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2023 Charitable Raffle & Dinner Event

In an effort to raise money to grant wishes for local area children and families in need, we are once again hosting our annual raffle and dinner charity event in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation! All proceeds from donations, sponsorships, and ticket sales go directly to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. With your help, in 2022, we raised more than $159,000 and granted 15 wishes.

We’re raising the bar, and we need your help once again! In 2023, our goal is $180,000 – or 18 wishes granted! Will you help us get there?

EVENT DETAILS

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Valley of the Eagles Golf Club, Elyria, Ohio

Dress code:
Business Casual

Time Breakdown:
5:00pm - 6:00pm – Cocktail Hour with Appetizers
6:00pm - 7:00pm – Dinner Served
7:00pm - 9:00pm – Live Raffle Drawing and Live Auction Starts

Rules:

Dinner Ticket Transferable if you cannot attend.
Non-Refundable, it becomes a donation if you cannot attend
Must be present at the Dinner to win Grand Prize
Must be 21 or older to attend the Live Dinner

How Can You Get Involved?

Buy a Raffle Ticket

Raffle tickets award you 10 entries into the prize drawing and cost $100 per ticket. Click here to learn more about our prizes and the raffle!

Buy a Dinner Event Ticket

Dinner event tickets award you 10 entries into the prize drawing, entry into the grand prize drawing, and dinner and open bar access at the live event… all for only $150 per ticket! Click here to learn more about our dinner tickets and the live dinner event!

Simply Donate

Don’t want to join the raffle and can’t attend the event, but still want to help? We’ll accept donations of any amount, and every dollar matters! Click here to donate!

Sponsor the Event

With multiple sponsorship tiers and opportunities, we’re sure you can find the sponsorship level that best fits your tastes. Show your name or company logo off with pride for an amazing cause! Click here to learn more about sponsorship tiers and opportunities!

Raffle Prizes

GRAND PRIZE

GRAND PRIZE

Shopping Spree
Only dinner attendees are eligible.

Value: $2,000

Apple Watch Series 8 GPS

Apple Watch Series 8 GPS

41mm
Midnight Aluminum Case with Midnight Sport Loop

Value: $400

Apple Watch Series 8 GPS

Apple Watch Series 8 GPS

41mm
Midnight Aluminum Case with Midnight Sport Loop

Value: $400

Apple iPad

Apple iPad

10.2-inch iPad Wi-Fi 64GB
Space Gray

Value: $330

Top Golf Gift Card

Top Golf Gift Card

Use on golf, food, drinks and gear at Top Golf.

Value: $300

Lottery Tickets & Restaurant Gift Card

Lottery Tickets & Restaurant Gift Card

$200 worth of various lottery tickets AND a $100 restaurant gift card to be used at any Darden restaurant

Value: $300      

Multifunctional Fire Pit Table

Multifunctional Fire Pit Table

Roasting sticks - smores skewers included. Tables comes with fire bowl, mesh lid, grate, poker, and waterproof cover.

Value: $100

Why We Give

Our 2022 event raised over $170,000 to grant wishes for families in need.
Our 2022 event raised over $170,000 to grant wishes for families in need.

In 2017, we chose to partner with the Make-A-Wish Foundation Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana chapter in an effort to help a wonderful organization raise money for a group of extremely deserving kids. While most all charitable organizations do meaningful things, we immediately saw the impact that we could make for the Make-A-Wish kids and their families.

Make-A-Wish Foundation supporters help to make life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Wishes that are granted create strength, hope and transformation in a child and the community. Research even shows that a granted wish can give kids the strength to fight against and even overcome a critical illness.

The decision to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation as our exclusive charitable partner was born out of a passionate desire to help kids in need that not only our entire teams shares, but our client base and our fundraiser supporters share, too. We emphatically ask you to join us as we continue to raise money year in and year out for kids right here in Northern Ohio who need our help!

We’re incredibly grateful to our clients, sponsors, and partners for helping us make these wishes come true!

Gabriel’s Wish

Gabriel’s Wish

Four-year-old Gabriel is fighting cystic fibrosis, a progressive disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits his ability to breathe. Despite the fight he endures each day, Gabriel continues to be happy, kind and imaginative. To further fuel his imagination, Gabriel wished to visit Walt Disney World to see the new Star Wars park.

Thomas’ Wish

Thomas’ Wish

Outgoing and funny, 11 year-old Thomas is fighting Spinal Muscular Dystrophy, a disease that damages the nerve cells and causes muscles to slowly weaken and waste away. Thomas’ wish was to meet the cast of his favorite TV show, giving him and his family the opportunity to take a break from his medical routines and go on a once-in-a-lifetime experience.  

Avery’s Wish

Avery’s Wish

Despite dealing with a metabolic condition called glycogen storage disease, Avery continues to be a happy, active 4-year-old. Her heartfelt wish is to become the mermaid princess Ariel — including the fins! Avery’s wish came true when she was granted a makeover at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in Disney World.

Le’Marion’s Wish

Le’Marion’s Wish

Le’Marion is battling Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a rare disorder where the body makes too many dendritic cells for the immune system to handle. Even so, Le’Marion is an energetic 4-year-old who loves dinosaurs and superheroes. He wished to go on an Orlando adventure to Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World — a vacation away from the stress and worry of his usual routine.

Silas’ Wish

Silas’ Wish

Five-year-old Silas is battling gastroparesis, a condition in which the stomach is not able to empty itself in a normal fashion. However, judging by his smile and positive attitude, you’d never know of his illness! Silas adamantly wished for something his entire family would enjoy with him, and he decided to go with his three little sisters to Disney World.

Kaleb’s Wish

Kaleb’s Wish

Kaleb is 13 years old and battling Friedreich’s ataxia, an inherited disorder that causes progressive damage to the nervous system. Kaleb and his older sister, Brooke, both have the same condition. Inspired by his love of swimming, Kaleb dreamed of going to an accessible beach with his family.

Willa’s Wish

Willa’s Wish

Six-year-old Willa is fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but that does not hold her back from living life to its fullest. She loves playing with her siblings and singing along to her favorite Disney movies. Most of all, she yearns to be just like Moana, swimming in the ocean and dancing at a luau with her family. Her wish was to swim with dolphins in Hawaii.

Support Our Sponsors

W.A. Smith Financial Group thanks these great partners for making it possible for us to host our 2023 Charitable Raffle & Dinner to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

If you would like to help make a bigger impact

Contact Lisa Timko - Lisa@WASmithFinancial.com or 1-866-417-4156 to become a sponsor.

We thank you in advance for your continued support!