Raffle Update – $14,000 for Make-a-Wish!

A New Home

As planned, the “Double Dragon” was raffled off at intermission on the House of Blues Chicago mainstage. Make-a-Wish Illinois representative Wande Olude helped draw the winning tickets. This year we sold $7,010 in tickets, which was matched by our coprorate parent Alliance Data Systems, bringing the this year’s donation to $14,020.

Special thanks as well to Adam Krier (Lucky Boys Confusion, AM Taxi) and Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine) for their support of this raffle. With their help I was able to offer a second grand prize – a Epiphone LP Studio LT signed by Tom Morello.

Our four-year total now stands at just over $32,000.

Here’s the lucky winner after we handed over the Double Dragon…

And the Tom Morello guitar in the hands of its new owner…