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Raffle Tickets
Each raffle ticket purchased will be entered into our drawing happening on 1/30/26, giving you (1) chance/per ticket to WIN a PAIR of ROUNDTRIP Tickets on JetBlue Airways ANYWHERE they fly, including their new, exciting European destinations. A picture of your raffle ticket(s) with your name on it and the raffle number(s) will be emailed to you prior to the Live Facebook drawing on Friday, January 30th, 2026 at 5pm (eastern). All raffle contributions must be purchased by Friday, January 30th at 2:00PM (eastern).
Please note: You may purchase as many raffle tickets as you like to increase your chances to win.
About Washington Square Community Association (WSCA):
Washington Square Community Association is a leading, local non-profit, 501c(3) community organization based around one of our city’s first local squares in downtown Rochester, NY. Our mission is to embrace diversity by involving all portions of the community, build partnerships amongst the various community leaders, promote the community through public relations events and activities, and improve the quality of the community environment through ongoing cleanup and beautification projects.
Our downtown neighborhood has a longstanding history of honoring local veterans for their service and sacrifice to our country dating all the way back to 1892 when the Soldiers and Sailors monument was erected in the Washington Square. This monument serves to highlight those veterans who served in the Civil War in all four branches of the United States military, and today still stands to remind us that ALL of our Vets serve a central role protecting our freedom and liberties here in America. In addition, the architect of the contemporary Washington Square, Frederick Law Olmsted, served as General Secretary of the US Sanitary Commission (a civilian position) where he organized and improved the logistics of medical care, transportation of the wounded, and sanitation in Union Army camps. In this role he significantly contributed to the welfare of the soldiers during the Civil War.
A Personal Word From WSCA president, Jason Schwingle:
This t-shirt project is one way the WSCA and my family would like to honor our Vets and their Families for their service and sacrifice to our great country. The WSCA will donate the net proceeds to Honor Flight Rochester, a nonprofit organization that serves Veterans and their Families.
Honor Flight: While the WSCA and this project are not formally affiliated with the Honor Flight Rochester (HFR) organization, my dad and I were honored to be invited as part of Rochester Honor Flight Mission #69 back in October of 2019. If you don’t know what Honor Flight is, in short, it’s an incredibly generous program that flies Veterans FREE of charge - and their guardians to Washington, DC to visit and reflect together at their memorials. See HonorFlightRochester.org. This is our way of saying THANK YOU for all the work this incredible organization does to honor our US Veterans.
