Benevolent Barrel Thief Announces Upcoming Charity Raffle Benefiting Arkansas Special Olympics

Last Updated on January 12, 2023 by 5e2793

Alan Myers has announced the next upcoming charity raffle for The Benevolent Barrel Thief, revealing plans for a fundraising event benefiting the Arkansas Special Olympics.

The concept for the event was brought forward by Britton Marshall, with organizers setting a fundraising goal of $5,000 to $10,000. Additional details and full raffle mechanics are expected to be released soon.

In the meantime, members were encouraged to begin vouching in additional participants who are interested in contributing to the cause and who will enjoy sharing in the group’s passion for good bourbon, referencing the group’s established vouching process.

Bottle Donations & Raffle Structure

Alan Myers also shared that the group is actively seeking bottle donations for the raffle. Members willing to donate a bottle were asked to contact either Alan Myers or Tyler Shinabery directly. Depending on the bottle donated, contributors would receive a corresponding number of raffle tickets.

At the time of the announcement, the following details were shared:

• 15 allocated bottles already secured
• A goal of reaching approximately 30 bottles
• All raffle prizes will be complete giveaways
• Winners will owe nothing for the bottles

The announcement emphasized that this event would be a true charitable giveaway, reinforcing The Benevolent Barrel Thief’s mission of raising money for worthy causes while enjoying bourbon as a shared hobby.

🔔 Update from Alan Myers — January 12, 2023

**“@everyone Tomorrow is the big day! We are pumped to be supporting the Arkansas Special Olympics and their amazing program.

Here is the 🍼 list that are up for raffle. MINUS a couple of SURPRISE BAD BOYS that will hopefully OPEN UP over the weekend if we hit our 5k 😎

We want to take a moment and THANK those who donated a 🍼 (Ace Rice, Darin Davis, David Walt, Ed Plott, Evan Harper, George Shanley, Jeremiah Cotner, Tim Holder, and Andy Roller), as well as John Crow from 107 Liquor, Justin Pierce from Ace Liquor, and Happy from Warehouse Liquor, Dane Isben from Oscar’s Liquor, we appreciate you all!

Lastly a very special thank you to Britton Marshall for letting the Benevolent Barrel Thief be part of this charitable adventure.

THERE IS STILL TIME TO VOUCH YOUR FRIENDS IN!!!!

Till tomorrow, cheers from Tyler Shinabery and me 🥃”**

💬 Quote from Tyler Shinabery — January 13, 2023

**“Greetings Guys and Gals! It’s a new day, a new year, and I’m feeling good!

When Alan and I started spitballing the idea for this group, our original thought was simple. Do good and do it locally. THAT SIMPLE.

When we ran our first event in November we were blown away by the support of our relatively small group of initial members for the Arkansas Food Bank. We’d hoped we’d eventually meet new members of our community and help support causes that are personal to them, aka us!

Literally before we closed the door on the first event, Britton reached out to us with a cause that was dear to his heart with at least a half dozen prizes ready and waiting! When he told us his passion was the Arkansas Special Olympics, needless to say, we were ALL IN.

Please take a minute to check out the pinned post from Alan Myers. ANY donation you are willing to make, makes a difference!

The goal: 5K! Every donation of 20 per gets a ticket, every cumulative donation of 100 gets you one ticket into a special drawing to be announced!

Maybe it’s a dry month for your body, but don’t let that hold back the benevolence of your heart!

Cheers BBTs!”**

🔔 Update from Alan Myers — January 14, 2023

**“@everyone Proud of you so far BBT members!

We are over 30% towards our goal of 5k already 🔥 let’s not let up now!!

Arkansas Special Olympics is hoping to construct a new legacy building this year for the over 20,000 youth athletes. This will offer opportunities for them to work on their sports, health awareness, and leadership skills.

Don’t forget to follow the rules on the initial raffle post from yesterday and screenshot your donations there 🙏🏼”**

🔔 Update from Ryan Britton — January 14, 2023

**“@everyone I wanted to take a moment to reach out and say thank you for your support. I greatly appreciate you donating to this event to raise money for Special Olympics Arkansas. I also wanted to give you a little bit of a background about Special Olympics and my involvement with it.

