Plymouth Raffle Offers Dinner for 2 - Anywhere in the World

If dining at an exclusive Parisian restaurant is your idea of a great date, the Plymouth Kiwanis Foundation has a deal for you. (Photo via Flickr)

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Dinner anywhere in the world is on the Plymouth Kiwanis Foundation. Yes, really. Or, if you’d rather, just take the $7,500 in cash.

Sound suspicious? It isn’t.

The foundation, the umbrella organization for fundraising and charitable work of two local Kiwanis clubs, is selling raffle tickets for the chance to eat out at any restaurant in the world, Hometownlife.com reports. The winning ticket includes two round-tri flights and a two-night stay at a hotel.

“It’s kind of a unique thing,” said Jim Grutza, president of the foundation and a member of the Kiwanis Club of Colonial Plymouth. “Everyone who hears about it raises their eyes and buys one.”

Second prize is dinner for two, including travel and accommodations, at any restaurant in the United States, or a $2,000 cash prize. Third place is dinner for two at any Michigan restaurant, plus hotel accommodations (travel not included), or a $750 cash.

The tickets cost $10, and only 5,000 will be sold. Grutza said the tickets are selling “like wildfire.” The winners will be announced Saturday, Sept. 12, during the Kiwanis pancake breakfast at the Plymouth Community Fall Festival.

Grutza said the fundraiser, an idea borrowed from Kiwanians in Macomb County, is the most ambitious of any ever undertaken by the group.

The money raised will remain in the community. The organization typically supports programs such as Special Olympics, the First Step program for domestic abuse survivors, Kids Against Hunger and the Aktion Club for adults with visabilities.

But if you’ve got an idea for a special project, Kiwanians are eager to hear it, Grutza said.

The only caveat, he said: “We’d like it to stay in the community.”