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Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

And more available in a seed raffle, here is the details!

My name is Alexandra Rockwell, my father is Rocky Rockwell. My senior project involves 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!

4/8/2007 9:32:10 AM

ordinary,VA

What a great idea for a senior project.
helping people never gets old.
my twenty bucks plus a donation will be on its way.

should i use ups or fedex or hummmm
just kidding Rock.

4/8/2007 10:30:27 AM

Deer Park WA

Hope you have over night express delivery to the winners...

4/9/2007 12:31:19 AM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

I work for the post office Gad!

4/9/2007 11:10:06 PM

Ohio

Nice idea Little Rock!

4/10/2007 5:16:21 AM

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Great idea. Alexandra, let me know if you want to include a 2004 picture of your dad capturing the milk chugging trophy at the PGPGA weigh off in Altoona, as an additional prize I could find it for you.

4/10/2007 7:35:31 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

So Rock we should expect them around December :)

4/10/2007 7:56:22 AM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

Hey NOW!!! lol.. If you win, you will have then in 3 days or less! GO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE! :o)

Ned, nice to hear from you! That milk chugging is All American, isn't it!

4/10/2007 11:56:21 AM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

2 weeks until the drawing! Very few responses so far, so you have great chance at great seeds! Many thanks to those who have sent in already, and many thanks for those who are going to! Best of luck! **1 foot of snow on the way!! UGGGH>.

4/13/2007 1:34:57 PM

ordinary,VA

one foot of snow!! dag Rock when are you going to start your seeds?



mine goes into the mail tomorrow.

4/13/2007 4:35:46 PM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

As of right now, I probably will not be starting my seeds until May 1st, a week later. Outside planting will be in the second week of May, giving me a prayer list for warm nice weather in May and June. Our weather has been so bad here, if I tried to go without soil heating cables, I wouldnt get a soil temp of 60 degrees until June.

Thanks for all your support!

4/15/2007 5:56:23 PM