You may want to contact the folks at New Mexico Museum of Natural History
and Science in Albuquerque.  The have an annual bike ride and chile cookoff
each year.  The best person to contact would be Tish Morris
([log in to unmask]).

John

At 10:51 AM 6/12/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Our 501c3 support group is holding a Chili Cookoff this fall and as part are
>interested in including a raffle of a donated bird house in the shape of our
>museum, a quilt and a cake made by one of our staff members.  Have any of
>you held raffles...good or bad, and how do you word things etc. to be in
>compliance with not-for-profit tax rules?
>Any and all suggestions are welcomed.  Thanks in advance.
>Bridget Jones
>Sam Rayburn House Museum
>Bonham, TX
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