100 Square Fundraiser
$4,000 raised for Caring for a Cure! Thank you so much to everyone who participated.
I decided to kick off my 2025 Boston Marathon fundraiser with a virtual fundraising game. To do this, I created 100 squares that were numbered 1-100. These all went on sale for a price that was equivalent to the number in each square. When someone purchased a square, they also received one entry for every dollar that was spent. The entries went towards the chance to win one of three cash prizes: first place = $600, second place = $300, third place = $150.
A huge thank you to the talented Karoline Cunico, the designer of my game board. Seriously, you guys should have seen it before she worked her magic. Karoline, I am eternally grateful for your support in my endeavors.
As I collected donations, I kept track of every contribution in this excel sheet. Doing so allowed me to prepare how I would draw winners for my game without hand writing 5,050 individual entries. Everyone who bought a square had their name entered in a cell in the sheet. The total number of times that one person’s name was entered is the amount of entries they received to win.
I used two excel functions to draw winners. I used the RANDBETWEEN formula to generate a random number between 2 and 5051. The number generated represented the row that a winner’s name is in. I then used the INDEX formula to identify which name was in the row that the first function identified.
Winners:
Micheal Sanguliano won the first place prize of $600 (Michael had square 100).
Ashley Adamson won the second place prize of $300 (Ashley had square 70).
Hayden Farley won the third place prize of $150 (Hayden had square 73).
I made an Instagram reel to capture the moment where I drew winners. You can view part one here and part two here!
Overall, 90 different people participated in this fundraising game. Together, we raised $4,000 for Caring for a Cure. I can’t help but marvel over the impact that we can make when working together.
All contributors, listed in alphabetical order by first name:
Aidan Clegg, Alex Gamble, Alex Smith-Lin, Amanda Hope, Amy Francis, Andrew Brown, Andrew Koudjis, Ashley Adamson, Ashlyn Bodin, Bella Ceseretti, Bob & Deb Paquette, Bruce Berman, Cali Rosario, Carrie Clegg, Cary Heterick, Chase Gauthier, Chris Mancini, Claire Adamson, Colin Noel, Connie Voss, Cynthia Roach, Dan Bruwer, Dana Fishman, Debbi Jaffe, Deepa Bhatt, Ed Fasano, Grace Adamson, Gufran Bulbul, Hannah Garbo, Harsha Prasad, Hayden Farley, Heather Nelson, Jack Adamson, Jackie Borella, Jaden Strong, James Simpson, Janine Bishop, Jen Annese, Jenny Reid, Jessica Cummings, Jon Adamson, Julia Brammer Julia Willetts, Juliet Hagobian, Karen Ceseretti, Karen Simone, Karoline Cunico, Kathy Moody, Kelly Ocasio, Kevin Farley, Kim Hubbard, Kristen Kells, Kristen Pearse, Kristin Mitchell, Leah Valentine, Leedya & Sid, Leedya Senbetta, Liddy Hutchings, Lilly Budano, Linda Barba, Lucy Baxter, Lynn Pearson, Mary Noel, Michael Coogan, Michael Sanguliano, Miyu Tachibana, Natasha Sohni, Nikki Blount, Nina Budano, Olivia Clegg, Parker Kirkwood, Patricia Mitchell, Rachel Gilbert, Rachel Martin, Rachel Peterson, Rhonda Sidhom, Robyn O'Neil, Sam Read, Sarah Corbett, Sharon Boyd, Shelby Howard, Sophia Hasson, Steph Grove, Steve Valentine, Susan Brown, Tommy Acciardo, Tracey Keith, Trey Christo, Vanessa Blankenship, and Xochitl Perez.
THANK YOU.
