I brain-farted on the raffle promotion over the weekend. Will you have any promo's in the future?
We will! It won't be the 40% that was offered to this community, but I'm launching a general public early-bird campaign this Thursday, June 16, on our Facebook page for 30% bonus entries: https://www.facebook.com/henryfordestate.
do you have a max total number of raffle tickets or are you turning this into a cheap money scheme and sell 300,000,000,000,000 ticketsHey there!
Calling all Braptor fans! This is your chance to win a 2022 Bronco Raptor, Area-51 with the Lux package, while supporting the small Dearborn, Michigan nonprofit I work with: Henry Ford Estate: Fair Lane, Home of Clara and Henry Ford. While I'm just the team's finance guy, I wanted to share this opportunity with Bronco lovers directly as I want to see this beast get in the hands of someone that will actually drive it.
I'm sharing a promo code that will give all Bronco6G members 40% more entries when donating to the sweepstakes through Sunday, June 12: BRONCO6GEARLY.
CLICK HERE FOR 40% MORE ENTRIES
https://www.tapkat.org/fair-lane-home-of-clara-and-henry-ford/v5R3xE?promo=BRONCO6GEARLY
Absolutely any support is immensely appreciated! If you have any recommendations on how to help this fundraiser grow, please be sure to message me!
Also, thank you to everyone that's been sharing their opinions on my welcome post regarding desired SWAG. It's beyond appreciated and will help me better develop some fun incentives for participating in this sweepstakes.
Lastly, a huge thank you to the mods for allowing me to share this here and elsewhere! Without your support, I couldn't get this in the hands of those that deserve a Braptor the most!
FAQ
PS: we're not marketing professionals. We're just dedicated professionals that have a passion for building our community based nonprofit. As such, I apologize for any clerical errors in this post!
- Who are you? This sounds like a scam.
- I promise that this isn't a scam (that's exactly what a scammer would say, but I'm not). I'm Cody Tousignant, Director of Finance and Administration, at Henry Ford Estate: Fair Lane, Home of Clara and Henry Ford. Last year we had a sweepstakes for a custom RTR Ford Bronco and the winner was a Dearborn native. I actually got to meet the winner and handed him the keys! He didn't want to make a big deal about winning it so we couldn't publicly advertise it like we wanted to. Prior to that, we did a raffle for a 2020 Roush Stage 3 Mustang.
- When will the winning ticket be drawn?
- December 30, 2022.
- Why'd you pick Area-51 as the color instead of Code Orange?
- I know this sucks, but we did it to appeal to the most people. I personally love Code Orange, but I recognize that some donors may despise it so we went with the safer choice.
- YOU STOLE MY CHANCE TO BUY A BRAPTOR JUST TO GIVE IT AWAY!
- I sure hope not! We acquired our Braptor through a different pool/channel than consumers have access to. This means that we didn't take away your chance to buy one!
- Can I share this promo code?
- Technically, yes. While I'd love for this to be exclusive to Bronco lovers, I'd also love for this to be a successful fundraiser, so share away!
- What does the money support?
- All profits are invested into the restoration and operations of the Estate, a public charity, with a portion going toward overhead like utilities, insurance, and security. Our small team of dedicated professionals works to highlight the craftsmanship of the artisans that built Fair Lane in 1915. We also get to restore some fun engineering marvels like Henry Ford's and Thomas Edison's hydro-powered generator that used to power the Estate and part of Dearborn, MI.
- Is Fair Lane even open?
- The Historic Gardens are open 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM, 7-days a week, and it's completely free to access! However, the buildings are all closed for restoration.
- When will Fair Lane be open again?
- It will be a long, phased opening, but I hope soon! My personal goal is to have such a successful sweepstakes that we can open the Clara and Henry's house at the end of 2023.
- I want to see the inside!
- We host Member Only events in which guests can see the inside of the Estate's building! If you're interested, sign up for a membership here, https://www.henryfordfairlane.org/join-support.
- What's the story behind Fair Lane?
- The 1915 Estate was the home of Clara and Henry Ford up until their deaths in 1950 and 1947, respectively. Being an older home, the Ford family auctioned off most of the furniture and then transferred ownership to Ford Motor Company to use for their archives. In 1957, the Estate and a considerable chunk of land was donated to the University of Michigan so they could build an engineering campus near FMC headquarters. Up until 2010, the Estate was used as office and event space, essentially destroying its historical integrity. In 2013, the Estate, and a smaller parcel of land, was transferred to a public charity: Henry Ford Estate. The Estate's restoration was managed by the same leadership as the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, in Grosse Pointe Shores, until 2019 when Henry Ford Estate began managing its own restoration.
- How can I learn more and follow the Estate's restoration?
- Visit our website, https://www.henryfordfairlane.org/, or Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/henryfordestate, for updates!
- I still have a question...
- Post it here and I'll try my best to answer it!
While there isn't a max number of sweepstakes entries, I wouldn't consider this a scheme; as transparently as I can put it, we're a small nonprofit trying to maximize our fundraising efforts. If we could turn this into a cheap money scheme and sell that many tickets, we'd never have to fundraise again!
Cheap money scheme?
