Win a 3-bedroom home for $50 and some luck

I’m trying to remember the nicest prize I’ve ever won in a raffle.
It may have been a leprechaun statue for some St. Patrick’s Day event.
Whoever win’s this raffle will certainly take home a sweet prize. Heck, the prize is a home.
The Myelin Project, an international research foundation based in Amarillo, will raffle off a three-bedroom home in south Amarillo to raise money to fund medical research projects.
The Myelin Project funds researchers seeking cures for diseases that attack the insulating sheath surrounding nerve cells. The most notable disease is adrenoleukodystrophy or ALD.
In an age where endowments are drying up and donors are hard to come by, the Myelin Project is buying a home from local builder Wayne Osteen and selling tickets to cover the cost of buying it and raise money for the foundation.
The auctioned home will be 1,775 square feet, have three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two-car garage. It will be located at 3600 Springfield Ave. in the City View Addition off South Western Street near Hollywood Road.
Homes in that neighborhood and around that size are selling for around $200,000.
Tickets cost $50 and the winner will be drawn Oct. 18. The home’s ground breaking will take place 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The first 3,500 tickets will pay for the house. The rest will go to the foundation to help fund researchers.
Tickets are available online at www.myelin.org.
For $50, I may just have to take a chance.