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)
Register today to attend! Your email confirmation is your ticket to the event.
Once registered, be sure to put your credit card information on file to bid in the silent auction! You can check that it is saved by going to the 'My Info' tab at the top of the page.
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Browse & Bid!
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Our silent auction is digital!
Francis House Raffle
Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20 and may be purchased at Francis House until 5pm on Tuesday, October 14th. Raffle tickets will also be sold during the event.
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The drawing will take place at the event on October 15, 2025. Prizes include a $2,025 cash prize, a $500 Nichols gift card, and twelve $100 gift cards* to the restaurants listed below. Winners need not be present to win.
*Arad Evans Inn | Brewster Inn | Dark Horse Tavern | Dinosaur Bar-B-Que | Eden | Francesca's Cucina| Jake Hafner's Restaurant | Kitty Hoyne's Irish Pub & Restaurant | Lemon Grass | Riley's | The Preserve | Vito's Ristorante
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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.
Donate an Item!
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).
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Francis House provides a sanctuary of unconditional love to those in the Central New York area facing a terminal diagnosis. Francis House does not receive federal, state, or local funding or insurance reimbursement. Francis House relies solely on the generosity of donors to continue its mission. Thank you.
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