East Village Postal's raffle raised more than $20,000 for BLM-related charities

[Photo at East Village Postal by Stacie Joy]

The community raffle organized by East Village Postal at 151 First Ave. ended right before midnight this past Saturday.

And the raffle's $5 tickets were a hit, raising more than $20,000 for Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp and the Equal Justice Initiative.

The shop reported on the results yesterday in an Instagram post...




Prizes included gift cards and other items from local businesses that included East Village Organic, Flower Power Herbs & Roots, Veselka, Takahachi, Mr. Throwback, Superiority Burger, Abraco and Azaleas, among many others.

Tomorrow is the deadline for the East Village community raffle benefitting Black Lives Matter

[Photos at East Village Postal by Stacie Joy]

As we reported last week, the folks at East Village Postal, 151 First Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street, have organized a community raffle to raise funds for Black Lives Matter.

The raffle ends at 11:59 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday night!). Winners will be announce on Sunday.

A reminder how it works:

100 percent of all ticket sales will be donated to Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp and the Equal Justice Initiative.

Each ticket is $5. For multiple entries, please purchase in increments $5. You can purchase tickets by venmo @eastvillageraffle and leave your email or phone number so that we can contact you if you win. To purchase tickets in cash, please purchase your ticket at our shop.

Visit this link for a list of all the raffle prizes, which include gift cards to East Village Organic, Flower Power Herbs & Roots, Veselka, Takahachi, Mr. Throwback, Superiority Burger, Abraco and Azaleas, among many others.

An East Village community raffle for Black Lives Matter

The folks at East Village Postal, 151 First Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street, have organized a community raffle to raise funds for Black Lives Matter.

Here's how it works:

100 percent of all ticket sales will be donated to Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp and the Equal Justice Initiative.

Each ticket is $5. For multiple entries, please purchase in increments $5. You can purchase tickets by venmo @eastvillageraffle and leave your email or phone number so that we can contact you if you win. To purchase tickets in cash, please purchase your ticket at our shop.

Visit this link for a list of all the raffle prizes, which include gift cards to East Village Organic, Veselka, Mr. Throwback, Superiority Burger, Abraco and Azaleas, among many others.

Updated:

East Village Postal shared this on Instagram this morning...

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THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE! We just found out that Venmo limits our weekly transfers so we decided to make our first donation! Out of the $7900 that we raised so far, we made our first donation of $4000 to @eji_org. Our donation was matched 2:1 by a friend’s corporate matching program, growing our first $4000 contribution to $12000 🤍 thank you Melina for having your company match our donation, all the vendors who have donated their services and gifts, and our NYC community for such an outpour of love! 🤍 let’s keep this going! Next week we will post our second donation!

A post shared by East Village Postal (@eastvillagepostal) on Jun 10, 2020 at 10:36am PDT

Please do not sit on this thing that looks exactly like a chair

Spotted outside East Village Postal today on First Avenue between Ninth Street and 10th Street ... a new place to rest for a moment?



... or ...



... a writing easel getting some air. (Complete with a warning not to sit!)

Thanks to Steven for the photos!