For Just $200, Scott Jackson Won $25,000 in Cash, the Chance to Win a $500,000 Home in Irvine -- and Helped Save Key School Programs!

IRVINE, Calif. -- It slipped Scott Jackson's mind that he'd purchased a school fundraiser raffle ticket for $200 -- until he was notified that he won $25,000 in cash as well as the opportunity to win a brand new $500,000 home in Irvine!

Jackson, a partner of the prestigious Newport Beach-based firm, Jackson, DeMarco, Tidus & Peckenpaugh, purchased the ticket through a fundraiser now being conducted by the Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF) to support essential programs at risk of being cut. Key to the fundraiser is a House Raffle for a brand new $500,000 townhome built by William Lyon Homes in the new award-winning village of Woodbury in Irvine. Raffle tickets are $200 each; and the deadline to purchase tickets is May 13, 2005.

"When I called Scott to inform him that he had won $25,000 as part of a special Early Bird Drawing, he was almost speechless," said Tim Shaw, IPSF chief executive officer.

"Scott didn't purchase the ticket in hopes of winning anything -- he just did it to help support his community. It's just part of who Scott is and how he lives his life."

In addition to supporting organizations like the IPSF, Jackson is a member of the Newport - Irvine Rotary, and sits on the boards for Lennar Charitable Housing Foundation and Habitat for Humanity. Coincidentally, Jackson donated two prizes to the IPSF Raffle including two rounds of golf at Big Canyon and a plasma High Definition television (donated by his law firm).

"I'm a strong believer in giving back to the community," said Jackson. "I've raised my family in Orange County and I'm a partner is an Orange County business. Buying the ticket just seemed like the right thing to do -- little did I know that I'd actually win!"

All IPSF Raffle ticket holders are eligible to win the grand prize home by William Lyon Homes as well as more than $100,000 in cash and other prizes. To date, about 10,000 people throughout California have purchased tickets for the Raffle. Only a limited number of tickets still remain for sale before the May 13 deadline.

Added Shaw: "Certainly the cash and prizes are amazing incentives, but it's particularly rewarding to see so many business, individual and families purchase tickets in support of such important programs as art, music and science education, health curriculum and services, after-school programs, and much more."

All prizes, including the Woodbury-located townhouse, will be raffled on June 11,2005. Official House Raffle Ticket Request Forms can be obtained online at www.ipsf.net or by calling the House Raffle Hotline at (714) 876-2WIN (2946). To learn about the home at Lombard Court, visit www.lyonhomes.com and for more information about the award-winning village of Woodbury, visit www.irvineranch.com/woodbury.