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It’s the time of year for Cinco de Mayo, and a lot of people are planning parties for it.  I think a lot people like to celebrate Cinco de Mayo because it’s the first big party the can have since New Year’s.  Do you know what would be a great addition to any Cinco de Mayo party? A raffle!

My reasoning for thinking throwing a raffle at a Cinco de Mayo party is good idea is threefold.  Especially if your work is throwing a party, it’s a great way to raise funds for your business.  You could raffle off spanish themed prizes, like a gift card to the local spanish restaurant in your town or a cruise to Mexico! Also, it’s a great way to get people in your town more experienced in spanish culture.  While a Cinco de Mayo party may not draw them in, a raffling off of goods just may.

Let’s face it, throwing a raffle at your Cinco de Mayo party would be a heck of a lot more fun than busting open a pinata.  People love parties, and they love raffles.  Why wouldn’t they make a great combination?!  I hope you enjoy your holiday,  and that perhaps you take some of my advice and have a raffle at your party!

If there’s one commodity that’s not going out of style any time soon its Twilight.  Everywhere you go, you see Twilight series merchandise.  With New Moon coming out soon, there’s a ton of New Moon stuff around.  I just went into Bigg’s the other day and they have New Moon party supplies!  I am a Twilight fan, so I don’t mind all the hype around the movies and books.  I also think that because the Twilight series is so popular right now, and because New Moon is coming out very soon, that it would be a good idea for any organization in need of a fundraiser to raffle of a few pairs of tickets to see New Moon.

I’ve been suggesting this idea to all of my clients.  One of the restaurants I work with is actually raffling the tickets off with 2 dollars off the ticket price.  I thought that that was a great idea because it means that people are more likely to buy raffle tickets to win the tickets to the movie rather than buy the tickets themselves.  You can raffle off tickets to the midnight showing or just an any day showing of it.  I think either way, you will have success with this kind of raffle.

What might help your raffle with the movie tickets is if you include some New Moon merchandise with the tickets.  Just about any store you walk into sells New Moon merchandise, but you can go try to find the most unique stuff and put them into a gift basket and raffle that off with the tickets.  You can also plan a raffle event for the raffling off of this stuff where you have food and drinks and a showing of the Twilight movie.  This will help get people hyped up and want to invest their time and money into winning the tickets.  Plus its just really fun.  There’s a new moon rising…