Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 North Branford Cow Chip raffle! The event raised approximately $5,000, which will be evenly split between the North Branford Touchdown Club and the North Branford Parks & Recreations Department.

The North Branford TouchDown Club, Thunderbird cheerleaders, and the North Branford Parks & Recreations Department would like to extend special thanks to:

The Festival Committee and team for a wonderful community event; Mike Doody for his continued support of the Touchdown Club and the North Branford community and festival, and for supplying the cows; Cody Duhamel for ensuring safe transportation of the cows and the successful release and catch of them at the event; Fran Merrolla and the North Branford Department of Public Works for an outstanding job preparing the cow chip grid and field; Dudley Harrison for providing the scale; Cannelli Printing of West Haven for donating its time and resources to create and supply cow chip raffle tickets; Sisto Mellilo for his continued support of the TD Club and his team at Save & Discount for acting as a ticket outlet and sales location; Country Paint and Hardware and Stop & Shop of Branford for allowing tickets to be sold on premise; Company #3 Fire Department for allowing tickets to be sold at its fried dough event; Anthony Esposito and Mike Perdoti for spreading the word and their advertising support during the festival; and The Touchdown Club officers and members from our football and cheerleading families for their sale efforts

Last, we thank everyone who bought the tickets. Our sincere thanks go out for supporting our town and our children. We could not have the sports community that we do without their help.

Paul Calamita, President

North Branford TouchDown Club

Janice Despotakis, Board member

North Branford Thunderbird Cheerleaders