“Golden Ticket” tourist pass – Daniel Gaestel
“Fundraising Idea – We are a tourist town and there are some local hot spots where the lines get to be very long. One is the bakery, and the other, the ice cream parlor. We partnered with the two establishments and we raffle off a “Golden Ticket” which gives the winner a “skip the line pass” at each of these establishments for the entire summer season. We have only been doing this for a few years but it seems each year the raffle entries go up which in turn raises more money each year for our Volunteer Fire Company. We advertise the raffle in the news paper so the businesses also get free advertising and drive customers to their establishments and in return we keep 100% of the proceeds.”