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Art Van recently celebrated their 50th birthday this month at the Warren Art Van Furniture store. Entertainment at this “Michigan Legends Charity Concert” included performances by The Original Vandellas, the Miracles and the Contours. The event raised money for the Gleaners Community Food Bank.

Amongst all this excitement, the night concluded with a 1959 “little red Corvette” give away. With more than 541,000 online entries placed between June and November, Traverse City resident, Tracie Sears, and husband, Todd, were the lucky winners of this fully restored classic car.

"I never dreamed I'd actually win! My husband and I drove down from Traverse City to see the concert, but I never expected to hear my name called as the winner!" exclaimed Tracie.

Not too shabby of a party favor, if you ask us!  Check out the video after the jump.

[ Art Van ]

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The giving season is almost here. Over your turkey dinner, I encourage your family to consider helping out the Kids Wish Network (KWN).

This year the Kids Wish Network is aiming to further their reach with their "Hero of the Month" Program, a program which helps children in hospitals all over the country who have overcome traumatic and life-changing circumstances with courage and spirit.

What a phenomenal message to help spread to our youngsters…

However, with such a huge demand for this program, KWN needs your help! I encourage you to donate - not only will your donation help children nationwide but it will also enter you to win TWO Corvettes.

Yes, two…

• 2009 Hero Edition Corvette ZR1
• 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible

Enter to win now by simply clicking here. Better yet, Use Promo Code MB1009A and Receive 2 Free Bonus Tickets with any Purchase over $20.

Make a difference this holiday season in a child’s life… and maybe even in your own garage!!

[ Kids Wish Network ]

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In celebration of the National Corvette Museum’s 15th anniversary, the museum is raffling off an Artic White Corvette Grand Sport… Not just an ordinary Corvette either.

The Grand Sport painted in all white with a red-stripped, black hood will showcase Corvette Racing’s mascot, Jack. In honor of this memorable raffle prize, the museum has also added the NCM official logo to the car’s B-pillar.

With a six speed manual transmission, the vehicle also comes equipped with dual mode exhaust as well as a ZR1 rear spoiler. “You can summarize the car this way,” Tadge Juechter, Chief Engineer of the Corvette said, “Zero to sixty in four seconds; 26 miles a gallon.”

Since each raffle ticket costs a pretty penny ($150 each), the NCM has decided to only offer out 2,009 raffle tickets in total, giving participants a good chance of winning. Even if you don’t take home the collector’s Corvette Grand Sport, second place winner receives $10,000 and third place will win $5,000. Not to bad if you ask me!

Tickets for the raffle are still available by simply clicking below. You only have until Sunday, September 6th at 10 a.m. before the winning tickets are picked!

[ National Corvette Museum ]

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Michigan’s largest furniture chain, Art Van will celebrate its 50th anniversary this summer. To enhance the promotion of this historical event, Art Van will be giving away a "1959 “little red Corvette”.

Art Van’s partnership with the 50-year old Corvette give-away symbolizes the remarkable transition and perseverance each of these legendary companies has endured over the years. “Both Art Van and the Chevrolet Corvette have stood the test of time to become symbols of Michigan pride,” said Art Van Founder and Chairman Art Van Elslander.

Michigan, Ohio and Indiana participants may only register. The drawing will be randomly selected November 12, 2009. Be sure to register by clicking the link below. You never know, you just might win!

[ Art Van ]

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The very FIRST 2009 Competition Sport Package Z06 was raffled off last week courtesy of the National Corvette Museum. The lucky ticket #54 won William Leighton of The Woodlands, Texas this beautiful Z06 prize.

This raffle was yet another event planned to continue the weeklong C5/C6 Birthday Bash celebration! Tickets for the raffle cost $450 each, though the vehicle equates out to a $77,500 purchase. Mr. Leighton, lucky enough, also has the option to receive his new prize at the museum in a celebratory delivery fashion. Not too shabby!

