This is your weekly update on the Whiskey Raffle! As a reminder, thanks to your generosity, our 2024 raffle sold all 400 tickets and raised $10,000 for community projects. This year, we’re aiming even higher—$25,000.

Whiskey tasting Thursday this week for club membership!  

This week on Thursday is our first whiskey tasting. It’s our dress rehearsal and strategy session for the rest of the tastings we’ll perform across Dunwoody aimed at driving ticket sales ticket sales outside of our membership. This first is free and open to club membership (and close friends)! It will be at Neal MacDonald and Amy Popp’s place at Arabelle Perimeter (1110 Hammond Drive, #721). We have a few spots left but seats are limited and you must RSVP to Neal MacDonald before Thursday!

This first month of September is all about the prize pool… we need bottles!

Last year we had 20 bottles forming five prize pools. This year, we’re looking to double our prize pool so we need to get close to doubling our bottles. At this time, we have four promised and committed donations… we’re 10% of the way there. Let’s close that gap!

Whiskey enthusiasts hide among your friends and neighbors. Ask them! Prestige and collectible bottles will be the backbone of our success. Questions? Ask Neal MacDonald (whiskey nerd) or Dave Burr (sensible planner).

(And yes… we do accept spirits of quality that aren’t necessarily whiskey!)

This is how our major fundraiser for the fall is shaping up:

• Phase 1: Prize collection (to be completed by October 1). we now have 4 of our anticipated 40 bottles promised… let’s go!
• Phase 2: Sell tickets (goal is to sell all 1,000 tickets by November 15): we’ll be priced at $25/ticket or 5 tickets for $100. Sales are open now but we will begin marketing in earnest in October.
• Spread the word! Encourage friends, family, and colleagues—whiskey enthusiasts are never hard to find (they brag). Every ticket sold brings us closer to our $25,000 goal. And whiskey might just be a great way to introduce people to Rotary.
• And Lastly, SAVE THE DATE! Thirsty Thursday, November 20! We’re targeting that last Thursday before Thanksgiving for the main event itself.