Story Circle Network's Benefit Raffle

Enter our semi-annual raffle: help SCN and win a great prize!

Try your luck in our Story Circle Raffle!

Raffle opens January 1, 2013
Raffle closes June 30, 2013

Winners will be announced after all have been contacted

Here are the Prizes for January-June, 2013:


Story Circle Online Classes enrollment fee, value: $320 The winner of this prize may enroll in the online class of her choosing; the registration fee will be paid by the donor of this prize. Note: Story Circle's classes are for women only...
The Donor: A generous Story Circle supporter has donated this prize...



Handturned Hackberry Bowl, 8" diameter, value: $180 The dramatic coloration in this hackberry bowl comes from natural decay in the wood after the tree died. On the inside and outside of the bowl, you can see the outer growth rings of the tree, which grew in the Texas Hill Country.
The Donor: Bill Albert has been practicing the art of woodturning for nearly a decade. He is also the co-author (with his wife, Susan Wittig Albert) of the Robin Paige Victorian/Edwardian mysteries, as well as many books for young readers. The Alberts live in the Texas Hill Country, where he harvests the wood for his bowls and vases.



Garden-Themed Wall Hanging, value: $100 Accomplished quilter Jinni Turkelson hand-quilted a garden-themed hanging that would look wonderful on your wall.
The Donor: Jinni Turkelson is an RN care Manager for Senior Services in the Grand Rapids, MI area. Her favorite hobby is quiltmaking while listening to an audio book: "That's the best of two worlds, other than spending time with my two year old grandsons."



Hand-Made Necklace & Matching Earrings, value: $85 This is a one-of-a-kind hand-made necklace and matching earrings. They retail for $70-$100.
The Donor: Theresa Rubin is the Quality Management Coordinator for the North Carolina AIDS Care Program serving people with HIV/AIDS throughout the state. In her spare time she makes jewelry and reads novels and anthropology books.



The Story Circle Collection, value: $73 This prize consists of a set of Story Circle's 4 published books: Starting Points, Kitchen Table Stories, What Wildness is This?, With Courage & Common Sense
The Donor: Story Circle Network



The Cindy Tote, value: $70 The Cindy Tote by 31 Gifts Company comes in your choice of four patterns. You can personalize it with either up to twelve characters on one line or up to eight characters on two lines. I purchased one of these totes and have been amazed at how much it holds: laptops, notebooks and more. It fits easily under the seat for air travel.
The Donor: Pat LaPointe is currently President of SCN, an author, editor and frequent traveler.



Cameo Character Appearance in a China Bayles mystery, value: $50 Have you ever longed to see yourself in print? Now you can! You can appear as a cameo character in Susan Albert's 2014 mystery, Death Come Quickly, #22 in the China Bayles series. Winner also receives a signed, personalized first edition copy of the book.
The Donor: Susan Albert is the New York Times best-selling author/co-author of four mystery series: China Bayles Herbal Mysteries; the Darling Dahlias 1930s mysteries; Beatrix Potter's Cottage Tale Mysteries; and the Robin Paige Victorian/Edwardian mysteries, co-authored with her husband Bill Albert.



Journal Collection I, value: $50

Five-Year Journal Record your day's events, thoughts, feelings, and such in this sturdy, hardback-bound, five-year journal. The top of each page displays the month and day and provides six ruled, quarter-inch lines for each of the five years. Use this versatile book as a diary, a gratitude journal, a place to record the first five years of a new child or grandchild's life, a new marriage or career, a way to record goals and actions taken. How you use your five-year journal is limited only by your imagination. It's the perfect way to unwind at the end of the day, and it only takes five minutes. As time moves on, revisit each day's memories of the previous five years.
Eating an Elephant: Write Your Life One Bite at a Time Sharing tips from years of experience in teaching and writing personal history, Patricia Charpentier makes penning your life story an easy, fun and fascinating process. Don't think you have the skills? Don't know where to begin? Let the encouraging words and clear examples in Eating an Elephant: Write Your Life One Bite at a Time walk you through writing your life story one memory at a time. Inside you will discover how easy it is to get started, divide your life into manageable bites, generate story ideas, bring people to life on the page, create vivid descriptions, turn memories into stories and much more.
The Donor: Patricia Charpentier, author of the multi-award winning book, Eating an Elephant: Write Your Life One Bite at a Time, teaches, writes, edits, ghostwrites and publishes personal and family history. A sought-after presenter, Patricia speaks throughout Florida, offers workshops and ongoing courses and is hosting the Writing the Waves cruise on Royal Caribbean in May 2013. She also serves as artist in residence at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Orlando.



