Student-built house in Missoula, Montana to be raffled off for $100 a ticket

The home is being raffled off on Sept. 26 to the first 5,000 ticket buyers who pay $100, said Lynn Stocking, associate dean of UM’s College of Technology. Although the raffle officially kicked off at the trade show, tickets will be sold until all 5,000 are gone.

“We are calling it the Building Futures Program and it is the first time in Missoula that we’ve done something like this,” Stocking said. “We’ve teamed up with the Missoula Building Industry Association and the high school Flagship program to build a student-built house.

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Raffle tickets for the student-built home cost $100 each and can be purchased in Missoula at MBIA, 1840 South Ave. W., or Junkermeier, Clark, Campanella & Stevens, 2620 Connery Way. Purchasers must be 18 or older, and prize winners must be Montana residents.

A minimum of 3,500 and a maximum of 5,000 tickets will be sold. The raffle drawing will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, at Farmers State Bank, located at 3130 N. Reserve St. in Missoula. Ticket purchasers need not be present to win.

In addition to the Grand Prize home, three other prizes will be awarded: first prize, a $20,000 car; second prize, a $10,000 boat or recreational vehicle; and third prize, a $5,000 home entertainment system.

For more information, call 543-4423 or go to http://www.buildmissoula.com/index.php/student-built-house-raffle.

By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

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