More than 760 Tickets Still Unsold With Easter Seals “Cool Car, Cold Cash” Deadline Thursday At Noon.

Ticket Sales Are Lagging As The 2016 Easter Seals “Cool Car, Cold Cash” Fundraiser Nears An End.

The entry deadline is Thursday (July 28) at noon, and only 2,731 of the original 3,500 tickets have been sold for the raffle, which will award a grand prize of a new 2016 Nissan Versa or $15,000, 2nd prize of $5,000 and 3rd prize of $1,000.

Ticket proceeds are essential to fund physical, occupational and speech therapy for local individuals with disabilities at the nonprofit Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center.  In 2015, “Cool Car, Cold Cash” raised $99,000, and organizers had set a goal to surpass that amount this year, as the need for therapy underwriting continues to grow.  However, ticket sales are now running about 560 tickets behind last year’s total.

“Cool Car, Cold Cash” tickets are $50 each or three for $100.  They are available today (Wed., July 27) 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and tomorrow (Thur., July 28) 8 a.m.-12 noon.  To purchase tickets and help fund life-changing therapy services:

• Call 812-474-2348 or 812-437-2607 to pay from a checking or savings account (NO credit or debit cards)

• Visit the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, 3701 Bellemeade Avenue, Evansville, IN, 47714 to pay with cash, check, money order or debit card (NO credit cards)

The raffle drawing at 12:15 p.m. Thursday at the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center is open to the public, but ticket buyers do not have to be present to win.  Entrants must be at least 18 years old.