<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-85b68e42-dbaf-a93e-45f7-ffe858c9e469"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RAFFLE FOR “FREE RENT” AND PAY IT FORWARD </span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:24pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MEDINA, Ohio, June 20, 2014</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> – As CAMEO brings the sensational and riveting </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RENT</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to the Medina Performing Arts Center in Medina, Ohio, the organization is sponsoring an innovative raffle to raise revenue for the non-profit’s costs to produce such a high-quality production.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:24pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The raffle is a $20 ticket for a free month of “rent” in the amount of $1,500 to be paid to the winner. The winner may choose to use the $1,500 prize to pay for their rent, mortgage or something fun. In addition to the $1,500, CAMEO will allow the winner to designate $500 to “Pay It Forward” to a worthy cause of their selection. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The excitement is building around this raffle. The Mayor of the City of Medina, Dennis Hanwell, had this to say about how he would designate the “Pay It Forward” portion of the raffle:</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“If I were to be blessed by winning the CAMEO raffle, I would use the $500 to pay it forward to the HANDS Foundation, of which I am a Board member. One of the p</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">imary activities of the HANDS Foundation is to grant “wishes” to senior citizens, such as payments for medications, car repairs, medical equipment, utility bill assistance, and sometimes money for groceries. The monies provided by the HANDS Foundation are many times leveraged with other agencies or vendors to assist the seniors in maintaining their dignity and ability to live independently.” </span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Raffle tickets are available at the Medina Farmers Market on June 28, July 12, and July 19 in the Medina Square. Tickets can also be requested by email, </span><a href="http://www.cameo-medina.org/info@cameo-medina.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,254);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">info@cameo-medina.org</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. A limited number of tickets will be sold to increase the odds of winning.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performances for </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RENT</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are July 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26 at 8:00 pm, with a matinee on July 20</span><span style="font-size:9px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">th</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at 2:00 pm. This show is recommended for mature audiences. All tickets are $15 and are available at Medina and Brunswick Buehler’s stores and online at </span><a href="http://www.cameo-medina.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,254);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.cameo-medina.org</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Follow us on Twitter @RENTmedina and Facebook at Cameo Medina.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cameo, the theatrical division of the Medina County Arts Foundation, provides the greater Medina community with quality theatrical and artistic opportunities and is the resident artist of the Medina Performing Arts Center. </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Garamond;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><br>
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