The New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League has been working very hard to raise the funds to build a Japanese Cultural Center (village) in Albuquerque, NM. The Proposed Cultural Center will house the NMJACL Library, Offices, Meeting Rooms, Museum Gallery Space, a Performance Center and would include commercial shops, a restaurant, gardens and social areas. The primary fundraising effort has been the annual Aki Matsuri (Japanese Fall Festival). This year, JACL wanted to try another approach: offering a huge cash prize raffle opportunity for $10,000.00.
The cash raffle that JACL is holding this year provides a new direction in fund raising efforts. With each raffle ticket selling for $100, with a grand prize of $10,000 and only selling 600 tickets, the odds of winning are increased to only 1:600. This is much more lucrative than the usual New Mexico Lottery odds. There are 2 other prizes: 2nd prize of $2,500 and 3rd prize of $1,000. If you're interested in obtaining a ticket or two, click here for the raffle form.
You can play a major role in helping NMJACL to build the Japanese Cultural Center by stepping in to lend your help with the fund raising efforts. If you have any questions, please give Steve Togami President, NMJACL a call at 565-2185 or send an e-mail at info@nmjacl.org.