Tickets Now Available for Rotary Club’s Annual 50/50 Fundraiser

The Rotary Club of Madison’s annual 50/50 Fundraiser is underway. 

Now in its 28th year, this project accounts for the major portion of funds which will be distributed at the club’s Charitable Distribution Luncheon in May 2012.

The 2011 luncheon distributed $45,000 to about 90 local charities and non-profits, including four scholarships to Madison High School seniors. 

Other fund-raising programs include the Taste of Madison, Bottle Hill Day sales of hot dogs and hamburgers, Community Shred-it Days and, most recently, the Rotary Family Festival. 

There are 600 tickets to be sold at a cost of $100 per ticket. If all tickets are sold, the prize money will be awarded in the following amounts: First Prize: $20,000; Second Prize: $5,000; Third Prize: $3,000; Fourth Prize: $1,200 and Fifth Prize: $800.

Winning tickets will be drawn on Thursday, Dec. 8 at the YMCA.

Tickets may be purchased from any Madison Rotarian. For further information, call Event Chairman Andrew Boles at 973-377-2377 or visit the Madison Rotary website.