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Annual
Charity Auction
October 24, 2024
Plenty of Ravens Roost 138 members and a bunch of other bar/restaurant patrons gathered on this important night at Monaghan's Pub for our Annual Charity Auction.
Auction items were flying off the shelves, and a number of great bargains were had by some lucky or crafty bidders.
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IF you were there, you also witnessed the drawing for our Scratch Off Ticket Raffle!
This raffle was a new concept in 2024, but it was fun enough that it WILL be repeated again. We're reaching out to the winner of this raffle to see just how much she might have won from the 15 Ravens scratch-off tickets that constituted her prize.
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Overall, this auction is one of the more lucrative money-making activities that we hold each year, and this one was no exception. There are still items to be auctioned off in a Silent Auction to be held the afternoon of November 3rd during the Ravens - Broncos game, but to date proceeds from this auction exceed $7,000!
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Thanks again to all of the people and vendors that contributed merchandise for this event, and to the patrons who opened their pocketbooks (and their hearts) to make this one great event. You're the best!
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Proceeds benefit our local charities.
​January 2025
3 Digit Raffle
On Sale NOW!
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It's THAT time of the year again. Don't procrastinate!
You can be the favorite member of your family and of all your friends.
All you need to do is buy them each a ticket to watch or get them to buy one for themselves!
Or better yet, you could do both!
For a measly $5, you can give these out as stocking stuffers.
The timing is right, because numbers are drawn each night in January.
Any ticket that you sell (or buy for yourself) could win 31 times! (But they won't. I'll bet you).
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You should plan to jump on this one right away.
After all, there are only 1,000 tickets available, and they ALWAYS sell out!
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You won't want to kick yourself on January 1st because you waited a day too long to cough up your five-spot.
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Thanks a million to you, in advance, from all of us at Ravens Roost 138!
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Marine Toys For Tots Foundation
Holiday Toy Drive
November 1 - 30, 2025
Your little secret is out. We know that you've ALWAYS dreamed about sitting on Santa's lap.
Unfortunately, THAT ship has sailed. You're a little too old to try doing that today.
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Now all you can do is contribute a bunch of toys to The Marine Toys For Tots Foundation.
They'll give them to Santa so he can honor all the requests made this year by the kids who ARE young enough to live out your dream.
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Please donate as many new, unwrapped toys as your budget can afford.
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We've set up a Drop Box at Monaghan's Pub to gather all the toys we can. Each time the Drop Box is filled, one of our Roost's Elves will bag them up and take them to Santa's secret Toy Transfer Station. That is where our responsibility stops and Santa's responsibility starts. He and his reindeer will deliver all of the toys according to his well laid-out Christmas Eve delivery schedule.
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You'll feel good that you helped Santa, Santa will feel good that he was able to meet all of the kids wishes, and the kids will be happy playing with their new toys for a whole year.
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It's a WIN-WIN-WIN proposition -
but only if YOU help.
AND YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT SOON!
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Silent Auction
November 3, 2024
1:00 PM - End of Game
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We could never forget those who weren't able to make it to our Charity Auction in October. For you, we held a Second Chance Silent Auction, this year coincident with what SHOULD have been our trouncing of the Denver Broncos.
There was a LOT of merchandise up for grabs, partly because some of the great stuff we thought we would have for the initial Charity Auction was stuck in transit.
THAT problem was resolved, and ALL those items were available for you to place your best silent bids on.
Many people placed their bids, then ate, then watched some of the game. At halftime some came back and raised their initial bid. Hopefully it was enough to WIN! (If not, maybe they should have come back a few more times to make sure they DID win. That's on them.)
When the final hammer fell at the end of the game, our charity coffers were a little over $7,000 richer.
That was still not enough, because our sights were set on $7,500.
We rectified this issue by holding another silent auction during the Ravens - Steelers game on November 17th. Through that effort, we ended up clearing a little over our $7,500 target.
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Success!
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Thanks a million to all those who donated the great stuff we had to auction, as well as all those who opened their wallets and pocketbooks to make our fund raiser a resounding success.
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Those who won were supposed to back their cars and trucks up a few minutes early so they didn't have to carry their new stuff very far. Hopefully they did.
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Meetings
Ravens Roost 138
Annual Holiday Gathering
December 18, 2024
7:30 PM
Mark this date on your calendar, and do it now.
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You won't want to be absent for our December member's meeting. Not only because of all the meaningful things that we're going to discuss (like our donations to occur in January), but because of the FREE FOOD available to all Roost members immediately following this 5 minute meeting.
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Bring your bibb.
Polar Bear Plunge
February 1, 2025
9AM - 4PM
Sunny, 90 degree days in Bermuda? Who needs them! Weve got our own little 39 degree, overcast and windy days here in good old B'more.
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That's PERFECT weather for a little plunge, don't you think?
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Go grab a bunch of your friends and get down to Sandy Point. That's where the giant polar bear will greet you and show you where the warmest water is.
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Just don't forget to register as a Ravens Roost 38 plunger before you go.
We'll make that so easy for you to do that you won't be able to refuse.
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Simply scan the QC Code on the flyer.
Or, for the more technically challenged among us, you can just click on the Ravens Roost 138 Team Polar Bear Plunge link here: ​
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