What is the BorderCon Charity Raffle?

Every year we select a new charity to be supported by the attendees of BorderCon. Where possible we try to select a charity that affects one of our own - a member of the gaming community. Beyond that we try to select a charity with wide reaching social benefits and where possible a charity that is not already hugely supported by government funding. In past years we have supported the Lyme Disease Association of Australia, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Haemophilia Foundation of Australia, ME/CFS Australia (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Albury-Wodonga, Beyond Blue, Down Syndrome Victoria and The McGrath Foundation (funding for a Matastatic Breast Care Nurse for 3 Years).

In all we have raised over $50,000 over the years and it is one small way that we can give back as a community. 

The Cause 2024

Food Share Albury Wodonga

As we all know cost of living, the housing\rental market and bills of all types are really crunching people at the moment. For this reason we have selected Food Share Albury Wodonga as our charity of choice for this year. Food Share do a wonderful job of helping bring nutritious and good quality food to those that are struggling - each and every week. As a teacher I am also seeing student lunchboxes with less in them than ever before and cheaper treats rather than nutritious food. Food Share don't only provide food for those in need at home, they also send fruit through to schools in the area to help students that are going hungry during school times.

Every cent raised by the BorderCon Charity will go to Food Share Albury Wodonga. Regional areas do it even tougher than city areas a lot of the time due to fewer big companies giving back. This year's charity is your chance to help out our local area...the Border and its surrounds. We thank you in advance.

 How can I be involved?

Over the course of the weekend the BorderCon team will be selling raffle tickets for the BorderCon Raffle. Tickets are $5 each, 5 for $20, 20 for $50 and 50 for $100. We take cash but we now also have an electronic service to offer a cashless service. 

In return, ticket holders have a chance to win some great prizes. We have an amazing selection of games that will be on display over the weekend and they will all be won by those that support the Charity Raffle! 

The raffle is drawn at 1pm on Sunday and more than $1,200 worth of prizes will be given away. Each winning ticket will be called out and the winner will be able to select 1 item from the prize table in the order they are drawn.

Please note you must be present to claim your prize. If no one comes forward to claim a winning ticket a redraw will take place. If a ticket is lost a replacement will not be issued, we recommend storing them in your lanyard for safekeeping or a ziplock bag.

Be a part of the fun!

We also encourage attendees to bring something along to donate to the prize table. Over the years gamers have donated games, promos, map packs, out-of-print items, gaming accessories and other game-related novelties.

We often use these items as lucky door prizes or to fill mystery boxes. If an item is of significant value we will add it to the Charity Prize Table. All we ask is that donations are something most people would want and not a convenient way to offload items of little interest\value.

Future Charity Announcement

For 2025 we would like to choose a charity that might be close to your heart. In the months after BorderCon we will be inviting submissions from the Australian Gaming Community for worthy causes. Look out for that announcement here and on the BorderCon Facebook Page.