Congratulations to Floyd Barr, the 2022 Rotary Club of Lake Houston Corvette Raffle winner of a mint condition 2015 Corvette A06 Convertible 3LZ with performance package. Mr. Barr is pictured here in his Corvette grand prize. The Rotary Club of Lake Houston Area wishes to thank everyone who purchased Corvette Raffle tickets to support local non-profits and student scholarships.
With hundreds of people gathered around the main stage of Generation Park’s Block Party at Redemption Square on Saturday, May 7th, members of the Rotary Club of Lake Houston Area carried a wire tumbler cage filled with over 1,000 Corvette Raffle entries onto the stage.
The audience waited anxiously as the Block Party Master of Ceremonies, John Mills, announced the raffle prizes to be given away and introduced Rotary Corvette Raffle Sponsor Cole Robbins from Robbins Chevrolet; Rotary Club President Kathy Lemman and President-Elect Eric Gomez.
The grand prize was a low mileage, mint condition 2015 Chevrolet Corvette A06 Convertible 3LZ with performance package. Eleven $250 Visa gift cards and one annual family pass for the Houston Aquarium were also raffled off as runner-up prizes.
Eric Gomez announced to the Block Party audience the runner-up winners were going to be drawn and announced first. Their winning raffle tickets would then be placed back in the tumbler so they would have an opportunity to win the grand prize too.
The wire tumbler was then thoroughly spun by Rotarian Sonia Garcia and the winning runner-up tickets were drawn by Maxine; a teenage volunteer chosen at random from the audience. Eric Gomez announced the runner-up winners as each was drawn.
The runner-up winners of the eleven $250 Visa gift cards were: Leticia Baeza, Marvin Monk, Mike Kevlin, John Arthur, Brandon Pollack, M.K. Price, Miguel Aceevedo, Minhas R. Vellana, Janice Gibson,
Jess Fields Jr., and Rickey Hamilton. The winner of the Houston Aquarium Annuall Family Pass was Mike Kevlin, Runner-up winners who were not present were to be contacted by the Rotary Club within
a few days to arrange when to pick up their pass.
Jess Fields Jr., and Rickey Hamilton. The winner of the Houston Aquarium Annuall Family Pass was Mike Kevlin, Runner-up winners who were not present were to be contacted by the Rotary Club within
a few days to arrange when to pick up their pass.
After the winners’ names and phone numbers were recorded by Club Secretary Laurie Polomsky, their raffle tickets were returned to the tumbler for the Corvette drawing. The tumbler was spun again by Sonia Garcia before the grand prize ticket was drawn by audience volunteer Maxine.
Eric Gomez announced the Corvette Convertible grand prize winner was Floyd Barr of Montgomery, Texas. Mr. Barr has been buying raffle tickets from Rotarian Mike Carr for years. This year he purchased three tickets and one paid off as the winning ticket for the Corvette convertible. Mr. Barr has a heavy equipment business but he’s trying to retire.
When asked what he was going to do now that he had won the Corvette, Mr. Barr said he was planning on offering it to his wife as an anniversary gift.
The Rotary Club of Lake Houston Area is a community service organization serving the greater Lake Houston area since 1967 (formerly known as Humble Rotary). Rotarians are neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem solvers who see a world where people can unite and take action to make the world and our communities a better place to live and work.
The Rotary Club of Lake Houston Area is a community service organization serving the greater Lake Houston area since 1967 (formerly known as Humble Rotary). Rotarians are neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem solvers who see a world where people can unite and take action to make the world and our communities a better place to live and work.
Net proceeds from Rotary’s Corvette Raffle are used to support these community charities (partial list): Family Time, Including Kids, Society of St. Stephen, Oaks of Righteousness, Family Promise, Re:Mind, Humble Area Assistance Ministries Mission Northeast (HAAM), Holocaust Remembrance Association, WINGS Ministry, Boots for Troops, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Community Response Task Force, Village Learning Center, Lake Houston Family YMCA, Rotary Rose Group, Humble ISD student scholarships and HISD FFA. These organizations and others all received grants from Lake Houston Rotary during of 2021-22 fiscal year.
The drawing was made possible with the help of Rotary’s Corvette Raffle sponsor, Robbins Chevrolet in Humble. This is the third year Rotary has raffled off a Corvette with the help of Robbins Chevrolet.
The drawing was also streamed on Facebook Live for those who could not attend in person. Winners did not need to be present to win.
Rotary Club of Lake Houston Area members and guests meet at 11:45 a.m. Wednesdays for their weekly lunch meeting at the Lake Houston Family YMCA, 2420 West Lake Houston Pkwy. in Kingwood. Visitors interested in learning more about Rotary are welcome.
Lake Houston Rotary’s Summer Creek Satellite Club meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at 8:30 a.m., at Generation Park 3rd floor Nimble Office Suite, 250 Assay St., Houston.
For more information about Rotary or membership, visit www.LHARotary.com or search for our Facebook page @LakeHoustonAreaRotary or visit https://lharotary.com/page/who-we-are-what-we-do.