Meaningful Heros

Help a hero. Win a farm.

Help a hero. Win a Harley.

Help a hero and you become a hero, too!

Meaningful Heroes takes “Support Our Troops” beyond the bumper sticker. This is a movement with a big payoff for everyone involved.

With your help, we will host an Alaska fishing get-away for the entire 114th Fighter Wing Security Force Squadron of the South Dakota Air National Guard. When they come home, we want them to share a trip of a lifetime with their families. It will be something for these heroes to look forward to as well as something to remember.

Your contribution will finance this meaningful opportunity for loved ones to reconnect. Maybe you’ll get something tangible in return—an 80-acre farm or a muscled motorcycle. Whether we draw your name or not, you’ll win and they’ll win. Together we can create a true heroes’ welcome.

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The Heroes

Here Come The Heroes

War puts radical strains on military families. One South Dakota native cares enough about the sacrifices made by veterans and their families that she’s doing something radical to help reestablish their personal connections. Dr. Annette Bosworth is ready to give away the farm.

Putting the farm on the line isn’t a new idea for Dr. Bosworth. Last spring, she raffled land to benefit several local health care initiatives she spearheads. This time around, she’s focusing her innovative fundraising event on a single group—the men and women of the 114th Fighter Wing Security Force Squadron of the South Dakota Air National Guard. You can help!

Since May of this year, they have been deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. One soldier of that unit, SSgt. Ryan McNamara is currently in his fourth deployment with the Guard. And that is the main reason his wife, Terra, is so involved with this project—she knows the challenges the families of deployed military personnel face every day.

"My husband and others make sacrifices every single day to make sure our country is safe. We are so proud of them, so we gladly make the sacrifices too,” Terra McNamara said.

When these brave soldiers return to South Dakota at the end of their tour, Dr. Bosworth wants to welcome them with an all-expense-paid trip to an Alaska fishing resort. Each member of the unit will be encouraged to invite family members to share the adventure and use the time to reconnect.

"For returning veterans to successfully adjust to their home lives after a deployment, the whole family needs time to readjust," said Dr. Annette Bosworth.

"Meaningful Heroes takes 'Support Our Troops' beyond the bumper sticker. This is a movement with a big payoff for everyone involved," Dr. Bosworth explains. "By contributing $1,000, a donor earns the opportunity to enter one of two drawings. We're giving away the farm—80 acres in Moody County, SD, three miles from Trent—and we're raffling Harley-Davidson® bikes."

Winners may opt for a cash prize in lieu of the land or motorcycle--$250,000 or $15,000, respectively. There will be 35 $1,000 tickets sold per bike raffled and 500 $1,000 tickets for the land raffle.

You can choose to enter either the land raffle or the motorcycle raffle. Or, simply elect to contribute to this cause with no expectation of return beyond knowing you’re honoring a South Dakota hero. Contributions are accepted (and raffle tickets sold) through this website. Click to purchase now!

The Farm

I'm Giving Away the Farm

The Farm

This isn’t the first time Annette Bosworth, MD has put 80 acres of land on the line. She did it before, in April 2012 to benefit South Dakotans through her nonprofit organization, Preventive Health Strategies. Now Dr. Bosworth is giving away the farm again for an exceptional cause: South Dakota’s war heroes.

You can join her cause for the cost of $1,000 a ticket. In return, we’ll enter you in a raffle for 80 acres of pristine land in Moody County, SD. It’s within a mile of the Big Sioux River and a designated State Wildlife Preserve. (See the complete parcel description below.)

Your odds of winning the farm will be good—1 in 500. Your chance of creating a wonderful memory for a returning Guard member—100%.

This land parcel will be raffled to 500 holders of $1,000 tickets. The winner may choose the 80 acres of land or $250,000 cash.

It’s 80 acres in Moody County, SD. The southern half of the southeast quarter of Section 35-106-49. This is superb hunting ground situated 6 ½ miles northeast of Interstate 29, three miles from Trent, SD, six miles from Egan, SD, and 13 miles from Flandreau, SD. It’s within a mile of the Big Sioux River with access roads on the east and the south edges of the property.

This land will retain eligibility for the raffle winner to plant wild game food plots as has been done for the past several years.

These are the official land-raffle rules.

harley

Harley-Davidson® Fat Boy® Lo

This past summer Dr. Bosworth began testing ways to offer local heroes this trip of a lifetime. She started with a Harleys for Heroes raffle intended to create an Alaska adventure for one South Dakota military family per Harley awarded. Now the scope of the event has grown to encompass the entire 114th Fighter Wing Security Force Squadron of the South Dakota Air National Guard.