Journal Collection II, value: $50

Everyday Journal The Everyday Lined and Blank Journals are as beautiful as they are functional. The perfect size to keep in a briefcase or on a desk, each journal contains a generous 160 pages in acid-free, recycled paper. The bright white pages are perfect for daily musings, weekly to-do lists, or sketching. A must-have desk accessory to buy for yourself or to give as a gift. Each journal contains 160 bright white, acid free pages which are available blank or with printed lines.
The Donor: Janet Balletto of Rag & Bone Bindery, donates this journal book.
Women Writing on Family: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing This book provides guidance and insight for women who write about family. Award-winning women writers from all walks of life share their experiences in planning, composing, editing, publishing, teaching, and promoting work in a variety of writing genres. Readers will learn to tackle sensitive family issues and avoid pitfalls in memoir writing, poetry, fiction, and others. Filled with tips, exercises, and anecdotes, this anthology is appropriate for both well-seasoned writers and those just beginning.
The Donor: Carol Smallwood co-edited Women Writing on Family: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing (Key Publishing House, 2012); Compartments: Poems on Nature, Femininity, and Other Realms (Anaphora Literary Press, 2011) received a Pushcart nomination. Carol has founded, supports humane societies.



Garden Collection, value: $50

The Rocky Mountain Garden Survival Guide Learn how to understand your yard with The Rocky Mountain Garden Survival Guide, hailed as "Tops!" for regional garden guides by Bella Online. This compact book, said one reviewer is "the instruction manual that should have come with your yard." Gift includes a small assortment of seed packets: two vegetable packets, two herbs and two packets of flower seeds.
The Donor: A plant biologist who studied wildfires, grizzly bear habitat and sagebrush communities, Susan J. Tweit says she "evolved" into a writer after falling in love with the stories the data revealed. Her writing and speaking on the nature of life and how to walk our journeys mindfully, with heart, has won national and regional awards, and been called "rich in the wisdom of one come face-to-face with the fragility, beauty and poetics of everyday life."
China Bayles' Book of Days Susan Albert says: "For years now, China Bayles has been nagging me about writing a book primarily about herbs—no murder, mayhem, or other unsavory doings, just herbs and the ways they are used in people's lives. The Book of Days is my answer. In it, I have adopted the traditional format of the book of days, or daybook: the personal calendar in which people over the centuries have recorded meaningful events, ideas, things to do and to celebrate, and fascinating facts."
The Donor: Susan Albert is the New York Times best-selling author/co-author of four mystery series: China Bayles Herbal Mysteries; the Darling Dahlias 1930s mysteries; Beatrix Potter's Cottage Tale Mysteries; and the Robin Paige Victorian/Edwardian mysteries, co-authored with her husband Bill Albert.

What are the Prizes?

Our raffle for January-June, 2013 features 10 prizes. The first winner selects her/his prize from the list above. The subsequent winners select from the remaining prizes until all have been awarded. Good luck!

How do I Enter?

To purchase your tickets, fill out the form below. Send us your payment (see details on next page, after you submit the form).

Tickets are $3 each; limit 20 tickets during the January-June, 2013 prize period).

Payment must be received no later than the close of the raffle: 11:59pm CST on June 30, 2013.

Your name will be put on our numbered list when we receive your payment. An email Confirmation of Purchase will be sent to you and you will be asked to print or save this Confirmation of Purchase. The confirmation email will contain the number(s) assigned to you on our list. If payment isn't received in 14 days from the day you requested purchase, your name will be dropped and you will need to re-register.

How does the drawing work?

The drawing will be held on July 7, 2013. 10 ticket numbers will be drawn. We will contact the winners, and their names and prizes will be announced on the Story Circle website, in the August SCN e-letter, and in the September SCN Journal.

What are the rules?

You must be 18 years or older to win.
No refunds or exchanges. Void where prohibited by law.
All proceeds go to support the work of the Story Circle Network, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

How will the raffle proceeds be used?

Your raffle purchase will help fund Story Circle's Sugar Bowl fund, which subsidizes memberships for low-income women, as well as other SCN projects.

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