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Raffle to Benefit MI Youth and Family Services

As part of Z-Ultimate Self Defense's 3rd Anniversary in Mercer Island, we are hosting a raffle to benefit MIYFS and the Food Pantry.

Why are we doing this?

Summer is typically a very slow time for donations to Food Pantries and the other services that require community support because the need is not perceived to be as great.  Especially after the last couple of years, this need is growing more and more acute as funding is cut back.  Unfortunately, this causes a crunch for organizations of this type, so we wanted to lend our support for the great work that they do.  For more information about what they do, you can visit their page here.

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Here’s how it works:

We will be collecting items for the Food Pantry at the Z-Ultimate Self Defense. Items should be non-perishable, and the items most in need are: cereal, canned food, pastas and sauces, peanut butter, jams, tomato products, chili, boxed rice and grains, etc.

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Each person that brings in a full paper bag of groceries will receive 10 raffle tickets.

Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $2.

Prizes have been donated from many local businesses.  For a complete list of participating sponsors, please visit zultimatemercerisland.wordpress.com.

The drawing will be held at 1:30 PM on Saturday, so be here to pick up your prize!

Proceeds will be donated to MIYFS.

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