Do you feel lucky? Well, do you? If you do, I’d recommend investing in a raffle ticket down in Irvine, CA. The Irvine Public School’s Foundation(IPSF) is sponsoring a raffle which, for $150 a pop, contestants have the chance to walk away with half a million dollars.
The IPSF has been holding the Dream Raffle for five years now, offering either a new home or a large wad of cash to the lucky winning ticket holder. This year they decided the cash was the best option, because everyone could use their own “personal economic stimulus plan.”
With this year’s decision to have a cash only prize, Erika Chavez raises the interesting point, “Is buying the perfect home still the ultimate [American] dream?”
With so many financial troubles these days, is a house with a picket fence and 2.5 cookie cutter children still the ultimate goal for Americans? Or have new symbols emerged as truly ‘making it’? Education, travel, even retirement–are these all trumping the want for a place of one’s own?
Regardless of what you would do with your cool $500k, you still have some time. The raffle deadline has been extended to July 31st, with a few early raffles for donors who purchase multiple tickets.
So, would you give $150 for the chance at half a million?
