We are attempting to accomplish a number of programs on The Hill, among them creating our own interactive web site which would be easier to update and filled with more timely news and continuance of the free movie nights at Berra Park!  Also, we have created a Hill Walk of Fame which will be full of notable persons from The Hill; rejuvenated the Hill Day celebration into a one day food festival and sponsor the Giro della Montagna, an annual amateur and professional bicycle race each Labor Day weekend.  In addition, we support many local community organizations, including the St. Ambrose Athletic Association, Berra Park Summer Camp and the St. Louis Police Scout Explorers Unit among several others.

To raise additional funds we are holding a raffle.  The grand prize is $5,000.00 CASH!  Each ticket is $50.00 and we will only sell a maximum of 300 tickets.  The drawing date will coincide with our bi-annual Founders Day Dinner being held on April 29, 2006 at the Lemp Grand Hall.  For more information on the dinner, call me at 314-773-3560.

The reason I am sending you this e-mail is to hopefully entice a few of you to purchase the $50.00 raffle ticket.  Get a friend and split the ticket or get 5 friends and split the ticket 5 ways!  As of now, your chances are pretty good as we only have about 75 tickets sold!  One caveat, based on the number of tickets sold, we will award either half of what is taken in or $5,000.000, whichever is less.  If we get to the 200 tickets sold mark, it will be the $5,000.00 Grand Prize!

To purchase your ticket - send a $50.00 check, made payable to Hill 2000, Inc., to:

ATTN: RAFFLE

Hill 2000, Inc.

P.O. Box 39347

St. Louis, MO 63139

or you can hand it or send it to my home address.

Thanks for your help and, by all means, pass this along to anyone that may be interested in an opportunity to win $5,000.00.  Your donation to Hill 2000, Inc., a 501(c)3 not for profit organization is tax deductible.