and “In the Yard”.

Buying Tickets
Tickets are sold in sheets of 26 tickets each. On the night of Rafflemania, the price will be $7 per sheet. If they are purchased now through March 10 at Brown Primary they are $5 per sheet. Dinner tickets may also be purchased in advance for $3 or at the door for $4.

How can you help?
If you own or manage a local business and would like to create and donate a basket, contribute an item toward a basket, or would like to make a monetary or gift certificate contribution to a basket, please contact Amy Bruder, Brown Primary Booster Club President, at 512-304-5357. Contributions will be accepted through March 5, 2010.
Proceeds of Rafflemania will help purchase high-tech equipment for classrooms, pay for educational field trips for students and fund improvements to the campus.