Car Raffle Winner Announced

We are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2009 Blair Parent Car Raffle are Bob and Tracy Connolly of Troy, New York. Long-time family friends of Blair football star Dion Lewis ’09, who will be a starter for the University of Pittsburgh this fall, Bob purchased the ticket on Peddie Day. The Connolly family attended every home football game this year and truly consider themselves to be part of the Blair community. The winning ticket, number 175, was sold by Rich Hoffman, father of Dillon ’10 and Maggie ’11.

Ordinarily Bob would not have purchased a car raffle ticket, but last November, he found a $100 bill in a convenience store parking lot. He inquired repeatedly if anyone had reported the missing bill, but no one ever did. Rather than keeping the money for himself, he supported Blair with the purchase of a raffle ticket. To his amazement, he became the lucky winner of a Mercedes SLK 300 valued at $48,275, and being a good husband, he is giving the car to his wife!