Fundraising
We heard you—and we get it. We don’t want you or your kids selling something every other month… and honestly, we don’t want to organize it either! That’s exactly why we put our energy into one major fundraiser each year, our November Raffle Calendar, which generates over half of our annual operating budget. Your support helps us focus less on selling and more on what really matters: building a strong, connected BVW community.
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What is the November Raffle Calendar?
Despite the name, it’s not a traditional calendar! The November Raffle Calendar is the BVW PTO’s biggest fundraiser of the year—and a fun, easy way to support our school with the chance to win exciting prizes all month long. Your participation not only gives you the chance to win awesome prizes, but it also helps make possible the many non-fundraising, family-centered events we host throughout the school year. These events are designed to build community and school spirit!
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Here’s how it works:
Each Raffle Calendar is essentially a ticket that gives you 31 chances to win—one for every day in November. Prizes are raffled off daily and range from high-end items like gaming systems, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Beats headphones, to cash prizes up to $1,000!
• Cost: $30 each or 4 for $100—just $1/day to enter every drawing!
• Sales run throughout October. BVW students and families will sell calendars, and students can earn some fantastic prizes for participating.
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How are winners selected?
Each calendar purchased is assigned a random number from 000 to 999, and a digital PDF copy is sent to the buyer. Daily winners are based on the Ohio Lottery’s Pick 3 evening drawing for that calendar day. If your number matches the lottery number, you win that day’s prize!
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A few extra details:
• If a drawn number doesn’t have an assigned calendar (because fewer than 1,000 were sold), a winner will be randomly selected from all buyers.
• If more than 1,000 calendars are sold and multiple people have the same number, each will win the prize (or its cash value if stock is limited).
• The same calendar can win more than once, and you can purchase multiple calendars to boost your chances.
• You do NOT need to be local to win—we’ll notify winners directly!