The Car Raffle

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Helping Seniors Car Raffle

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Pick the Car You Want to Win!

On October 26th 2025, you pick the car you want to win!  It’s why we call it “Choose Your Adventure” because you have 7 great brand-new 2025 cars to choose from:

For the Roadster Adventure …
2025 Mazda Miata

For the Exploring Adventure …2025 Jeep Compass Sport

For the Hauling Adventure …2025 Chevrolet Colorado

For the Racing Adventure …2025 Dodge Hornet

For the Stylish Adventure …2025 Mitsubishi Outlander

For the Elegant Adventure …2025 Mazda3

For the Upscale Adventure …2025 Kia Sportage

Our 2025 winner gets to select their choice of a 2025 Mazda MX-5 Miata Sport, a 2025 Jeep Compass Sport 4×4, a 2025 Chevrolet Colorado WT Truck, a 2025 Dodge Hornet GT, a 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, a 2025 Mazda3 2.5 S Sedan, and a 2025 Kia Sportage LX – all from the AJ Hiers collection of dealerships at the Boniface-Hiers Automotive Group.

Each Car Raffle Ticket ($25 for one 1 ticket or 5 tickets for $100 donation) is also your “Admit One” to the “Sunday at the Museum” Grand Drawing event from 1 pm – 4 pm Sunday, October 26th.

Each ticket includes access to our Brevard Adventure Village, Outdoor Car Show and the Front Showroom at the American Muscle Car Museum as well as complimentary soda/bottled water and cookies.  (Please note: 2 tickets (per adult) offer entry into the complete Museum collection in the Rear Showroom.  Additional tickets are available on-site on the day of the Grand Drawing event.)

The Grand Drawing event is a fun and family-friendly Sunday afternoon at the American Muscle Car Museum, and up to 2 children admissions (ages 3-9) are included free with each Car Raffle adult ticket holder.

It is a great opportunity to see the not-open-to-the-public collection and enjoy 125,000 square feet of automotive greatness – close to 500 cars ranging from classic 1950’s to the best of today’s American Muscle Cars!

It is always a fun time leading up to the Grand Drawing to find out who will be our winner of the 2025 Car Raffle Grand Drawing!

 

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Have fun with us at the Museum!

As you probably know,
this museum is
NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
but owner Mark Pieloch has again
generously offered to host our
Helping Seniors Grand Drawing event!

Helping Seniors Grand Drawing

Sunday Afternoon at the Museum
Helping Seniors Car Raffle
Grand Drawing Event

2023 Helping Seniors Grand Drawing Event

Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025.
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Grand Drawing 3:15pm (ET)

American Muscle Car Museum
3500 Sarno Road
Melbourne FL

While our Car Raffle has always been a “need not be present to win” event, as a Helping Seniors Car Raffle ticket holder, you are invited to be our guest at the “The Sunday Afternoon at the Museum” Grand Drawing Event at the American Muscle Car Museum in person!  As you probably know, this museum is NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC but owner Mark Pieloch has generously offered, again, to host the Grand Drawing event live for the Helping Seniors 2025 Car Raffle!

Museum Owner Mark Pieloch again has kindly invited Helping Seniors Car Raffle ticket holders to this great Celebration at his amazing Museum.  Your 2025 Helping Seniors Car Raffle ticket is an “Admit One” to the “Sunday at the Museum” Grand Drawing event from 1 pm – 4 pm on Sunday, October 26th 2025.

Ticket included access to the Front Showroom at the American Muscle Car Museum and to all outdoor exhibits as well as complimentary soda/bottled water and cookies (while supplies last).  (Please note: 2 tickets are required per adult for Entry to the American Muscle Car Museum Main Collection in the Rear Showroom.  Additional tickets were available on-site on the day of the Grand Drawing event.)

It was a fun and family-friendly afternoon at the American Muscle Car Museum, and so this year, child admission (ages 3-9) is included free with each Car Raffle ticket holding adult (limit 2 children per adult)!

We are so appreciative of American Muscle Car Museum Owner Mark Pieloch and A.J. Hiers, of Boniface-Hiers Automotive – for their help over the years in supporting the work of Helping Seniors through the Helping Seniors Car Raffle and it was a great Grand Drawing event in 2024!

 

 


 

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Looking back fondly at our 2024
Helping Seniors Car Raffle:

2024 Winner Jim Neumann with Helping Seniors Kerry Fink

We enjoyed our 8th Annual
Helping Seniors Car Raffle
for Charity in 2024!

Congratulations to Jim Neumann!
He picked this amazing and beautiful
Chevrolet Colorado Truck!

2024 Kick-Off at the
Higher Power Car Show
at Trinity Wellsprings Church Satellite Beach

Our 2024 “Choose Your Adventure” Car Raffle Promo

 


 

Meet our 2023 Winner:

Congratulations Diane Pelak - 2023 Winner!

 

Congratulations Diane Pelak
Winner of the 2023 Helping Seniors Car Raffle!
She is enjoying her brand new
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport!

Look for the Helping Seniors
Hall-of-Winners coming soon!

 


 

 

Helping Seniors of Brevard County, Inc, is the 100% local non-profit that operates Brevard County’s Senior Information Helpline – which saw 4,000+ calls last year alone.

The 9th Annual Helping Seniors Car Raffle is the major fundraiser for the 501(c)(3) – now entering into 15 years of service in the community.

The Helping Seniors 501(c)(3) charity, 100% local-to-Brevard and now into our 15th year of service to the County, is all about educating, informing and connecting Seniors (and those who love and care for them) to resources that help improve quality of life for Seniors.

