{"id":9,"date":"2021-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota1.wpengine.com\/cotaformaryruth\/2021\/04\/24\/update-raffle-deadlines-extended-to-aug-14\/"},"modified":"2021-04-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T00:00:00","slug":"update-raffle-deadlines-extended-to-aug-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformaryruth\/2021\/04\/24\/update-raffle-deadlines-extended-to-aug-14\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Raffle Deadlines Extended to Aug 14!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2010\/images\/universal-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A &ldquo;Peeps with a Purpose&rdquo; Raffle is being held for the Children&rsquo;s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) in honor of Mary Ruth We<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">bb.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">&nbsp;Mary Ruth was&nbsp;listed for a life-saving dual transplant at the University of North Carolina&rsquo;s Jason Ray Transplant Clinic in Chapel Hill, NC for over three years, and was blessed to receive a kidney transplant in December&nbsp;2020. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>We are still trying to reach our goal of $35,000 for COTA in honor of Mary Ruth, in order to assist with continuing transplant-related expenses.<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets are a tax-deductible donation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The &ldquo;Peeps with a Purpose&rdquo; Raffle Ticket Sale is being sponsored by Universal Orlando Resort.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/campaigns\/COTAforMaryRuth\/events\/Peeps-With-a-Purpose-Raffle-1\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Raffle #1, which is a $20 donation<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, is Four (4) 3-Park, 3-day Park to Park Tickets to experience all of the action and adventure at Universal Orlando resort. The 3-Park, 3-Day Park to Park Ticket entitles the guests to admission to Universal Studios Florida, Universal&rsquo;s Islands of Adventure AND Universal&rsquo;s Volcano Bay Water Theme Park. Paired with these tickets is a certificate for a two-night stay at one of the Universal Orlando Resort Hotels. The prize package is valued over $2,000.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/campaigns\/COTAforMaryRuth\/events\/Peeps-With-a-Purpose-Raffle-1\">Link to Raffle #1 here<\/a><\/strong> <em><strong>&#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">use the &#8220;donate&#8221; button next to the red thermometer to purchase.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/campaigns\/COTAforMaryRuth\/events\/Peeps-With-a-Purpose-Raffle-2\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Raffle #2, which is a $10 donation<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, is Four (4) 3-Park, 1-day Park to Park Tickets to experience all of the action and adventure at Universal Orlando resort. The 3-Park, 1-Day Park to Park Ticket entitles the guests to admission to Universal Studios Florida, Universal&rsquo;s Islands of Adventure AND Universal&rsquo;s Volcano Bay Water Theme Park on the same day. The prize package is valued over $1,000. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/campaigns\/COTAforMaryRuth\/events\/Peeps-With-a-Purpose-Raffle-2\">Link to Raffle #2 here<\/a><\/strong> <em><strong>&#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">use the &#8220;donate&#8221; button next to the red thermometer to purchase<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information on the theme park, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\">www.universalorlando.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only 500 tickets for each prize will be sold, so there is a 1 in 500 chance to win either package. <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Packages are valid through Aug 14, 2022<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The drawing will be held on Aug 14, 2021 &#8211; Mary Ruth&#8217;s birthday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Online ticket sales are available <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>for North Carolina Residents<\/strong><\/span> at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/campaigns\/COTAforMaryRuth\/events\">COTAforMaryRuth.com<\/a><\/strong>, in the &#8220;Events&#8221; section, or using the links in the descriptions above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &ldquo;Peeps with a Purpose&rdquo; Raffle is being held for the Children&rsquo;s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) in honor of Mary Ruth Webb.&nbsp;Mary Ruth was&nbsp;listed for a life-saving dual transplant at the University of North Carolina&rsquo;s Jason Ray Transplant Clinic in Chapel Hill, NC for over three years, and was blessed to receive a kidney transplant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformaryruth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformaryruth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformaryruth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformaryruth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformaryruth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformaryruth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}