Charity Raffle for Paralyzed Motorcyclist - Aprilia RSV4 for $100

[silentbob]

On Sunday October 24th a friend of mine was involved in a head on collision with a car.  He pulverized his T12 vertebrae and is paralyzed from his chest down.  He would like me to sell his remaining motorcycle to help cover some of his medical expenses.  I was thinking of raffling it off.  

<admin>   wonderfull idea with potentially tricky legal issues.  If those get sorted somewhat and it's clear the DMF isn't involved at all the thread can stay.  We're not hosting any interstate gaming.  

Maximum 200 tickets sold.  Auction will end on December 31st at 5:00pm PST.  Drawing will be held at GP Motorcycles in San Diego, CA.

The bike has only 3987 miles.  The VIN # is ZD4RKC01XAS000030.  Each ticket will come with a tax deductible receipt from the Can't Keep Me Down foundation.  100% of the proceeds will be donated to Xavier Rigau for expenses not covered by insurance.  Make checks payable to "Can't Keep Me Down" and mail to 3958 corte mar de brisa, san diego, ca 92130.

Here are a couple of pictures:

[Veloce-Fino]

I am extremely sorry to hear about your friend. It's going to be tough physically, and especially tough psychologically.





In regard to the raffle:

what's the number of tickets being sold and what insurance do we have you will actually deliver the price to a winner?

[Howie]

Sorry to hear about your friend.  Hoping for a speedy, complete recovery

As far as insurance, Silent Bob's name is good enough for me.

[swampduc]

Sorry to hear about your friend.  Hoping for a speedy, complete recovery

As far as insurance, Silent Bob's name is good enough for me.

+1
I'm really sorry to hear about your friend.

[zooom]

In regard to the raffle:

what's the number of tickets being sold and what insurance do we have you will actually deliver the price to a winner?

I am sorry for your friend and have no problem with the idea generally speaking and making a ticket purchase as a donation...but it would be better to also announce the number of tickets you are going to sell and/or when the cut-off is for the drawing....nothing against you SB...

[silentbob]

I still need to work out the details.  But I was thinking of selling 200 tickets, having the money sent to a paypal account, sending out a contract specifying the terms, and having a cutoff date after which the money would be returned if the minimum number of tickets weren't sold.  I was thinking of storing the bike at our local dealer and having them handle the transaction.

If anyone has any suggestions or experience I would appreciate the feedback.

My friend is handling things very well and has accepted his condition way better than I would have.  He has some serious grit.  I wouldn't be suprised if he got back on the race track on a bike with some retractable landing gear some day.

[SacDuc]

Sorry to hear about your friend.   

Count me in for a ticket.


sac

[Goat_Herder]

Very sorry to hear about your friend.

As for the raffle, I vividly remember a member trying to sell his bike via a raffle/lottery awhile ago and someone brought up some legal issues.  You might want to do a little more research on that before moving forward with it.  I know your intention is good.  Just don't want you to get into legal issues. 

[zooom]

maybe Speeddog can offer some help in reaching out or perhaps if you know anyone at Pro-Italia from when they did that charity raffle of the 'Sedici....

[muskrat]

Sorry to hear the news.  Wishing him a speedy recovery and hopefully some mobility regained. 
Count me in on that raffle to help your buddy out.

[DrDesmo]

"Private Lotteries
Private lotteries that provide some type of profit or cash for the person running it are against the law in California, but certain private, non-profit, and charitable organizations can hold a charitable raffle as long as at least 90% of the amount raised goes directly either to the charity running the raffle, or on behalf of another eligible charity or organization. The state itself runs a lottery to raise funds for education based on The California State Lottery Act of 1984.


Read more: California Gambling Laws | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_6837313_california-gambling-laws.html#ixzz14LIUKnlt"

Same info I found on a few other sites as well ... Not an attorney, just an avid GOOGLER 

Cheers,
Adam

[swampduc]

So it sounds like you might have to set up a nonprofit to do the raffle. That's not hard to do in TX. My fiancée and her best friend set one up not long ago to sell some t-shirts, and donated the proceeds to an animal shelter. Don't know how it works in CA.

[Veloce-Fino]

So it sounds like you might have to set up a nonprofit to do the raffle. That's not hard to do in TX. My fiancée and her best friend set one up not long ago to sell some t-shirts, and donated the proceeds to an animal shelter. Don't know how it works in CA.

From what I understand, you could set up the non-profit and donate the funds to a qualified charity. Since your injured friend is not a qualified charity it would not be legal to give him the proceeds.
Would you have to legally create a "fund" for your friend so he could become a valid recipient?

[Speeddog]

maybe Speeddog can offer some help in reaching out or perhaps if you know anyone at Pro-Italia from when they did that charity raffle of the 'Sedici....

I've got precious little knowledge on raffles, and AFAIK the PI raffle was for a school.

[Raux]

and in reality that's not a bad idea to set something up for him, because it's long term recovery and this one raffle won't cover him in the future.