At Notre Dame's Oktoberfest “Irish Style” celebration held Saturday on the school's Pontiac campus, four winning Super Raffle tickets were drawn, netting the lucky winners big prizes. Approximately 47,000 tickets were sold in the two months leading up to the event providing ticket holders with about a one in twelve thousand chance of winning one of the four main prizes: $50,000, $10,000, $5,000 and $1,000.
The raffle is expected to net more than $350,000 for the school, which will go toward financial aid, technology upgrades for the students and other classroom enhancements.
More than 600 Notre Dame families and friends attended Saturday's celebration, which featured cocktails, dinner, dancing and a special performance by Notre Dame students promoting the upcoming upper division performance of “The Sound of Music,” scheduled for Nov. 14-17.
There were many cheers as three of the four raffle winners turned out to be current Notre Dame parents. Prior to the drawing, the school also announced three “volunteers of the year” for the 2012/2013 school year. These individuals were recognized for their outstanding service to the Notre Dame community. The volunteers of the year were:
– Beth Bauer
– Kim Huttenlocher
– Jill Seitzinger
The winning Super Raffle ticket numbers:
1st prize: $50,000: Ticket no. 004381
2nd prize: $10,000: Ticket no. 010771
3rd prize: $5,000: Ticket no. 041347
4th prize: $1,000: Ticket no. 006443
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.