March Madness Fundraiser

Published on March 14, 2021 • Michelle Voelker

Selection Sunday is TODAY! (if you are seeing this on Sunday, March 14, that is)

Make sure your Brackets are emailed or postmarked no later than March 17, prior to the first game. Indicate your preferred charity, and the $5 entry fee. You may also use the online payment option on our website for the fee. 
The winner will choose which charity will receive the pool monies. Two years ago, Adam Dostalik won and was able to give the $200 pool to the National Association for Music Educators.  So far, we have given away a total of over $1800 with this annual charity!

To enter simply fill out a bracket and send it to the church office (5201 Urbandale Ave. Des Moines, IA 50310) between Sunday, March 15th and 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 17th with the $5 entry fee. Brackets postmarked by Wednesday, March 17 will be counted.  You should also note your chosen charity when you turn in the bracket.  Please either include cash (if dropping it off in person), or make the check payable to Grace Lutheran Church with NCAA in the memo field.  You could also scan your bracket and send it to [email protected]

With no clear favorite to win this year, we will again use a scoring system with added points for the Final Four to keep things exciting.  The “First Four” games will not be included.  Those correctly predicting that a First Four team wins in the round of 64, even if the wrong First Four team, will receive the points. Then the round of 64 teams will be worth 1 point each with bonus points for upsets (difference between seeds).  Round of 32 will be worth 2 points, round of 16 will be worth 4 points each.  The following rounds will be worth 6 points, 10 points, and then 15 points for the correct Champion.