[pct-l] Ruck Raffle....new prize!!!

[kahley7 <kahley7@ptd.net>]

"The HOSTEL, known as "The Place" is owned and operated by the Damascus
United Methodist Church. "The Place" is now in its twenty-fourth
consecutive year serving hikers and bikers on the Appalachian Trail, The
National Transcontinental Bike Trail, and the Virginia Creeper Trail. It is
estimated that at least thirty to forty thousand people from all over the
United States and many foreign countries have spent one or more nights
there, and for the past three or four years, more than two thousand have
registered each year."
http://www.damascus.org/trailservices/hostel.htm
Well "The Place" is in need of our assistance now. The church needs
$20,000.00 to refurbish "The Place". Can you afford to donate five
dollars to help keep this Trail institution available for another quarter
century?
The Ruck is sponsoring a raffle to raise monies for "The Place".
Each raffle ticket is $5, ALL monies go to "The Place" in memory of
Ed Garvey.  When I spoke to one of the members of the hostel
committee who oversees "The Place", he was so sad to learn of
Ed's passing.  He told me of the times he and Ed spent sitting
out front of the hostel talking trail.  So we are pleased to honor
Ed Garvey by keeping this trail institution up and running.
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Tickets will be $5 each and will be available at the Ruck or by mail!!
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Checks to be made out to Damascus UMC Hostel.
Mail checks to:
John O'Mahoney
40 Lenape Trail
Brick, NJ 08724
Put Ruckfund in the memo space.
All checks must be accompanied by a
STAMPED SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.
All checks must be received by December 15th

A week for TWO ( or two weeks for one ) of supported hiking from our
favorite slackpacker, Richard Mann, AKA Pittsburgh and Hike USA. - Value $800
http://www.hike-usa.com/
.
An Ultralight NomadLight backpacking tent from
Kurt Russell & Wanderlust Gear Value $250
http://www.wanderlustgear.com/
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A never used MountainSmith MountainLight 4000 backpack with carbon stays
weight 3lbs 1oz donated by a darlin' daughter in honor of her Mom, who died
from cancer before she could realize her dream of thru hiking. - Value $299
.
A 30 item sampler of trailfood donated by Enertia Trail Foods - Value $60
http://www.trailfoods.com/

PLUS....although it is not yet up on the site, there is an additional prize!
One year of standard webhosting for commercial or
personal use, either as a virtual site or transfer of
domain hosting. (value, $240) donated by After Hours Consulting
http://www.afterhoursconsulting.org/
.

http://friends.backcountry.net/ruck/
http://friends.backcountry.net/ruck/raffle.html

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For details on the prizes check out our website.
http://friends.backcountry.net/ruck/index.html

You might also check out the auction page to see another way
to pitch in and help!  Do you have some gear that just isn't working for you
anymore?  Why not donate it to the Ruck Auction and give it another chance
to hike again while benefiting "The Place" .

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