I facebooked all of the local (in-town) companies, local restaurants, gift shops, spas ... and I received several responses

Give forward . Com and search Donna Ralph, please help her beat cancer it's my mother

Jillie- you said you ask for donations on facebook. Can you give examples of what companies you have sent facebook messages to that have sent you items?

Thanks so much!

Mr Speavy,

I'm not sure how big you're thinking but we were able to get Best Buy to donate a Kindle Fire and we used that as our raffle item at our last auction. We charged $5 per ticket and made just a bit over $500 on the raffle alone.

Anyone have any ideals on how to get 1 big raffle prize that people would be willing to try for without asking a PTO member to come out of pocket to buy it?

Thanks for the info Jillie.