Iron Ridge Lions to Host Gun and Meat Raffles on Sunday

The Iron Ridge Lions are excited to host their sixth annual five gun and beef and pork raffle on Sunday, Nov. 15. Inside of the Iron Ridge Inn in the bar area is where this event will be held.

Starting at 11:30 a.m., the raffles kick off with the meat raffle. This will last until all of the meat is gone. Typically this raffle ends around 2:30 p.m. or 3 p.m.

All meat is from Cedar Road Meat Market in Iron Ridge and it is all homegrown beef and pork. There is roughly 100 pounds of beef and 100 pounds of pork.

Afterwards they have the gun raffle which starts right after the meat raffle ends, usually around 3 p.m. Winners have the option to take the weapon from the event or the cash value of the gun they won. Drawing the winners of the guns marks the end of the event. The guns are sponsored by Hillbillie Hardware.

In addition to the gun and meat raffles, they also will sell pull tabs and have a 50/50 cash raffle.

This event is the biggest money maker for the Lions and has been a great success in the past.

“The majority of the money that we make stays within the community of Iron Ridge,” said Iron Ridge Lion, Hubert Albert. The rest of it stays within the Lions but goes to state or international Lions.

At their meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3, they committed $1,500 of the funds raised to an Iron Ridge family who needs a wheelchair ramp and a door expander for their home. Someone in the family suffers from multiple sclerosis and their wheelchair doesn’t fit through their door.

All members of the Iron Ridge Lions are involved, Albert said, “We’re a small club, we’ve only got about eight members, but everybody works that afternoon.”

The TCC Community Center Food Bank will be collecting food items or monetary amounts. Back in April, when the Lions worked with the food bank, they raised a good amount of money and over 400-500 pounds of goods for donation.