Tickets are on sale now for the Chamber of Commerce Reverse Raffle scheduled for Saturday, October 21.
This year’s event, the FORTUNE 5,000 PLUS, is hosted by the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce and will be held at the Henderson Convention Center.
The grand prize for the evening will be $5,000. NCOL.NET and Staples will serve as presenting sponsors for the event.
Both presenting sponsors have common beliefs about the importance of networking and small business which led them to partner with the Chamber for the seventh annual event.
“While network design and support are a big part of our business, people in this community have been networking their businesses for years through the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce,” said Walter Pegram, NCOL.NET, Inc. company owner. “I’m not talking about computers and the internet,” he explained. “I’m talking about meeting with other businesses and talking about your company’s products and services and also your company’s needs,” Pegram added.
“At NCOL.NET, we are very strong believers in the value of networking to the success of today’s small business, and Chamber functions are the best place to make that happen,” he continued.
Store manager Stan Wolfenbarger stated that small business is the key to Staples and is pleased with the level of service the Chamber provides area small business members.
“The Henderson-Vance Chamber reaches more businesses collectively than any one business or individual can,” said Wolfenbarger. “Likewise, the Chamber of Commerces successfully serves as a strong, singular mouth for its many members, many of which individually would never be heard,” he continued.
“The FORTUNE 5,000 PLUS is a fun, exciting opportunity for people to gather in support of a worthy organization, and we appreciate the opportunity to serve as corporate sponsor,” Wolfenbarger added.
Registration for the FORTUNE 5,000 PLUS will begin at 6:15 p.m. The ticket price is $125, and only 195 tickets will be sold prior to the event. A total of 200 tickets will be drawn during the raffle. The last four tickets will be auctioned off when there are only 100, 50, 20 and 8 tickets remaining respectively. The 200th ticket will be raffled for $5 a chance, with the winner guaranteed to be one of the last ten tickets drawn.
All tickets must be paid for prior to the event and represented to win.
The price includes one entry to win the grand prize, heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine and soft drinks for two individual and entries for various cash and door prizes.
Entertainment will be provided by Hidden Agenda. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served throughout the event.
In addition to the grand prize of $5,000, other numerous cash prizes will be awarded throughout the raffle as well. The 100th ticket drawn will receive $100. The 125th ticket drawn will receive $200. The 150th ticket drawn will be awarded $400, and the 175th ticket drawn will receive a prize of $800.
Up to four other side raffles will take place throughout the evening for additional prizes including a $1,000 cash prize. Additionally, a raffle will be held for a color television courtesy of W.W. Properties and East Carolina Tire. Tickets for the television will be sold in advance, as well as the night of the event, for $2 each or three tickets for $5.
Tickets must be reserved by Wednesday, October 18. No reserved seating will be available for this event. To pre-register for the FORTUNE 5,000 PLUS, contact the Chamber at 438-8414 or membership@hendersonvance.org.