Funds from the raffle go toward purchasing the next museum’s raffle car. General Motors graciously gave the museum the opportunity to buy the first Z06 for the event. “We are excited to have the first VIN representing this extraordinary Corvette model to use as a fundraiser,” states NCM Executive Director, Wendell Strode. “We appreciate the allocation from our friends at GM allowing us the chance to purchase this car for use as a fundraiser, and look forward to meeting the winner when they take delivery at the Museum. We hope that by continuing to offer these raffles to benefit the Museum, we are also giving someone an opportunity to become a Corvette owner that might not have had the opportunity.”

Don’t worry if you missed out for this raffle, tickets for future museum raffles can be found by clicking here. Good luck!

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Longtime readers of CorvetteBlog are well aware of our links to the very best of key Corvette related websites on our homepage.  One of these links is to SmokinVettes, and now SmokinVettes is giving you a great reason to click that link!

SmokinVette.com Corvette Forum is proud to announce its second annual Virtual Car Show.  SmokinVette.com, considered as one of the largest privately owned Corvette forums, has also been recently featured with Speed Channel's Super Cars Exposed, Jay Leno's Garage and SEMA (two years straight).   They have now kicked up this year's Virtual Car Show prizes to be over $10,000 worth of parts with the Grand Prize being a BendPak Four-Post Lift!

SmokinVette.com Corvette Forum and club, operated by Corvette enthusiasts for Corvette enthusiasts, is not your ordinary Corvette forum, but instead a Corvette Forum that creates a fun non-political environment for Corvette owners and enthusiasts to share ideas, views, product reviews, technical, Q&A, and much more.  SmokinVette.com is open to all Corvette generations from C1 to C5 and C6's.  Registration is free, and gives the Corvette enthusiast unlimited forum posts, Corvette classifieds listings, and photo uploads in our "Vette Gallery", a collection of thousands of Corvettes photos uploaded from Corvette owners around the world, giving them the ability to showcase their stock or modified Corvette!  While visiting SmokinVette.com, each guest will have access to "best of breed" Vendors for their stock or modified Corvette parts needs.

The SmokinVette.com Corvette Forum 2nd Annual "Virtual Car Show" will consist of two main categories. The main category will be open to all Corvette owners C1 through C6 and Z06 owners. The second category is open to all makes and models. Full details on both contest can be found:
http://www.smokinvette.com/corvetteforum/showthread.php?p=191641#post191641.

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Fort Collins (Colorado) Habitat for Humanity is raffling off a 2009 Corvette 3LT Coupe.  This coupe features the 6-speed paddle shift automatic transmission and chromed aluminum wheels.

Participation is limited to just 1000 tickets at $100 apiece.  The Corvette winner will be drawn at the local Chevy dealer in Fort Collins, Dellenbach Motors, on Saturday, September 12.

Tickets are can be purchased at the Habitat Home Supply Store, located at 4001 S. Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins, CO, or by sending a check or money order to the same address.  Or, call 970-488-2606.

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[ Habitat for Humanity Website ]

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The Kids Wish Network has announced its 2008 Corvette Dream Giveaway!  To make things exciting, they are giving away not just one Corvette, but two!  To make it more exciting, they are giving away a classic 1967 Corvette 427 Convertible and a 2008 John Lingenfelter Tribute 427 Corvette Convertible. 

Then to ratchet up the appeal, they are throwing in up to $75,000 to pay the federal taxes on these beauties!  Now, here is the amazing part: you and I can buy tickets to win for just $3  Bulk quantities of the tickets make the price even lower.  Hurry, though, because the winner will be announced on Christmas Day 2008.

Log on to winthevettes.com to read the entry rules and buy your tickets.  Whoever wins these beauties, please send us photos of yourself behind the wheel, so we can blog about you.  And remember, this is so great for the many children who will be helped.  Let's make this a great fundraising success!

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