There are less than four weeks left to purchase a $35 raffle ticket to “adopt” a child who will receive one free book each month for a year. This ticket also enters you in a drawing for one of five fabulous prizes in the 2 Ways 2 Win raffle! Support literacy in the youngest children in Greene and Putnam counties though Ferst Readers. 

This year’s prizes include two dining experiences, two shopping sprees or flowers every other month from Z. Grant Design. The restaurants participating are Café 44, Bone Island Grill, The Silver Moon, Filet Steak & Seafood, Georgia Butts BBQ, The Grill, Sisson’s Old South Bar-B-Que, and The Iron Fork Café. The participating shops are Bend the Trend, Madeleine Page Footwear & Apparel, The French Hare, Plantation Olive Oil Company, Paper Soiree, Aurum Jewelers, Cheveux Salon, Il Mio Gioiello Boutique, and Lakeside Art Gallery. The drawing will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 24at da Corrado Ristorante. You do not have to be present to win.

The goal is to support 500 children in Greene and Putnam Counties for the coming year by raising $17,500. Please help us reach this goal! Tickets can be purchased from any community action team member, from Cathy Mize at 478-454-7150, from Carol Khun at 443-867-2012, or from Diana O’Keefe at 706-467-3765. Tickets are also available at Bend the Trend, Greene County Chamber or BankSouth (Lake Oconee branch).

 

For more information visit www.ferstreaders.org.