BOISE – Twenty schools have been drawn to compete in the Idaho Lottery SCRATCH FOR SCHOOLS fundraising event on Saturday, October 27th at the Boise Towne Square Mall. This event will give these 20 schools the opportunity to win money for their school.

This is the first event of its kind that the Idaho Lottery is conducting. This event will benefit local schools in Boise and Meridian. The participating schools are:

Jackson Elementary – Boise, Frontier Elementary – Meridian, Jefferson Elementary – Boise, Riverside Elementary – Boise, Les Bois Jr. High – Boise, Chaparral Elementary – Meridian, Longfellow Elementary – Boise, Lake Hazel Elementary – Meridian, Lewis & Clark Middle School – Meridian, Horizon Elementary – Boise, Silver Sage Elementary – Meridian, Madison Elementary – Boise, Eagle Hills Elementary – Meridian, Meridian Elementary – Meridian, Trail Wind Elementary – Boise, Roosevelt Elementary – Boise, Washington Elementary – Boise, Borah High School – Boise, Peregrine Elementary – Meridian, Eliza Hart Spalding Elementary - Boise. 

Each participating school will provide a team of 2 that will be given an equal number of promotional scratch tickets. For five minutes each team will scratch as many tickets as they can. All prizes that the team uncovers will be given to the school that the team represents. The team that uncovers the largest total dollar amount will win an additional 1,000 scratch tickets for their school (2nd and 3rd place will receive 500 and 250 tickets, respectively).

The Idaho Lottery is looking forward to this event as a way to increase their contributions to the Idaho public schools. And with a successful event behind them, they look forward to taking it statewide in the months to follow! The event will be held in the Boise Towne Square Mall on Saturday, October 27th at 11am. A cheering crowd is welcome to support their school. The Idaho Lottery benefiting public schools and buildings.