Last Sunday I was lucky enough to attend the monthly club meeting of the DFWinners with Helene in tow. (See if you can spot her in any of the pictures.) It is held at the Spring Creek BBQ restaurant in Irving TX. I found their club to be so different from the one I belong to.
My club, The Winner’s Circle, only has 12 members. We meet once per month at a local restaurant. We have lunch, chat generally about the hobby and have a scratch lottery ticket trade.
Their club had 29 people in attendance. I am not sure how many members they have. They have a formal meeting format. Before the meeting starts, people line up to participate in the draws: stamped postcards, decorated envelopes, scratch tickets, 50/50 and Better Then Nothing. The meeting began with a Roll Call. Each person introduced themselves and what they had won since the last meeting. Lots of cheering for each other. Even if someone’s win were low the past month there were many words of encouragement. They even have a wins board to track how many big wins they have had as a club.
Then I got up and spoke a bit about the hobby and answered questions about how the hobby is so different between Canada and the US. The short list of the differenaces are: the lingo (contestor vs sweeper), the taxes (in Canada we do not pay income tax on winnings of any kind), there are virtually no mail-in contests left in Canada and the number of local contests where participation is required is far greater.
I discovered later that the part of the meeting I spoke was their Educational Session, where they learn something new to increase their odds of winning. The previous month they had made shaving cream envelopes.
Then they had their draws. I won the 50/50. WOO HOO! (I bought my daughter pink cowgirl boots with my winnings.)
After all the winning was done, they discussed club business. (The business section was very similar to the business section of my Toastmasters club meetings.) Since it was November they talked about the Christmas party/meeting and the new executive for the following year. I then realized the four women sitting at the front were the President, Webmaster, Secretary and Treasurer.
At the very end, Helene stood up and offered to host a few members as guests in her home one Sunday in the new year and teach them first hand about attracting in the wins they really want. They will have a draw for the 5 winners in January. Everyone was very excited at the prospect of being lucky enough to win an afternoon with Helene!
The two hours went by so fast. Helene and I had so much fun!!
Helene had told me she stopped entering sweepstakes years ago because she won everything she every wanted. My winning energy is so contagious that by the time I left we were in the process of winning her a new computer. (I seem to have that effect on people!) So we agreed once she won, we would all (Craig, Nicole & I) would come down for a visit and Craig would get her all setup. I plan to ensure our trip coincides with another DFWinners meeting!
So if you are travelling, see which clubs are in the area and attend a meeting if you can. It’s a great way to be around fellow sweepers in between conventions.
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