We’ve been mentioning this for a couple weeks now about helping others and giving back for the holidays, well the time has come.

The Richness is going to “sponser” a unit currently serving in Iraq. With the money we made from the raffle and small donations we can bring a smile to the men and women’s faces who are fighting for our country. We will be sending care packages, letters, and Christmas/New Years items. Also, we will send ONE big card from The Richness. To get these things there before Christmas it will need to be mailed before December 4th.

Donations can be sent to: finance@therichness.net
*Donations will be used to buy items for the care packages and to cover shipping costs. No amount is too small.

Letters can be sent to: Pinkislove00@therichness.net as of right now, this may change.
*Letters should be of encouragement and support. Talk about things you would talk to your friends about. You can enclose a picture of yourself if you’d like.

The Unit we are sponsering was deployed from VA and arrived in Iraq October 2007. They are expected to leave Iraq January 2009. They are The 7th Signal Company XO in the US Army. It’s 5 males and 2 females. The “leader” is 2LT Beverly Wendell, she is in charge of getting the packages and letters to the others. Not only are they missing/missed this holiday season with their families, they are missing next years as well. Some of these soldiers don’t even have family to write them, so letters are really appreciated and lifts spirits for them. That is the only name provided so you can’t personally address the others. Lets make a difference and lift the moral of this unit for the holidays.

Meames will be putting together the care packages since she has experience in sending the things. We are needing all the letters by DECEMBER 4TH, which is next Tuesday. A few words of encouragement does more than you can imagine for these folks. Also, if you have family members who would like to participate, by all means let them.

We need donations to pay for the items being sent. A few dollars can buy a tube of toothpaste, deodorant and other neccessities they are needing.

We really hope you will participate in this, a letter costs nothing but a few minutes of your time and a click of a mouse.

Everybody in The Richness should know what the Rich Chrispy Treats are. But just in case you don’t, check out Rickey having some of the treats himself.

CLICK HERE.

Is Melissa J! She submitted her original work and has been proclaimed the first-ever Richness Featured Artist of the Month!

Check her work out under the Artwork section!

Our $2 Richness Raffle was a success! We sold 102 raffle tickets. Thank you sooo much for your participation and for helping us to make this a success. We have many other Richness activities waiting in the wings. Let’s just say that we plan on giving back for the Holidays. So stay tuned for the announcement.

Now…back to the winners. Our drawing was held in AIM chat at 8:30 and five of us were in attendance. We used a random generator to draw the ticket numbers. Here is the generator we used for your reference: Random Number Generator.

I also made .bmp screen captures of each number drawn for the record.

Now the winners….

1st Place Winner: Janice D. (aka yankeejan!!!!) – ticket # 47
2nd Place Winner: Reba L. – ticket # 77
3rd Place Winner: Lindsey B. – ticket # 99

Winners, please make sure to email your shipping addresses to finance@therichness.net and we will get those prizes to you before the end of the month.

View original raffle announcement posting for prize details: CLICK HERE.

We’ve extended The Richness $2 Raffle until Saturday, November 3rd, at 8pm EST. So you have a couple extra days to purchase your tickets, don’t miss out on these one of a kind Chris Rich goodies.

The Richness “End of Tour Scrapbook” deadline was October 19th, however, due to last minute interest, you have another couple days to get yours in. We are accepting handmade scrapbook pages, as well as, online designed pages. Don’t miss out on your chance to be in the scrapbook going to Chris.

The Richness is holding its first ever raffle! We have over $100 worth of “Rich” related prizes to give away so don’t miss out on this opportunity to get one of a kind Chris Rich gifts!!!

“Tickets” go on sale today, October 22, 2007 at 12pm EST and end October 31, 2007 at 6pm EST. The drawing will be held on October 31, 2007 at 9pm EST. The winner will be announced November 1, 2007 at 12pm EST.

For more details and to see pictures of the prizes, please click on the thumbnail provided under the The Richness $2 Raffle announcement on the left column.

Or CLICK HERE.