PAVE Raffle Raises Over $6,000 for Education
Hollywood, Fla. (March 14, 2007)—GlobalShop was the venue for a Planning and Visual Education Partnership’s (PAVE) fundraiser to benefit student education and scholarships. Four drawings for prizes were held over three days, March 7-9, 2007. More than 400 tickets were sold and $6,100 in donations was collected. The raffle prizes, winners, and sponsors included:
- Bill Rinder of PHG Retail Services won airfare to for two to Venice, Italy, a $1,500 value; donated by ALU.
- Rachel Cooper of Architectural Systems Inc. won a weekend in California’s wine country at the Grape Leaf Inn, a gift valued at $1,500, and donated by Crown Metal Manufacturing.
- Robert Benrimon of Sky Framing won a David Yurman ladies’ watch, a $1,650 value; donated by David Yurman.
- Ray Abriani of Angola Wire Products Inc. won a Panasonic 42" plasma HDTV television a $1,799 value; donated by Visual Image Display, a Division of Trimco Display LLC.
PAVE is planning another fundraising raffle for GlobalShop 2008. To participate or if you're interested in donating prizes, please contact Catharine Scott in the PAVE office at 954-893-7225, ext. 4834.
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About PAVE
Founded in 1992, The Planning and Visual Education Partnership’s (PAVE) objective is to encourage students to study in the field of retail design and planning and visual merchandising through its annual Student Design Competition. Additionally, PAVE seeks to encourage retail management, store planners, visual merchandisers, architects, and manufacturers to interact with and support design students. This is accomplished through seminars, workshops, and PAVE’s annual fund-raising Gala with proceeds dedicated to financial aid and internships for qualified students.
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