If you've taken the train in the last month, you've no doubt seen ads for The Chicago Dream House Raffle. And if you entered already, today could be your lucky day! The first early bird drawing I is today, with 3 lucky winners taking home $25,000, $10,000, $5,000 respectively. If not, you can still enter through January 20th, for your chance to be a millionaire or own a 1.2 million dollar dream home! Not only that, your $150 entry fee goes for a great cause.
Sometimes in the lottery of life, families find themselves dealing with children with disabilities. Lucky for them, they are not alone and support networks, caring teachers, and great facilities exist. Hope Institute for Children and Families is raffling off a $1.2 million dollar dream house to raise critical funds for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities.
Sometimes in the lottery of life, families find themselves dealing with children with disabilities. Lucky for them, they are not alone and support networks, caring teachers, and great facilities exist. Hope Institute for Children and Families is raffling off a $1.2 million dollar dream house to raise critical funds for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities.
ChiIL Mama had the chance to tour the school that stands to benefit from these funds and meet Dr. Tamara King, the principal of The Hope Institute Learning Academy (HILA) and the CEO of The Hope Institute, Dr. Mary Ellen Caron.
The kids have fabulous, caring teachers, but presently have to wait for transportation in an unsafe zone near busy Ashland Ave, across from Union Park. They only have 1 smart board that classes must share, and they have a sad little wedge of mud and weeds where a future playground will grow.
The kids are the real winners in this lottery, as funds will build them a fabulous playground and traffic free safe space, and enhance and update technology in the classrooms.
Dr. Mary Ellen Caron visits classrooms with the press
The Hope Institute Learning Academy (HILA), is a K-5th grade integrated school for children, many of whom have autism and other special needs. This school is a unique, inclusionary school, which serves as a model program for integrating special needs children with general Ed Students.
The school is a unique partnership between the Chicago Public Schools and the Hope Institute, a leading provider of residential, educational and health care services for children with multiple disabilities, including autism. There are 29,000+ children with autism in Illinois.
HILA partners children with autism and general education students, interacting and learning in an inclusive classroom. The innovative school enrolls approximately 425 students, 25 percent of which have autism and other special needs. 
All proceeds will help The Hope Institute for Children and Families provide services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities throughout Illinois.
Approximately 29,000 school-age children in Illinois have an autism spectrum disorder. For 54 years, The Hope Institute has provided living, learning and health care services to children with multiple developmental and physical disabilities from across Illinois.
For more about the Chicago Dream House Raffle go to www.chicagoraffle.com. The Hope Institute for Learning and Families is at www.thehopeinstitute.us.
Here's the official raffle scoop:THE HOPE INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RAFFLES OFF
$1.2 MILLION DREAM HOUSE
Some lucky person with a $150 raffle ticket will win an exquisite $1.2 million Hinsdale dream home or $1 million in cash, in the Chicago Dream House Raffle to benefit The Hope Institute for Children and Families. Individuals can purchase their $150 raffle tickets for a chance at the dream house, along with thousands of dollars in cash prizes through January 20th.
The grand prize is a stunning 3,225 square-foot home with four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths, a gourmet chef’s kitchen, private wine cellar, entertainment room and more. All proceeds will help The Hope Institute for Children and Families provide services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities throughout Illinois.
The Hope Institute will sell up to 35,000 tickets for the Dream House Raffle. As incentive to purchase tickets early, the raffle includes cash prizes of up to $25,000 in each of three early bird drawings for tickets purchased before the deadlines of September 30, October 28, and November 18. The grand prize drawing deadline is January 20 and the drawing will be held on Feb 4. For a complete list of prizes, go to http://www.chicagoraffle.com
Any individual who buys more than one ticket will be entered into an additional, exclusive Multi-Ticket drawing to win a 2012 Porsche Boxster or $30,000 cash; a European vacation or $10,000 cash; or a Hawaiian vacation or $5000 cash. Multi-ticket purchasers will receive an entry into this drawing with each ticket they purchase. If ticketholders refer a friend to purchase a ticket, they will be included in the Refer-a-Friend drawing and given the chance to win $10,000 cash.
The grand prize Dream House is an exquisite 2-story custom home on a spacious corner lot. It features a luxurious master bedroom and bath, stunning living and dining room with arched doorways, three fireplaces, rich cherry hardwood flooring and French doors throughout. For photos and descriptions of the Dream House, go to http://www.chicagoraffle.com/Photos.aspx.
Proceeds for the raffle will help The Hope Institute for Children and Families provide educational, residential and health care services to more than 29,000 Illinois children per year with multiple developmental disabilities, including Autism Spectrum Disorders.
To enter the Raffle, call 1-800-697-7734, or go to www.ChicagoRaffle.com and register online. Forms can be mailed to The Hope Institute at 15 East Hazel Dell Lane, Springfield, IL 92712. Entrants may also print online ticket forms and fax them to 312-254-5014. Ticket purchasers must be 18 years or older, have US residency and meet other requirements in the Rules and Regulations as specified on http://www.chicagoraffle.com/Rules.aspx.
About the Hope Institute for Children and Families:
For 54 years, The Hope Institute has provided living, learning and health care services to children with multiple developmental and physical disabilities from across Illinois. For more information, go to http://www.thehopeinstitute.us/ or call (217) 585-KIDS.
2011-2012 Chicago Dream House Raffle Schedule
Date | Event | Prizes awarded |
Sept. 30 | Early bird I deadline (tickets must be purchased by this date to be eligible for the first drawing) | |
Oct. 18 | Early bird I drawing | $25,000, $10,000, $5000 |
Oct. 28 | Early bird II deadline | |
Nov. 15 | Early bird II drawing | $25,000, $10,000, $5000, $2500, $1000 cash |
Nov. 18 | Early bird III deadline |
Dec. 6 |
Early bird III drawing | $15,000, $10,000, $1000, $1000, $1000 | |
Jan. 20, 2012 | Grand prize drawing deadline |
Feb. 4 |
Grand prize, Multi-ticket, Refer-a-friend drawings | Dream House or $1 million annuity, $25,000, $10,000, $5000, $2000, $1000 (5x), $500 (5x), $150 (335x) |
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