Monday, July 31, 2006
 
Post-Dispatch Can't Hang It On Sengheiser
As I mentioned previously, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch earlier this year had a mad-on for the local charity Gateway for a Cure, run by Lou Sengheiser (sample article here).

Now, another charity that wanted to raffle off a house has run into trouble:
    A new $175,000 home or $125,000 and 40 smaller prizes guaranteed to make the $100 ticket at least pay for itself would have seemed a temptation for even a non-gambler.

    But the Waterloo Sports Association's idea of making someone lucky person's dream come true while raising substantial funds for its youth sports programs fizzled.

    The Waterloo City Council approved the WSA's idea last November and for weeks the house raffle was the talk of the town.

    Unfortunately, people were just talking, not buying tickets.

    "We had 3,500 tickets, and we finally gave up when we couldn't even sell 300," said Rich Grove, who headed the WSA fundraiser.
We at MfBJN are waiting with bated breath to see if the St. Louis Post-Dispatch goes after the Waterloo whomever as crooks, or if Lou Sengheiser was just lucky.


- posted by Brian J. @ 7:13 PM
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