(La Porte, IN) - One of the highlights of this year’s Red, Wine, and Brew event was a raffle for a classic 1968 Ford Mustang. Organizers were selling tickets along the 4th of July Parade route and right up until the drawing around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Summit.
The winners of the raffle were from nowhere near La Porte, which is evidence of how far-reaching Red, Wine, and Brew has become.
Carey Garwood spoke with the winners over the phone moments after drawing their names. Mark and Nancy Schaller from Lagrangeville, New York won the classic Ford convertible. Garwood said they bought their ticket over the phone after seeing the car on a website that promotes charity car raffles. She distictly remembered selling the ticket and how the Schallers regaled her with stories about their adventures in cars when they were younger.
“Mark is actually the son, Nancy’s the mom. The dad is the one that called me back,” Garwood said. The elder Schallers explained to Garwood that Nancy had a 60s Mustang early in their marriage, but replaced it with a four-door sedan when they had kids. “They’re extremely excited to win,” said Garwood.
“She could hardly even speak, thinking about winning this old dream car and getting to drive one again. They can’t wait to come out, bring a trailer, get it, and take it back out to New York.”
Garwood says about 3,200 tickets were sold. Garwood said a number of tickets were purchased by people from outside the community who heard about Red, Wine, and Brew through the internet. One person from Montana bought $1,500 worth of tickets.