Though a generous offer can evolve of course, it’s difficult to picture a more attractive prize for any motorcycle enthusiast than a Harley. We’ll raffle a Fat Boy® Lo any time we have 35 contributors at $1,000 each! (Or, choose the $15,000 cash if you’d rather.)

Harley or no Harley, win or lose, you’ll be helping a hero.

Win a 2012 Harley-Davidson® Fat Boy® Lo

or $15,000 cash.

Each ticket is $1,000.

Raffle will be limited to only 35 tickets per bike.

Here are the motorcycle raffle rules.

Purchase

You Can Honor a Hero

Here’s how to contribute.

Choose one of these methods to purchase a raffle ticket or make a contribution:

  1. By check or money order. Send $1,000 to: Preventive Health Strategies, P.O. Box 130, Tea, SD 57064. (If you contribute by mail be sure to include current contact information— name, address, phone number, and email address.)
  2. Apply your contribution to a credit card by calling 605-368-1741.

Here’s what you might win.

For the price of a $1,000 ticket, you could own 80 acres of pristine South Dakota land or $250,000 cash. Or you could take home a Harley-Davidson® motorcycle or $15,000.

Or you could make a contribution of any value simply for the satisfaction of doing something meaningful for our heroes.



About Us

About Us

Preventive Health Strategies (PHS) is a 501(c)3 charitable organization based in Tea, SD. It operates statewide to deal with gaps in quality healthcare delivery and to promote wellness to all South Dakotans including those in rural and tribal areas. At PHS, we are passionate about eliminating barriers to quality healthcare and disease prevention. We are committed to collaborating with community allies from across our state.

Primary PHS objectives are:

  • Eliminating barriers to topnotch healthcare in all parts of the State of South Dakota.
  • Promoting health services to rural, tribal, and otherwise marginalized groups throughout South Dakota.
  • Exposing the root causes of poor healthcare delivery.
  • Facilitating communication between patients and doctors through secure Health Information Technology.
  • Working with other physicians by providing technical assistance toward Meaningful Use certification.

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The Authorize.Net Payment Gateway manages the complex routing of sensitive customer information through the electronic check and credit card processing networks.

The company adheres to strict industry standards for payment processing, including:

  • 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology for secure Internet Protocol (IP) transactions.
  • Industry leading encryption hardware and software methods and security protocols to protect customer information.
  • Compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

For additional information regarding the privacy of your sensitive cardholder data, please read the Authorize.Net Privacy Policy.

Preventive Health Strategies will not share, rent, or sell your personal information to third parties. We may disclose your personal information when required by law. If you have registered to receive email communications from us and later change your mind, you may click the “opt-out” link within the email.

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Authorize.Net Preferred ResellerYou can make donations online at harleysforheroessouthdaktoa.com with confidence. We have partnered with Authorize.Net, a leading payment gateway, to accept credit cards and electronic check payments safely and securely for our customers.

The Authorize.Net Payment Gateway manages the complex routing of sensitive customer information through the electronic check and credit card processing networks.

The company adheres to strict industry standards for payment processing, including:

  • 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology for secure Internet Protocol (IP) transactions.
  • Industry leading encryption hardware and software methods and security protocols to protect customer information.
  • Compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

For additional information regarding the privacy of your sensitive cardholder data, please read the Authorize.Net Privacy Policy.

Preventive Health Strategies will not share, rent, or sell your personal information to third parties. We may disclose your personal information when required by law. If you have registered to receive email communications from us and later change your mind, you may click the “opt-out” link within the email.

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Preventive Health Strategies (PHS) Official Contest Rules<
(May not be waived, modified, or supplemented except by PHS.)

By participating you agree to these rules.

