<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_40510"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">The BRCS raffle is in full swing.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57036" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57037" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">Many of you have already sent in your orders for tickets. THANK YOU!!!!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57038" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57058" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">This is the only fund raising we do for the year. The raffle is in early June.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57059" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57060" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">Some have asked why I start this so early and the answer is this:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57061" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57062" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">I leave for Florida on March 28th and get back May 10th.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57063" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57064" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">If I waited until then, it would give me only 25 days to raise the funding needed to do what we do plus do all the other preparations needed to do the BRCS event. So I start early.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57065" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57066" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">If you go to the BRCS website, you can see the prizes and how to order raffle tickets.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57067" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57040" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57039" href="http://www.brcleansweep.org/Raffle_Poster_15.html">http://www.brcleansweep.org/Raffle_Poster_15.html</a></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57191" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57192" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">You can't order tickets directly online but you can download an order form and send me a check and I will take care of it for you and send you confirmation by email if you wish.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57193" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57206" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">So, if you want to help us out with what Lois calls a "raffle donation", please send your check made to BRCS </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57207" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57208" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">to:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57209" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57294" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">BRCS</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57295" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">C/o Norm Fred</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57308" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">10422 Peninsula Dr.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57309" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">Traverse City, MI 49686</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57310" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57311" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">and I will be sure you are entered in the drawings. The tickets are 2.00 each.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57312" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57313" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">Thanks.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57314" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57315" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">I hope to see all of you on the river this summer.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57316" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_57317" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56820">Stay warm,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56794"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424371822000_56793" class="signature">Norm Fred<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.brcleansweep.org/">BRCS</a></div></div></body></html>