California Pacific Homes and The Irvine Company Team Up with Foundation for Fifth Annual House Raffle to Raise Funds for Local Schools.For First Time, IPSF IPSF Internet Protocol Service Fabric (Virtela) IPSF International Pharmacy Student Federation House Raffle Will Feature New Detached Home as Grand Prize IRVINE, Calif. -- Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF), the originator Originator A bank, savings and loan, or mortgage banker that initially made a mortgage loan that is part of a pool. Also, an investment bank that has worked with the issuer of a new securities offering from the beginning and is usually appointed manager of the underwriting of using a house raffle to help fund school needs, in partnership with California Pacific California Pacific can refer to either:
The Irvine Company develops suburban master-planned communities throughout central and southern Orange County. , kicks off its fifth annual house raffle tomorrow to raise funds for the Irvine Unified School District Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) is a public school district located in Irvine, Orange County, California. Irvine USD serves most of the city of Irvine. Its student enrollment during the 2002-2003 school year was 24,700, spread across 22 elementary, 7 middle, and . Founded in 2004, the house raffle program has sold more than 41,000 tickets and raised more than $8.4 million for Irvine public schools. Headlining this year's house raffle is the grand prize of a new California Pacific home at the homebuilder's Cortile Cor´tile n. 1. An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building. neighborhood in Irvine - the first detached home ever offered in the fundraiser's five-year history. The 2008 house raffle's grand-prize winner will win the new, detached home by California Pacific Homes, or may choose to take $600,000 in cash. The 1,497-square-foot, two-story home is located in the award-winning Village of Woodbury in Irvine, named "Best Master Planned Community Noun 1. planned community - a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences of the Year" in 2007. The home features three bedrooms plus den, two-and-a-half bathrooms and a two-car garage. The model homes at Cortile are open for viewing at 101 Canal in Irvine from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, including the model of the house raffle's grand prize. More Drawings Mean More Winners The 2008 IPSF house raffle features more drawings and more opportunities to win than ever before. As in previous years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time house raffle offers two early-bird bonus drawings for early raffle ticket purchasers. The prize for the first early-bird drawing is a 2008 Toyota Prius The Toyota Prius is a hybrid electric vehicle developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation, and one of the first such vehicles to be mass-produced and marketed. The Prius first went on sale in Japan in 1997, and worldwide in 2001. automobile. The first early-bird ticket deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, March 21, 2008. The second early-bird prize is a $25,000 cash prize. The ticket deadline for the second early-bird prize is 5 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2008. New this year is an exclusive "Multiple Ticket Purchaser" category, in which all raffle ticket-buyers who buy two or more tickets will compete for a $10,000 cash prize in a drawing at the final grand-prize event. As an added bonus, those who purchase multiple tickets by the first early-bird deadline will be entered into an exclusive "Multiple Ticket Purchaser" early-bird drawing for a $5,000 cash prize, and those who buy multiple tickets by second early-bird deadline will be entered into another exclusive "Multiple Ticket Purchaser" drawing for a new 60-inch DLP (Digital Light Processing) A data projection technology from TI that produces clear, readable images on screens in lit rooms. DLP is used in all types of projection devices, from data projectors that weigh only a few pounds to large rear-projection TVs to electronic HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates . There will be additional opportunities to win prizes by purchasing a ticket during a series of special, themed raffle events at California Pacific's Cortile neighborhood model homes. During these events, the public will have a chance to tour the model of the grand-prize home and explore the Village of Woodbury. February 2 Football-themed Event The first special house raffle event will be a football-themed IPSF House Raffle Kick Off event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 2 - the day before the Superbowl - at the Cortile neighborhood model homes. Tickets purchased during the IPSF House Raffle Kick Off event at Cortile will qualify for bonus drawings later on February 2 for a 50-inch DLP HDTV, an iPod Nano A flash-based digital music player from Apple, introduced in 2005. Like larger iPod models, the nano has a color screen. Although the nano name suggests ultra-small "nanotechnology," the iPod shuffle is actually smaller. See iPod. and other prizes. The community is invited to enjoy a barbeque, participate in football-themed kids' kicking and passing activities, tour the model homes at Cortile - including the model of the grand-prize home - and see the first early-bird prize, a new Toyota Prius. Additionally, tickets may be purchased at the Cortile models during the opening weekend of the raffle on January 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets purchased on site at Cortile before 2 p.m. on January 26 will qualify for special, same-day, bonus-prize drawings for an iPod Shuffle The smallest and most basic iPod, and the only iPod without a display screen. Designed for people who just want to press start and play their tunes sequentially or at random, the shuffle holds up to 240 songs in 1GB of flash memory. . Grand Prize Drawing The raffle will also feature 11 cash prize drawings and numerous non-cash prize drawings during the final grand-prize drawing event. Cash prizes include: one award of $25,000, second prize; two awards of $10,000, third prize; three awards of $5,000, fourth prize; and four awards of $2,500, fifth prize. Non-cash prizes include items such as electronics, vacation packages and gift certificates. How to Buy Tickets Tickets for the raffle are on sale at $200 each and are available by visiting the IPSF Web site at www.ipsf.net or by calling the House Raffle Hotline at 949-73HOUSE (949-734-6873), Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To be entered in all of the early-bird drawings and the grand-prize drawing, tickets must be purchased before 5 p.m. Friday, March 21, 2008. Tickets purchased after March 21 and until Friday, May 16, 2008, will be entered in the second early-bird drawing and the grand-prize drawing. After May 16, tickets will be entered in the final grand-prize drawing. All tickets purchased before the early-bird deadlines will remain eligible for the grand-prize drawing. The grand-prize drawing will be held at a festive fes·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival. 2. Merry; joyous: a festive party. event scheduled for Saturday, August 9, 2008 in Irvine. Ticket sales will end when 15,000 tickets are sold or at 5 p.m. July 25, 2008, whichever comes first. Winners need not be present to win. Proceeds from the IPSF house raffle go to funding priorities established by the public schools foundation and the Irvine Unified School District. They include health education services, ninth grade class size reduction, after-school programs, teaching supplies and scholarships to enable all children to participate in educational programs. |
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