It’s that time of year. Chicken wings, chips, and guacamole abound. Super Bowl Sunday is not an official holiday, but maybe it should be given that it’s the second largest day of food consumption in the United States after Thanksgiving. [Geesh!] Oh, and there’s a big football game everyone watches as they eat, by the way.
A few friends of ours had a clever little idea to have a little more fun with it this year (you know, beyond commercial critiquing and watching a half-time show which is typically the extent of my fun). We’re hosting something called a block pool with a goal of scoring $2,000 that will go directly into The Sparrow Fund’s grant fund to support adoptive families in financial need to get the support they need.
Here’s a Cliff Notes version of how it works. We’ve created a 10×10 chart with a total of 100 blocks. With every donation of $20 to The Sparrow Fund before midnight tomorrow, you will get to put your name in one of those blocks. Before the big game, we will randomly assign each row a single digit and each column a single digit. So, for your cell, you will have two single digits, one for the Patriots [insert cheers and boos here] and one for the Falcons [insert cheers and boos here]. After each quarter of the game, if your two numbers match the last digit in each team’s score you win! And, when we say you win, we mean you win. We’ve got 4 donated gift baskets worth over $100 each of Lancaster Stroopie Co. magic (aka, the most amazingly addictive sweetness). Just the thought of over $400 of Stroopies makes me want to put a pot of coffee on right now in preparation for the goodness…
Here’s the game plan:
- Head over HERE now and fill out this simple form with your name, email, and how many cell blocks you want to claim.
- Make your donation online at www.sparrowfund.org for $20 per cell.
- We’ll let you know what the next play is after that, but we promise it’s easy peezy!