A lot of you have never met me, and I don’t usually post a lot about myself on social media, but I am a Police Officer in the state. I originally got involved with Special Olympics in 2016 when I was introduced to the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Officers all around our state participate in this event to champion acceptance and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities.

We also host fundraisers all over the state to raise money to support Special Olympics Arkansas in providing year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for those with intellectual disabilities. Arkansas is one of only a few states that fully funds the program to allow the athletes to participate at no cost to them or their families.

When I first got involved, I was unsure of what I was getting into, but when I went to my first sporting event and got to experience the athletes competing and being able to award the athletes medals, I was hooked. In Law Enforcement, we are in a different environment, but the environment changes completely when you are around the athletes and at these events. Hearing some of their stories and seeing where they have come from has been something that has truly inspired me.

Not only does this program focus on helping them with athletics, it teaches them sportsmanship and also has programs to help with public speaking. This program helps empower and transform the athletes.

My involvement and interaction with the athletes that I have made friends with has made me a better person. You’re not only helping Special Olympics Arkansas fund athletic events for the athletes. The funds raised also help officers who are involved with the program on a completely different level.

Y’all have been killing it so far and we are getting close to that 5k goal for the special bottle. Since we are getting close I am going to let you know what it is.

Aaron Chepenik and Nevada H&C Distilling Co were so kind to donate a bottle of Smoke Wagon Rare and Limited Special Batch Small Batch, bottle 301/342. I’m sure this will be an amazing bottle!

Don’t forget to go back to the original post to donate and comment a picture of your donation!”**

🔔 Update from Alan Myers — January 14, 2023

**“@everyone, we are halfway to our goal of 5k!! We got to hit 5k, and you have to donate at least 💯 to be eligible for that delicious Smoke Wagon Rare & Limited 🔥

I know we can do it BBT and thank you for all those who have donated already 🙏🏼

Let’s show the Special Olympics Arkansas all the love we can and then some. Cheers to a great Sunday 🥃”**

🔔 Update from Tyler Shinabery — January 15, 2023

“FlashJMCB*

*40 per ticket, NOW UNTIL EVENT END. 100 earns 3 tickets! All qualifying donations get you tickets in the main (20 per) and R&L (100 per).

We are around 1800 short of our goal. Getting close everyone! This is the final prize reveal for this event.

Please continue to make all donations on the main pinned thread.

Cheers BBTs.”**

🔔 Update from Alan Myers — January 16, 2023

**“@everyone BBT, so proud of you guys! We are at 4k, which means we are only 1k away from our goal 🔥 we are so close! Let’s take it home today, the Special Olympics Arkansas really needs your support.

Plus when we hit 5k today, that wonderful Smoke Wagon R&L opens for those who donate at least 💯.

Also don’t forget we have the pop up event for the Magnus Cigar Blend open as well, 40 a 🎟️ or 💯 for 3 🎟️ on that one.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday 🙏🏼”**

🔔 Update from Alan Myers — January 17, 2023

**“5,400, what a heck of a turnout for the Special Olympics Arkansas BBT! This is awesome and we are so grateful.

Britton, Tyler, and myself want to say thank you to all those who have donated. We also want to say thank you to John at 107, Justin at Ace, and Happy at Warehouse liquor stores for their bottle donations, along with Aaron from Smoke Wagon and Michter’s Distillery.

We will have the spreadsheet posted in the next couple of days for everyone to review. After that we will run the randomizer(s) to figure out the list of winners. Once the list of winners is figured out, we will reach out to them with more details.

Thank you again @everyone”**

🔔 Update from Alan Myers — March 8, 2023

**“This is what the intent of this Charity Group is all about! @everyone thank you for helping us raise almost 10k with our first two charity events.

We are excited about some of the upcoming picks we have in the works and raising more money for some great causes around Arkansas 🙌🏼

I’m going to work on setting up a meet up event for the end of this month, more details to come soon. If anyone knows of some good places to do it at, please let us know! Looking at the evening of March 24.”**