It's that time of year again ....

School days, school days
Dear old golden rule days.
Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic
Taught to the tune of the hickory stick.

Winners announced. All winners have been emailed regarding their winnings and prizes will be awarded as soon as I hear back from each of them.

1. Writing.Com Sticky Notes = ~♥~Krysha~♥~ , Ticket #49 * Ordered
2. Writing.Com Wooden Pencils = Lorien , Ticket #104 * Ordered
3. Writing.Com Ballpoint Pens = ♥ just jess ♥ *Winning ticket purchased by Scottiegazelle , Ticket #33 * Ordered
4. Writing.Com Journal and Pen = Black Willow - away , Ticket #98* Ordered
5. Writing.Com Natural Tote Bag = cherry , Ticket #6* Ordered
6. Winner requested 3-Month Premium = terryjroo, Ticket #61 (Required two rolls of Virtual Dice since first roll picked a participant who had already won a prize) * Ordered

~Congratulations!~ to the winners, and a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for participating and for the generous donations. ALL gp proceeds will be forwarded to RAOK. My apologies if I missed mentioning any donations in this forum.

GP's forwarded to RAOK of all entry fees and donations on 10/4/06.

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Now is the time to enroll yourself or your favorite student/teacher for some good old Writing.Com school-related merchandise. (Note to international participants: You may participate in the auction but prize will not be mailed, except for the Upgraded Membership. I will forward the cost of the item plus U.S. mailing fee in GP's to you and request that you order an item from the Writing.Com Store.)

All auction requests require a 500 GP donation for RAOK, so please post here and send donations to me or forward directly to "Invalid Item" . (Donations will be contributed to RAOK at the close of the auction.)

PLEASE, STUDENTS (age 13 through 99 working towards that grade school, middle school, high school, GED, associates, bachelors, masters, or doctorate diploma/degree) only are to request or be gifted an auction ticket (500 GP's per request/gift). Thanks to TheWýtçhè - Away Indefinitely for enlightening me that our wonderful, caring teachers need a little help packing their backpacks, too! So, please teachers, add yourself to the Roll Call or surprise your favorite Writing.Com teacher with a ticket.

All prizes will be awarded via Virtual Dice beginning with first prize through last. Once a student receives a prize, that student is ineligible to win further prizes. United States' students will be required to supply a mailing address (with parent's permission, if under the age of 18), or to add prize to his/her Writing.Com "Wish List" if parents decline permission.

Prizes in sequence to be awarded:

One set of "Sticky Notes"
One set of "Wooden Pencils"
One set of "Ballpoint Pens"
One "Journal and Pen"
One "Natural Tote Bag"
One "12-Month Upgraded Membership"

Prize list could be expanded depending on donations?

Nominations will end on 9/30/06 with prizes awarded by 10/8/06.

If you are a student, craving a prize, email me ... I'll see what I can do to help you out with the GP's for RAOK!

Happy School Year! May you accomplish all your goals!

Roll Call:

       1 = greenjellybean
       2 = ♥ The Maveric ♥
       3 = rowanhowler
    4-6 = cherry
       7 = RdNk Cwgl 1133064
       8 = greenjellybean
   9-12 = TRose-Going Insane
  13-14 = Cat-Claws
  15-16 = Lorien
  17-18 = patrickstar * A back-to-school gift from Lorien
      19 = Princess Annalina
      20 = Crys-revising
  21-25 = Veronica is back!
  26-27 = laganite * A back-to-school gift from Elisa, Stik 15K
  28-37 = ♥ just jess ♥ * A back-to-school gift from Scottiegazelle
  38-57 = ~♥~Krysha~♥~
      58 = § Forsaken §
  59-63 = terryjroo
  64-68 = Elisa, Stik 15K * A back-to-school gift from terryjroo
  69-73 = Cookie ~ contemplatingareturn * A back-to-school gift from terryjroo
  74-93 = Tetiana * A back-to-school gift from Feywriter
  94-103 = Black Willow - away
104-105 = Lorien
106-107 = Fairy * A back-to-school gift from Lorien
  108 = Gracie--Ready for NaNo09 * Requested free ticket
  109 = Angelique_Revanche * Requested free ticket

Donations:

 10,000 GP's from tc_davis
 25,000 GP's from cherry
  3,200 GP's from Elisa, Stik 15K
 50,000 GP's from Joy
  6,800 GP's from Elisa, Stik 15K
     500 GP's from Black Willow - away
  1,500 GP's from Black Willow - away