Ticket to Drive

If you could help a cause and possibly win a car – for 50 bucks – would you do it?

Four Horsham moms are hoping the answer is an overwhelming “yes.” Breast cancer survivor Sharon Fedele, in particular, was seeking a new way to raise the necessary $2,300 needed per person to participate in the three-day Susan G. Komen walk.

“It’s so hard for me to keep asking the same people,” said Fedele, who walked the 60-mile route in 2009 and 2010 as well. “The fundraising was so difficult.”

Fedele is hopeful that the possibility of will make it a bit easier this time around. 

“People would donate to a great cause anyway,” Fedele said. “It’s a win-win.”

The plan is for Fedele and each of her nine Rack and Roll teammates to sell 100 raffle tickets. Just over half of the proceeds from the 1,000 tickets would go to John Kennedy Ford dealership in Conshohocken to cover the $27,000 cost of the car. The remaining money would fund the team’s entry fees for the Komen walk.

Car dealer J.P. Kennedy said one of Fedele’s teammates, who attended Council Rock high with him, approached him with the idea. He said the dealership, which operates seven area locations, does similar community events throughout the year and raffles a car off as part of fundraising about once a year.

While the raffle winner may have some flexibility in choosing another color, Kennedy said the Race Red Mustang has been “put to the side” for this purpose. 

The drawing for the Mustang is slated for Sept. 8 at the – at the beginning of the 2013 model year. 

“If they don’t actually sell enough tickets it becomes a 50-50,” Kennedy said, noting that if that were to be the case, the car might be one of the last of the 2012s left standing. “We never really have trouble selling Mustangs.” 

Still, Robyn Carney, of Horsham, said she’s a little “nervous.”

About two weeks into the raffle selling, Carney said she had sold 12 tickets and was holding out to buy her own chances.

“I want to see how many I have to buy at the end,” Carney said. “Hopefully the word gets out and people are falling over us for this.”

Besides helping her friend and fellow parent of a fifth-grader on a local softball travel team, Carney said her family’s been touched by breast cancer.

“Four of my mom’s aunts passed away from breast cancer,” Carney said. “Hopefully we can cure it.”

But, first things first, the team has to rev up enough support for their breast cancer fundraiser/Mustang raffle. 

How you can help

See the attached flier to purchase a ticket, or call Robyn Carney at 215-208-6887.