We call it Senior Navigation – and we do that through our County’s Senior Information Helpline (4000+ calls last year alone) as well as via our Media Outreach that includes Print, TV, Radio, Digital Media and Events.  We also continuously advocate on behalf of the 250,000 Seniors 50+ who call Brevard home.

Joe Steckler, our Founder, who was instrumental in establishing the area’s “Joe’s Clubs” named after him, began the Helping Seniors Car Raffle as a fun way to raise funds to benefit Seniors and to ensure the work of Helping Seniors can continue each year.

 


 

 The Story behind the
Helping Seniors Car Raffle

 

En·dorse·ment (n) an act of giving one’s public approval or support to someone or something.

Helping Seniors President/Founder Joe Steckler paid a call on A.J. Hiers, of the Boniface-Hiers Automotive Group, in early 2017.

AJ had helped Joe in the past when Joe was busy with his work with the Alzheimer’s Foundation and Joe had wanted to talk about a car to follow-up on the Helping Seniors 2016 successful “Win the Jaguar” raffle fundraiser.

(The “Win the Jaguar” Raffle Car, by the way, was donated to Helping Seniors by an individual who wanted to help support the vision of Helping Seniors).

Helping Seniors 1951 Ford Victoria

AJ showed Joe a beautifully restored 1951 Ford Victoria – a look-alike to the one Robert Mitchum drove in the classic movie “Thunder Road.”  – in AJ’s private collection.

“An absolutely beautiful car,” Joe told AJ, “but we haven’t got that kind of money.”  AJ said, “Joe, you can afford that car!”

Joe asked him how that could be possible.  AJ’s answer: “You can afford it, because I am giving it to you!”

As they talked further, AJ told Joe that he believed in the work that Joe was doing with Helping Seniors and wanted to find a way to help ensure the work of Helping Seniors can keep going and growing.

“Joe,” he said, “Take this car and use it to make as much money as you possibly can to help in the good work that you are doing.”  And, with AJ’s ringing endorsement, they kicked-off 2017’s Helping Seniors “Win the Classic” Car Raffle fund-raising effort!

That effort, which culminated February 10th 2018, at the Grand Prize drawing at the American Muscle Car Museum in Melbourne Florida saw James Lawler, of Satellite Beach FL, as the fortunate winner.

The 2018-2019 Helping Seniors Car Raffle featured the opportunity for the Grand Prize winner to select their choice of a new 2019 Dodge Challenger, Mazda Convertible or Dodge Truck.

Karen Leigh Hoodless, of Melbourne FL, was at the Grand Prize Drawing at the American Muscle Car Museum on April 29th 2019, and drove home in her choice of the 3 cars – the Dodge Challenger!

In fact, she selected the very model that was on display at the American Muscle Car Museum that night!

 

2020 Car Raffle Winner (Troy Darling)

The 2020 Helping Seniors Car Raffle offered up Winner’s Choice of a 2020 Chevrolet Camaro, 2020 Dodge Challenger, 2020 Mazda Miata convertible or a 2020 Kia Sportage.  Troy Darling, of Indialantic FL, won the Car Raffle and chose a beautiful 2020 Chevrolet Camaro.

The 2021 Helping Seniors Car Raffle offered up Winner’s Choice of a 2021 Chevrolet Camaro, 2021 Dodge Challenger, 2021 Mazda Miata convertible or a 2021 Kia Sportage.  David Odahowski, of Orlando FL, won the Car Raffle and chose a beautiful 2021 Kia Sportage.

The 2022 Helping Seniors Car Raffle saw choices among a 2022 Chevrolet Camaro, 2022 Dodge Challenger, 2022 Mazda Miata convertible or a 2022 Kia Sportage.  Gail McGinnis, of West Melbourne FL, won the Car Raffle and chose a beautiful 2023 Chevrolet Camaro.

The 2023 Helping Seniors Car Raffle saw choices among a 2023 Dodge Challenger, 2023 Chevrolet Camaro, 2023 Mazda Miata Convertible, 2023 Kia Sportage, or a 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander.  Diane Pelak won the Car Raffle and selected her 2024 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport for her choice.

This year, Helping Seniors President Joe Steckler and Car Dealer A.J. Hiers stepped it all up even further with brand new 2024 cars – offering the winner the choice of a Jeep Compass Sport, a Chevrolet Colorado Truck, a Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, a Mazda3 Sedan; a Dodge Hornet; Mazda Miata Convertible and a Kia Sportage.  All great choices for great fun for a great cause!

 

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The Fun History of the Dodge v Chevy Challenge

 

Dodge v Chevy Challenge

 

Check out the Dodge v Chevy Challenge

Until the last run of these great cars, in the 2024 Model year, 2 of the most Popular Muscle Cars of all time were choices in the Helping Seniors Car Raffle fundraiser!  The ever-popular Dodge Challenger and the sought-after Chevrolet Camaro each have had their own set of fans who back their muscle car all the way!

Just for fun, along the way, we invited Helping Seniors volunteers to choose up sides and “Bring it On” in the Dodge v Chevy Challenge.  We filmed their excursions on the test track at Mark Pieloch’s beautiful American Muscle Car Museum.  Great cars and great fun ensued!

Let’s look back at the wild 2023 Fourth Edition (so rambunctious that Sheriff Wayne Ivey had to step in); the so-much-fun from the 2022 Third Time Edition,  the 2021 Re-Match Edition, and, of course, the one that started it all, the original 2020 Dodge v Chevy Showdown!

 

 


 

2023 Car Raffle Collector Posters!

Click the Poster for the Helping Seniors Car Raffle Mini-Poster PDF

 


Helping Seniors Car Raffle 2024 Winner

 

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