Harley Davidson Winner from Laramie, WY


For the past several years, Harley Davidson has raffled a Dyna Glyde Sportster as a fundraiser for local SkillsUSA chapters. Students from all 50 states and 4 territories that are SkillsUSA members sell the tickets and keep a portion of the proceeds to help with chapter activities. The winner is drawn during the awards ceremony at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference that is held is Kansas City during the last week of June.

This year Jack Schnitker from Laramie was the winner of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Jack recently celebrated his 80th birthday and was very excited to learn he was the winner. When asked how many tickets he bought from the student, his reply was, "One - it only takes one to win."

Laramie High School has an active SkillsUSA chapter. Ed Elliott is the Auto Technology Instructor and the local advisor for this chapter. Wyoming SkillsUSA is a Career-Technical Student Organization serving students in Secondary and Post-Secondary technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. SkillsUSA prepares America's high performance workers. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills. It emphasizes total quality at work, high ethical standards, superior work skills, life-long education and pride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also promotes understanding of the free enterprise system and involvement in community service activities.