Today is the big day of the BCS National Championship where Alabama and Texas will square off against each other and try to remain undefeated on the season. The hotel, coincidentally, is filled with Burnt Orange and Crimson colors every where and just like last week, there's a great air of excitement all over.
With there not being a parade for this game, people aren't staying quite as long and so our raffle drive for the commemorative football was a lot shorter timespan as well. We had about 24 hours to try and earn as much money for the Pasadena Humane Society, whereas when our good friends from Ohio State and Oregon were with us, we had twice as much time. Well....
our friends from Alabama and Texas didn't let our community down. The drawing was yesterday at 6pm and at about 5:40pm we had a mad rush for tickets and to put their names in for the football. Even with half the amount of time the folks from both teams responded like champions and once again helped raise almost $400. Please keep in mind that this is with one raffle ticket per dollar, so over 400 individual entries.
So with both raffle drawings complete, we were able to raise $800 for the Pasadena Humane Society. We didn't expect that there would be this kind of response to a local organization, however the fans and alumni for all four of these schools should be extremely proud. They are only visiting for a few days, but have helped leave a positive, lasting impression.
To our friends from Alabama, Ohio, Oregon and Texas: Thank You!
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