2nd Annual Cigar Federation Raffle for Project Mañana

[MattSRoss81]

(Disclosure: I spoke to Eric about this and received his permission to post this here. Thanks for all your support! You can find more info here, and you can donate here.)

About 18 months ago, Brian Berman of Project Mañana contacted Matt at Cigar Federation with regard to sponsoring of a child in the Dominican Republic. Matt left that phone conversation trying to think of how he could help his friend Brian and Project Mañana to the best of his abilities. That led to Cigar Federation jumping on-board and Cigar Federation's Raffle for Project Mañana which raised roughly $5,800 and helped build a new school in the Dominican and helped our friend Erison get a new wheelchair.

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This year, we want to take it a step further and have a goal to raise $6,500 to help with continued endeavors of Project Mañana in the Dominican. Over the next three weeks plus (beginning yesterday, 9/2, and ending Friday, 9/26) we want to generate as much funding for Project Mañana as possible. We have reached out to many of our favorite cigar manufacturers for support and now, we're reaching out to you! With your help, we have the ability to change the lives of numerous children in the Dominican Republic - together!

You can find the full list of prizes below, but the list will continue to grow as we receive more donations from manufacturers. We urge you to support this initiative as soon as possible to help us reach our goals. As a bonus, we've announced that the person who donates the most money will automatically receive the Drew Estate prize pack! In the event there is a tie for this honor, the person who donated that amount first will receive the prize, so make sure to get your donations in early!

Additionally, while we are limiting prizes to one per person (winning the Drew Estate prize pack is excluded - so you can win the DE prize pack AND another prize), if you donate $260 or more, you will be eligible to win TWO prizes. So, theoretically, if you donate $400 and are the highest donor, you will win the DE Prize Pack and have the chance to win TWO other prizes as well!

During the week of Sept 29th (the official date is to be announced soon), we will conduct a Live Special Edition of Cigar Chat to announce the winners. All entries will be compiled into a spreadsheet and we will use Random.org to pick the winners. If you have any questions, please contact Matt or Logan from Cigar Federation through a direct message. If you would like to email Logan, you can do so at logan@cigarfederation.com.

Good luck to all and thank you for supporting Project Mañana!

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List of Current Prizes

HIGHEST AMOUNT DONATED: Prize Pack from Drew Estate:
Box of Feral Flying Pig
Feral Flying Pig Shirt
Liga Privada Hat
Liga Privada Crystal Ashtray

SECOND HIGHEST AMOUNT DONATED: Prize Pack from Ezra Zion:
Box of Tantrum
Box of FHK

THIRD HIGHEST AMOUNT DONATED: Prize Pack from Crowned Heads:
Box of JD Howard Reserve
Crowned Heads Hat
Crowned Heads Wrist Bands

GRAND PRIZE: Dominican Republic Adventure Experience & Crowned Heads Headley Grange:
3 days / 4 nights in Santiago, Dominican Republic
Meals, Lodging, and Transportation (airfare not included)
Visit to Project Mañana's private school & nutrition center in La Yaguita de Pastor
Visit to Project Mañana's nutrition center in Villa Gonzales
Visit to working cigar factories (optional)
Beach day at Sosua Beach (lunch provided on the beach, under palm trees)
Box of Headley Grange Corona Gorda
Trip to Factory to see Headley Grange being rolled
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1) Prize Pack from Fuente:
Box of Rosado Sungrown Magnum R's
Casa Fuente Ashtray
2 Hats

2) Prize Pack from LFD:
Box of Ligeros signed by Litto Gomez
Hat
Shirt

3) Prize Pack from Joya de Nicaragua:
Box of Antano 1970
JdN Crystal Ashtray
JdN Cutter
JdN Hat

4) Prize Pack from Paul Stulac Cigars:
Box of Paul Stulac Lord of Albany Maduro

5) Prize Pack from Ezra Zion:
Box of Eminence

6) Prize Pack from Ezra Zion:
Box of Jamais Vu

7) Prize Pack from Kristoff:
Eight Count Blend Sampler signed by Glen Case
Set of Kristoff rock glasses
Hat
Shirt

8) Prize Pack from Epic Cigars:
25 Count Mazo of the Epic Habano

9) Prize Pack from Epic Cigars:
25 Count Mazo of the Epic Corojo

10) Prize Pack from Arandoza Cigars:
Box of the Arandoza Red
Shirt

11) Prize Pack from Arandoza Cigars:
Box of the Arandoza White
Shirt

12) Prize Pack from Arandoza Cigars:
Box of the Arandoza Blue
Shirt

13) Prize Pack from El Cedro Cigars:
Box of the El Cedro Classic

14) Prize Pack from El Cedro Cigars:
Box of the El Cedro Classic

15) Prize Pack from Total Flame:
Box of Nicaragua

16) Prize Pack from Total Flame:
Box of Bright Line

17) Prize Pack from Total Flame:
Box of Dark Line

18) Prize Pack from Ezra Zion:
Box of Blessed Leaf

19) Prize Pack from 1502 Cigars:
9 Count Box of the Black Gold

20) Prize Pack from Victor Vitale:
Five Count box of the Tortuga 215 Regalo signed by Victor Vitale
(Note: this is very rare cigar and was not released to the open market)

21) Prize Pack from Victor Vitale:
Five Count box of the Tortuga 215 Regalo signed by Victor Vitale
(Note: this is very rare cigar and was not released to the open market)

23) Prize Pack from Cigar Dojo:
Five Pack of Assorted Cigars (Nunchuck, Dogma, Test Blend)
2 Shirts
Hat
Stickers​

You can find more info here, and you can donate here.

