There’s No Place Like Home 2025
We invite you to join our family by supporting our largest fundraising event, There’s No Place Like Home.
Join us to celebrate Francis House! We can’t wait to welcome you back to the New York State Fair Exposition Center for the 2025 There’s No Place Like Home event. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.!
Your $50 entry includes an open bar, six gourmet food stations, a silent auction, and our unique lock and key chances. Guests purchase keys that may open the doors of 10 unique prize-filled houses. They also browse and bid on more than one hundred items in our silent auction, both online and in person.
Other popular features are a diamond raffle and a main raffle. NEW THIS YEAR : We are offering a “Garden of Games”* with casino-style games where you can win raffle tickets for the “Garden of Games” raffle!
(*No cash payout)
Meet Our Event Chairs
Leading the planning committee in 2025 are Event Chairs Brian Macrae and Jane Amico-Macrae and Vice Chairs David & Laurie Wyman, both of Fayetteville, NY.
“Brian and I are honored to serve as this year’s Chairs for the 2025 There’s No Place Like Home event,” says Jane Amico-Macrae, “Having been the end-of-life caregiver for both my parents, I understand firsthand the importance of providing dignity and compassion to those you love as they face the end of their lives. As a community, we are truly blessed to have such a vital organization that offers a home, an extended family, peace, and dignity to those at the end of life.”
“Francis House is a gift to our community; the peace, dignity, and compassion it offers to those facing the end of life is extraordinary. We are honored to be able to assist in bringing the Central New York Community together and to aid Francis House in continuing its mission and contributing to the success of its There’s No Place Like Home event,” said Laurie Wyman.
Support There’s No Place Like Home!
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*NEW THIS YEAR* Sponsor our Garden of Games
For $500, you can sponsor one of our ten casino-style game tables in the Garden of Games.
We will have Blackjack, Roulette, Three Card Poker, and a Casino wheel. A sign on the table will
feature the sponsor’s name and logo.
*No cash payout. Winners receive raffle tickets for the Garden of Games Raffle.*
Please contact Laura Grasselli at (315) 475-5422 or lgrasselli@francishouseny.org for more information about sponsorships.
Raffle, House Prize, and Silent Auction Item Donation
Donate a prize valued at $40 to $200+ to be won in any of the 10 event houses.
Higher-value items will be featured in our silent auction!
View our list of suggested items on Amazon (https://a.co/dMsqZIp).
Francis House There’s No Place Like Home Raffle
Stay tuned for the exciting prizes for our 2025 There’s No Place Like Home Raffle and details on how to purchase tickets.
NY State Game of Chance license number 31-101-170-05886. Please note that the minimum age to participate in the raffle is 18. NY State Gaming Commission licensing requires that participants be residents of New York State.