LUCIAN'S RAFFLE FOR CHARITY: JANUARY
In my line of work higher ups try to always encourage giving back to the community abroad or at home. I spend at least 1 hour a week doing charity or volunteer work. To be honest it's one of the most rewarding things I do each week.
In order to enter you must have a signed Letter of Appreciation from someone of a supervisor or managerial position.
What's an LoA(Letter of Appreciation) you ask?
Usually, when you are doing volunteer work that needs to be documented, a Letter of Appreciation will be given to you upon completing a task that was assigned to you or fullfilling a certain amount of time you pledged to volunteer for. If your charity or volunteer group doesn't usually hand out LoAs you can always ask and I'm sure they will be more than glad to write one up for you.
Never volunteered before? Don't know where to start?
There are always TONS of volunteer opportunities available all the time, any place, anywhere. Doing a little online research can help give you a push in the right direction. Websites like VolunteerMatch.org is a good place to start. For contestants from outside the U.S. I'm sure there are lots of ways to find volunteer work. Google is your friend.
How to choose what kind of volunteer work to do:
You can practically volunteer for anything! Whether it's working at a food drive, animal shelter, soup kitchen, mentoring others, tutoring students from a lower grade, help with building projects in your local neighborhood. Choose something that speaks to you or that you'd enjoy doing. If you don't like it the first time you can always move on to something else. Volunteering is a personal CHOICE. No one is making you do it.
How the raffle works:
Fitting volunteer work into your schedule can be extremely difficult so the raffle will be open all month long. The winners will be announced on the first of the following month when the next raffle begins.
In order to enter you must submit a username tagged LoA(Letter of Appreciation) dated within the same month of the raffle. For example, if the raffle is being held in February, you have to volunteer in February.
How the winners are picked:
In order to rule out any biased picking this is how the winning LoAs will be drawn. I will print out card sized copies of the LoA which hav been entered, throw them into a hat, shake them up, and scatter them onto the floor. The first three cards that my dog picks up, in that order, will be chosen as the winners.
Entries Due: 31JAN15
Winner Accounced: 01FEB15
PRIZES:
The satisfaction of helping others. That's the main prize! But of course, there are Neopet related incentives.
FIRST PLACE:
The first place contestant will be able to choose ANY NC item that is currently stocked in the NC Mall gifted to an account of their choice.
SECOND PLACE:
3m in pure or ETS(up to the winner)
THIRD PLACE:
1m in pure or ETS(up to the winner)
HUGE DISCLAIMER:
I know this type of contest is prone to run into integrity issues with entries that can be fabricated. I will try my best to research every LoA and volunteer that is submitted in order to validate it. The real point of this is to encourage others to go out and lend a helping hand, aid someone in need, help feed one thousand cats in some animal shelter. If you want to FAKE helping others just so you can win some damn Neopoints, I think that's a punishment in itself to live with those kind of values. You need to get your priorities straight booboo.
Sadly I've never done volunteer work but soon next year I'll be working for a Charity Orchestra. Hope y'all have fun!