 

[Stogie_Bear]

Thanks for the info, Matt. Regardless of the prizes, definitely a worthy cause. Will donate instead of buying new boxes this month... after pay day. Haha

 

[MattSRoss81]

Thanks for the info, Matt. Regardless of the prizes, definitely a worthy cause. Will donate instead of buying new boxes this month... after pay day. Haha

Haha, man! Thanks for the support - much appreciated.

 

[NoonOhOne]

Wow good cause. Let me talk to the wife we may be able to donate as well.

 

[mcroom]

Looks like I have started back to work just in time. I too, will talk it over with the wife and see how we can help this great cause.

 

[MattSRoss81]

Thanks for the support, guys - I'm glad you think its as worthy a cause as I do. I'll have some new prizes to add to the list next week - I'll give it a bump then.

 

[MattSRoss81]

Thanks to our friends at Espinosa Cigars, and in an effort to push Cigar Federation's Raffle for Project Mañana a bit more, we've got a special 1 day only raffle beginning today, September 9th, at 8am EST until 4am EST on September 10th. Anyone who donates any amount during this span will be entered to win the following:

Espinosa Cigars Side Raffle Prize Pack #1
Box of Espinosa Maduro
601 La Bomba Ashtray
Shirt

http://cigarfederation.com/page/project-manana-2014-side-raffles

 

[mcroom]

Thanks to our friends at Espinosa Cigars, and in an effort to push Cigar Federation's Raffle for Project Mañana a bit more, we've got a special 1 day only raffle beginning today, September 9th, at 8am EST until 4am EST on September 10th. Anyone who donates any amount during this span will be entered to win the following:

Espinosa Cigars Side Raffle Prize Pack #1
Box of Espinosa Maduro
601 La Bomba Ashtray
Shirt

http://cigarfederation.com/page/project-manana-2014-side-raffles

That is a great way to get us off the fence and give for the cause. Come on guys. These children need our support.

 

[MattSRoss81]

We have just over 10 days left until we reach the end of this year's Raffle, and we have raised about 35% of our goal to this point! To try and give us that final push, we're adding two new side raffles as detailed below:

Today, Tuesday, 9/16, thanks to a generous donation from our friends at Xikar, we have a special one day raffle for a Xikar Prize pack which includes a lighter, cutter, travel humidor, and car ash can.

How to win? Make a donation on 9/16. Every $10 you donate will get you a ticket.

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Beginning on Tuesday, 9/16, thanks to our friend Michael Stewart at Casa Trompeta Cigars, we will have ten five-pack samples to giveaway.

How to win? The first ten people who donate at least $100 dollars, beginning on 9/16 and lasting until all 10 five-packs are awarded, will win one of the samplers.

http://cigarfederation.com/page/project-manana-2014-side-raffles

 

[MattSRoss81]

This is the last time I'll bump this - I appreciate all the support over the month.

We're currently just outside our goal and trying to push the drive over the edge. We've added some amazing prizes recently including offerings from Nomad, EP Carillo, Bodega Premium Blends and Roxo Port Cellars - yes, you could actually win some of the world's best port! To get more information and an updated list of prizes, go here: http://cigarfederation.com/page/project-manana

More importantly, running until the end of the Raffle on Friday, September 26th, every $10 donated will get you 1 entry in this final side raffle. What is the prize you ask? Well, the biggest prize we could put together! Every $10 donated between Tuesday and Friday will get you 1 entry in a side raffle for a TRIP IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC! That's right, you can win a Dominican Republic Adventure Experience including 3 days and 4 nights in Santiago, meals, lodging and transportation (airfare not included), visits to Project Mañana's school and nutrition centers, visits to cigar factories and more!! All of this, plus regular entry into the main raffle per original rules!

But wait, we're making the opportunity to enter this raffle even bigger! If you'd like to donate, but want to spread the donation out over several months - we will accept RECURRING donations! What does this mean? If you wanted to donate $100, you can donate $100, select the Monthly option, include in the comments how much you'd like to donate monthly, and receive credit for all $100 donated TODAY!
For example:
1. Enter donation amount ($1,000)
2. Choose "monthly" option
3. In Comments, write "10 monthly payments of $100"
4. Receive credit TODAY for $1000 donated


This is a once in a lifetime trip, and it can be your's for as little as $10! Don't miss out on this opportunity to win some great prizes and help underprivileged kids in the Dominican Republic at the same time!

 

[mcroom]

I hope we have been able to reach our goals on this great cause and can really make a difference for these kids lives.