Every $100 ticket purchased helps feed local children at-risk of hunger AND enters you to win big cash prizes!
About the Program
UWNEMN's Buddy Backpacks program provides food-insecure children from across UWNEMN's service area with nutritious, nonperishable meal kits on weekends.
We are preparing to pack and deliver more than 35,000 weekend meal kits this school year thanks to your support!
Join us at the Drawing Party
Join us December 4th at The Sawmill Saloon & Restaurant in Virginia to find out if you're a big winner while enjoying free appetizers and additional drawings!
6 pm December 4, 2025 Sawmill Saloon & Restaurant 5478 Mountain Iron Drive, Virginia MN 55792
(Ticketholders need not be present to win the cash raffle. Must be at least 18 years old to purchase tickets or win a prize.
Working to ensure every person in our community has the building blocks to thrive.