Everything You Need to Know About Bennett Park Montessori’s
46th Annual Basket Raffle
When: Thursday, March 21, 2024, 4:45-7 PM
WHAT: PASTA Dinner (5:45-6:30pm) and BASKET RAFFLE (4:45-7PM, Ticket sales end at 6:15, drawing begins at 6:30, but you do NOT need to be present to win)
Where: Bennett Park Montessori School Gym (342 Clinton St., enter by the flagpole)
WHY: It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year!! What we raise at the dinner & raffle funds educational field trips, montessori classroom materials, extracurricular activities, and offers support for school families in need and more for the upcoming year. Our goal is to raise $10,000!
COST: Tickets for the Pasta dinner are $12 /adults $6/kids if you buy ahead of time (see info below). At the door, tickets will be $15/adults $8/kids. You can also buy basket raffle tickets ahead of time, or at the door (see more below). Card, cash, cashapp, and venmo are accepted for all tickets.
Tell me more about the pasta dinner!
We’d love to! The Pasta Dinner is a full meal prepared by Chef Steven Dominguez. It includes pasta (of course! with both vegetarian and meat sauce options), salad, bread, and a dessert.
Buy buying a dinner ticket, you will also be automatically entered into a raffle with the change to win a free TV!
The dinner is a great chance to be inside the school, and hang out with other Bennett Park Montessori families, teachers, and community members while our kids all eat and play together!
Buy your tickets ahead of time for a DISCOUNT: $12/adults, $6/kids.
Tell me more about the Basket Raffle!
Of course!! The Basket Raffle is one of the MOST FUN nights at the school. There will be HUNDREDS of baskets lined up on tables, all filled with ridiculously amazing goodies for all ages!!
How it works: You buy your tickets ahead of time using the link below, or at the door the night of. Then, you drop your tickets in envelopes next to the baskets you want to win.
There is an art to the raffle and it gets exciting!! Are you an all tickets in one envelope or a spread it out kind of person?
TICKET PRICES:
$5 for 1 sheet (25 tickets/1 door prize ticket)
$10 for 3 sheets (75 tickets/ 3 door prize tickets)
$20 for 7 sheets (175 tickets/7 door prize tickets)
$50 for 20 sheets (500 tickets/ 20 door prize tickets)
Grab your tickets online using the giant green buttons above for the pasta dinner and basket raffle! OR, download & print the below form and send it in with cash, Venmo, or CashApp to your student’s teacher.
Looking for other ways to support? We’re always looking for volunteers leading up to the event and the night of! Sign up here!
Keep checking back!
We rely heavily on parent volunteers to make our Basket Raffle a huge success. There are tons of ways to get involved from day of set-up, clean-up, and ticket sales to prep work (everything from donating basket items and materials to community outreach and more). More information coming very soon!