  1. The purpose of the raffle and all proceeds from the raffle are to benefit projects sponsored by the nonprofit, PHS. However, no portion of the raffle donation is tax deductible.
  2. Only one prize will be awarded in the drawing. The prize will be the winner’s choice of either: 75 +/- acres of land described in Egan Township, southern 1/2 of the southeastern ¼ of Section 35-106-49, Moody County, South Dakota or $250,000 U.S. currency.
  3. Raffle tickets may be purchased from PHS volunteers or by calling PHS.
  4. The raffle will be held in Sioux Falls, SD conditional to the sale of 500 raffle entries by the drawing deadline. If 500 entries have not been purchased prior to the drawing deadline, the drawing will be postponed until such date as 500 tickets have been sold, but no later than July 15, 2013. Odds of winning are determined by the number of tickets sold.
  5. Each ticket is a separate entry in the drawing and each ticket has the equal opportunity to win.
  6. The winner has 30 days from announcement of the award to claim the prize or forfeit all claims thereto. Two forms of identification, one being a photo ID, are required to claim the prize.
  7. Due to postal regulations, raffle ticket stubs may not be returned by mail for purchases over the Internet, through the mail, or by telephone. When a ticket is purchased using one of those methods, the stub containing the name, address, and phone number of the purchaser will remain in the possession of PHS and will be entered in the drawing. After the drawing, the winner will be contacted using the name and information on the ticket, by telephone, and mail. Purchasers will not need to present their ticket stubs for any reason.
  8. Participants must be at least 18 years old and the winner may be required to sign affidavit of eligibility.
  9. The winner is solely responsible for all taxes, title, transfer fees, and all expenses in claiming and registering the land or taxes and fees associated with accepting the cash option. 
  10. Winner agrees to pay 25% Federal Income Tax withholding to PHS prior to transfer of the land title or issuance of a monetary award.  PHS will submit taxes collected to the IRS.  At the end of the year, PHS will file Form W-2G with the IRS to report the value of the prize won and taxes paid by the winner. The winner will receive a copy of Form W-2G.
  11. If the winner is a nonresident alien, the winner is required by the IRS to pay 30% U.S. Federal Income Tax on the value of the prize unless the winner is a resident of a specific country exempt by treaty. Tax amount must be paid to PHS prior to the release of the prize. PHS will file a Form 1042 and 1042-S at the end of the year to report the value of the prize won and the taxes paid by the winner. The winner will receive a copy of Form 1042 and 1042-S.
  12. In the event that the prize is unavailable, PHS liability shall be limited to refund of ticket price to purchasers.  PHS liability for any other claim is limited to refund of ticket prices.
  13. The winner agrees to the use of his or her name, address, photograph or video likeness, and statements for publicity purposes by PHS, and agrees to sign a publicity release without further compensation.
  14. PHS reserves the right to cancel the raffle at any time. Liability following cancellation is limited to a refund of ticket price to purchaser.
  15. Ticket sales to PHS employees, board members, and immediate families are prohibited. Immediate family includes spouse, children, and children’s spouses.
  16. The raffle is authorized under the laws of South Dakota and is void where prohibited, taxed, or otherwise restricted.   

 

Preventive Health Strategies (“PHS”) Official Contest Rules


By participating you agree to these rules.

  1. These Official Contest Rules may not be waived, modified, or supplemented except by PHS.
  2. The purpose of the raffle and all proceeds from the raffle are to benefit PHS; however, no portion of the raffle donation is tax deductible.
  3. Prize: one prize will be awarded in the drawing.  The prize will be 2012 Polaris Ranger Crew 500 Turbo (ARV $10,999).
  4. Raffle tickets may be purchased from PHS volunteers or by calling PHS.
  5. Each ticket is a separate entry into the drawing and each ticket has the equal chance to win.
  6. Winner has 30 days from announcement of the award to claim the prize or the winner forfeits all claims thereto.  Two forms of identification, one being a photo ID are required to claim the prize.
  7. Due to postal regulations, raffle ticket stubs cannot be returned by mail for purchases over the Internet, through the mail, or by telephone.  When a ticket is purchased through one of the above methods, the stub containing the name, address, and phone number of the purchaser will remain in the possession of PHS and will be placed into the drawing.  At the drawing the winner will be contacted based on the name and information on the ticket, via telephone and mail.  Purchasers do not need their ticket stubs for any reason.
  8. Participants must be at least 18 years old and winner may be required to sign affidavit of eligibility.
  9. Winner is solely responsible for all taxes, title, transfer fees, and all expenses in claiming and registering the prize. 
  10. Winner agrees to pay 28% federal income tax withholding to PHS prior to transfer of the prize.  PHS will submit the taxes collected to the IRS.  At the end of the year, PHS will file form W-2G with the IRS to report the value of the prize won and taxes paid by the winner.  The winner will be provided a copy of this also.
  11. If the winner is a nonresident alien, the winner is required by the IRS to pay 30% US income tax on the value of the prize unless the winner is a resident of specific countries exempt by treaty.  This amount must be paid to PHS prior to the release of the prize.  PHS will file a Form 1042 and 1042-S at the end of the year to report the value of the prize won and the taxes paid by the winner. The winner will be provided a copy of this also.
  12. In the event that the prize is unavailable, PHS’s liability shall be limited to refund of tick price to purchasers.  PHS’s liability for any other claim is limited to refund of ticket prices.
  13. Winner agrees to use of their name, address, photograph or video likeness, and statements for publicity purposes by PHS, and agrees to sign a publicity release without further compensation.
  14. PHS reserves the right to cancel the raffle at any time.  Liability following cancellation is limited to a refund of ticket price to purchaser.
  15. Ticket sales to PHS employees, board members, and the immediate families are prohibited.  Immediate family includes spouse, children, and children’s spouse.