I have the greatest pleasure to make the following announcement on behalf of the APG. World renowned sculptor and painter Matt Springer has offered his services as 1st Prize for the APG's Alabama Flag Project Raffle.

The raffle will work like this.

Matt will sculpt and paint a 250mm bust of your choice if your ticket is drawn. (You must submit 3 choices to Matt and he will chose one of the 3.)

Price of the tickets are $10 ea or 6 for $50.

Ticket sales start today 1/26/09 and will end just prior to the drawing on Aug 8 or when all 500 tickets have been sold.

Additional 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place prizes will be offered as they become available and listed on our website.

The raffle will be held on Aug 8, 2009 at the APG Gettysburg Show.

Winners need not be present. The winner will be notified by email or phone. An announcement will also be made on the APG website.

All proceeds will go to the APG to aide in our current fundraisng efforts.

Tickets can be purchased on line at http://artistpreservationgroup.com/raffle.htm, from me at infomikeapg@aol.com.,or from selected APG Members. We will accept cash, checks, money orders or payment by Paypal. Check and money orders should be in US dollars payable on a US bank. When payment has been received your ticket will be recorded and mailed to you. Mail payments to me at 2221 Hunters Rd SW Roanoke, Virginia 24015.

This offer is open to any indivudual, company, group, or club worldwide.

Only 500 tickets have been printed so don't wait. These will go fast for this very unique and generous offer.

For more info and rules concerning the raffle contact me infomikeapg@aol.com or go to the raffle page on our website.http://artistpreservationgroup.com/raffle.htm

Thanks for your continued support.

Mike Stelzel

Just a reminder folks, the raffle is ongoing and we look forward to your continuos and generous support