A popular annual charity raffle is back, and it’s giving you the chance to win an exclusive collection of bourbon while also helping sick children and their families.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana (RMHCK) is raffling off six Pappy Van Winkle bottles of bourbon and rye worth over $13,000 this spring. Raffle tickets will be for sale from now until May 22, or until sell-out — and this raffle always sells out, says organizers.
Each raffle ticket is $100, and 100% of the proceeds will go toward RMHCK’s mission to house families traveling to Louisville for medical care for their children. Families receive all of RMHCK’s programs and services free of charge.
The raffle usually packages the Pappy bottles as a flight, but this year’s expanded Pappy raffle also includes a bottle of Pappy Rye. Julian Van Winkle III, president of Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery and longtime supporter of RMHCK, has signed each bottle in the collection, adding value and bragging rights to the winner.
This year’s collection includes:
- Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year (2023)
- 12-Year Old Van Winkle Lot B (2023)
- Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye (2024)
- Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year (2023)
- Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year (2023)
- Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year (2023)
“We intentionally sell 1,984 tickets to commemorate the year 1984, when Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana first opened its doors to families,” Hal Hedley, the organization’s CEO, said in a press release. “These six coveted bottles offered as a group go directly to support sick children and their families.”
The flight will be raffled at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 22. You do not need to be present to win.
RMHCK says the raffle has made a huge impact over the years, raising nearly $2 million since 2019, which equates to over 15,000 nights of comfort for families who travel to Louisville for medical treatment for their children.
You can read all the raffle rules and buy tickets online here.
This article appears in Mar 19 – Apr 2, 2025.
