Remember back in 2009 when I donated a brand-spanking new Para USA GI Expert to the Gun Blogger Rendezvous for a raffle to help raise money for Soldiers’ Angel’s Project Valour IT? The ticket sales were through the Soldiers’ Angels website, and they used PayPal for online payment. Until Paypal shut down all contributions to their site until they yanked the icky gun raffle. Now the organization InterFace is holding a similar raffle:
InterFACE is a volunteer group of plastic and other reconstructive surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, pediatricians, and psychosocial workers, as well as other devoted volunteers, who give their time and expertise to offer reconstructive surgery to children in Mexico. We currently travel to 5 different sites for periods of 2 to 5 days, visiting some sites twice a year. The number of surgeries performed ranges from 10 to 75 per trip. Our primary focus is cleft lip an palate repair, but we also perform correction of hand and ear deformities, burn reconstruction, and other congenital and acquired deformities.
In each of our locations where we work, we are sponsored by the Secretary of Health for that state and work with the local plastic surgeon or pediatric surgeon. Our team members vary each trip, as we have a devoted talent bank of over 200 volunteers who travel with us at various times.
The prize is a custom-built 1911, and the cost for a chance at it is a mere $20.
Why a raffle?
InterFACE recently lost one of their key sponsors, and their program is in danger of being cut drastically. We offered to donate magazine space to a raffle of a custom 1911 to help out, and renowned custom pistolsmith Terry Tussy of Tussey Custom quickly jumped on board, volunteering to build a gun. Springfield Armory graciously supplied a stainless steel 1911, several makers supplied parts, and Terry supplied many parts from his own inventory.
All proceeds of this amazing raffle opportunity will go to directly support the doctors and nurses who travel on their own time to perform the healing surgery on these children. Tickets will only be sold for a limited time (through March 30, 2012) so act quickly to benefit this great cause — and for the opportunity to win this stunning 1911!
Here’s the kicker:
You can enter by going to www.interfacekids.org/raffle. They’ll accept PayPal, and most charge cards. You may also send a check, and make sure to include a phone number and e-mail address if you have one.
(My emphasis.) Well, we know that PayPal hates firearms more than they care for wounded soldiers. I wonder if they hate them more than Mexican children?