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Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

My name is Alexandra Rockwell, my father is Rocky Rockwell. My senior project invoolves donations to the Room to Read Organization. Room to Read is an organization dedicated to changing the world's illiteracy problems. For more information go to www.roomtoread.org.

Several weeks ago I wrote to some of the best growers in the world asking for seed donations. The response was tremendous (according to my dad!). I would like to personally thank Ron and Dick Wallace, Larry Checkon, and Phil Hunt, president of the GVGO for an amazing bunch of seeds for this raffle.

The raffle will start tonite and run for 3 weeks, ending on April 28th. Raffle chances will be sold for $10 for one chance, and $20 for three chances. Please send your check or money order to my father (Rocky Rockwell), who is overseeing this portion of my senior project. The address is:

Rocky Rockwell
Roomtoread.org raffle
166 Roosevelt St
Sayre, PA 18840

The list of seeds (there will be 11 winners drawn!) are as follows:

1502 Wallace (current world record)
1469 Checkon
1354 Checkon
1347 Wallace
1186 Wallace
1140 Wallace
1110 Wallace
1039 Leonard
977 Wallace
848* Mackenzie
776.6 Hain

Thank you for your time and donations. If you would like to make a straight donation to my Room to Read senior project, they would be greatly accepted in helping this cause! Best of luck with the raffle, and best of luck growing big pumpkins in 2007!

4/7/2007 3:48:26 PM

Waterloo, Nebraska

Alexandra, I feel lucky. I sent you a check for raffle tickets. Have you had a good response so far? Please post updates about how your project is going.
Jody

4/18/2007 4:14:26 PM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

Jody,

According to my dad, the turn out is a bit slower than the raffles he usually does, but the last week is always pretty good. This is my first fund raiser, as I am trying to raise as much money as I can to do anything from send a girl through school ( 3,000 dollars) to as much as build a school or library (16,000). I am a freshman and have a few years to complete this, but so far, so good. I am very grateful to those who have sent in money for raffle chances, and hope many more do over the next 10 days.

Best of luck and thank you for writing!

4/18/2007 10:14:39 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Alexandra,

This in s a fine & noble endeavor. Most folks already have their seed selections made & are readying their patches but I suspect you'll still get good support.

Best wishes for a successful auction!

4/18/2007 10:28:09 PM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

Tremor,

This is Rocky, Alex's dad. Fon't forget, everyone will be trying 4 years from now to get that 1469 or 1502 once it produces the first 2000 pounder! haahaa.. Lets hope it does, maybe not that soon, but the genetics are there! How many times did you say "I should have gotten a few more of them before they became scarce?!!!!" Support is starting to pick up, I am proud of her, and also proud to be associated with this group because without you this fund raiser wouldnt be possible.

9 days left until drawing! Get those raffle chances now, we all know how slow that darn mail can be!!

LONG LIVE THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE!!! :o)

4/19/2007 12:55:36 PM