Willoughby-Cleveland Elks Lodge using Internet to increase fundraising

By News-Herald staff Editor@News-Herald.com @newsheraldinoh

A local organization is turning to the Internet to help beef up their Spring Up Ohio fundraising efforts for two charities.

For years, the Willoughby-Cleveland Elks Lodge No. 18 has put on a golf outing to raise money for cerebral palsy research. This year the Elks have launched two online raffles one to benefit continuing CP research and the other to help St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital.

Spring Up Ohio Chair Ray Hrics said the Elks turned to the online venue to broaden the fundraising base. Results of the online venture have been slower than expected, but the Elks are still hopeful.

The raffle raising money for St. Jude is a cash raffle, with a 60-40 split. The hospital, based in Tennessee, has a mission of finding cures for children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Families with children receiving treatment at St. Jude do not pay for medical care. The cost for a single child in the intensive care unit at St. Jude is $10,000 for two days.

Apples For Cerebral Palsy is an iPad(s) raffle that will distribute the money raised to three centers who treat patients with CP, an incurable neurological disease. The Apples raffle benefits the Hattie Larlham Foundation in Mantua, United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland and the Childrens Rehabilitation Center of Warren, Hrics said.

The Spring Up Ohio Campaign kicked off on April 1 and it will conclude with the annual Elk golf outing and dinner on Saturday. The golf outing is at Lost National Golf Course in Willoughby.

To buy raffle tickets or register a golf team visit the Spring Up Ohio website.

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