{"id":115482,"date":"2019-03-27T06:40:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T11:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=115482"},"modified":"2019-03-27T06:40:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T11:40:13","slug":"united-way-sets-fiesta-fun-friday-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/03\/27\/united-way-sets-fiesta-fun-friday-event\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way sets Fiesta Fun Friday event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018-19 United Way Campaign Chair Tisha Fast announced the last planned event to help raise money for the 2018-19 campaign. Currently, the campaign is at $482,521, which is 97 percent of its $500,000 goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s last event is Fiesta Fun Friday, a reverse raffle event to be held at Willow Bend Country Club on Friday, May 3. Doors open at 5:30 that evening. Premier sponsors for the event are Central Insurance Companies, Citizens National Bank, and Federal Mogul Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/United-Way-logo-9-2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43104\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Area residents will not want to miss this fun and festive event. The reverse raffle grand prize is $1,000 cash. Tickets for the evening are $45 per ticket or $80 a couple. Tickets include a variety of Mexican buffet items, one drink ticket, and a ticket into the reverse raffle. Also available is a table of eight for $350, which includes eight buffet tickets, eight drink tickets, and eight raffle tickets and a pitcher of margaritas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first raffle will be drawn at 6:30 p.m. and continue until the last ticket remains. Other activities include live auctions for additional re-entries into the reverse raffle and plenty of side games for additional prizes. There will also be a raffle for specialty themed sombreros, with a Men\u2019s Hat, Women\u2019s Hat, Downtown Van Wert Hat, two Lucky Lottery Hats, a Liquor Hat, and a Wine Hat &#8212; all providing additional chances to win the $1,000 grand prize.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Schlagbaum will be the emcee for the evening, while those participating can \u201ccome as they are\u201d in casual attire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available at the United Way office, 136 E. Main St., or by calling the United Way\u00a0at 419.238.6689. The event is limited to 250 tickets sold, so get a ticket before it is too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information 2018-19 United Way Campaign Chair Tisha Fast announced the last planned event to help raise money for the 2018-19 campaign. Currently, the campaign is at $482,521, which is 97 percent of its $500,000 goal. This year\u2019s last event is Fiesta Fun Friday, a reverse raffle event to be held at Willow Bend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 01:14:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}