Kentucky Derby Museum launches second Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon raffle with Indiana dad on a mission to find cure for son

Kentucky Derby Museum launches second Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon raffle with Indiana dad on a mission to find cure for son

Kentucky Derby Museum launches second Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon raffle with Indiana dad on a mission to find cure for son

This year’s expanded raffle includes three winners and three prizes worth more than $58,000

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (October 4, 2022) – A Carmel, Indiana father continues his mission to prolong his three-year-old son’s life, with the help of his personal collection of rare Bourbons and the Kentucky Derby Museum. This year, the raffle has been expanded to include three prizes valued at more than $58,000. Only 6,000 tickets will be sold, at $100 per ticket.

Three-year-old Wyatt Perdue is living with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe. In 2021, his father, Nathan Perdue, approached the Kentucky Derby Museum with the idea of raffling off his prized Pappy collection, in hopes that teaming up would bring more awareness and funding to beat this devastating disease.

By combining forces, Perdue and the Kentucky Derby Museum raised $400,000 in 2021, with the vast majority of that money going to lifesaving research. In the last year, the life expectancy for those living with CF increased from age 51 to age 53.

"Everyone that participated in that fundraising initiative last year was indirectly responsible for that amazing accomplishment,” said Perdue. “So, this year we thought, how do we celebrate not only that great accomplishment, but how do we raise even more funds and more awareness?"

This year, Perdue secured additional premium, rare Bourbons in order to raise money once again, and the added Bourbon collections means the raffle will have three winners. Each collection was inspected by a whiskey historian at Justins' House of Bourbon and "dertermined to be in excellent, like new condition."

The Perdue family’s ultimate hope is that funding research through the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will help find a cure in Wyatt’s lifetime.

Perdue Family

The Grand Prize winner will receive: 

The Second Prize winner will receive:

  • Seven bottle E.H. Taylor Collection, valued at $15,000 by Justins' House of Bourbon
  • VIP Kentucky Derby Museum experience for winner and up to three guests
  • One-night stay at Hotel Distil for winner and one guest
  • $100 Repeal Oak Fired Steakhouse gift card

The Third Prize winner will receive:

  • Five bottle Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, valued at $14,400 by Justins' House of Bourbon
  • VIP Kentucky Derby Museum experience for winner and up to three guests
  • One-night stay at Hotel Distil for winner and one guest
  • $100 Repeal Oak Fired Steakhouse gift card

Tickets are on sale now for $100 each, with full contest details at derbymuseum.org/raffle. Only 6,000 tickets will be sold, and there is no limit on the number of tickets that may be purchased by an individual. Raffle participants must be at least 21 years old and must live in the Continental U.S. to purchase tickets.

Raffle proceeds will benefit the CF Foundation and its mission to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. A small portion of the raffle proceeds will support the Kentucky Derby Museum, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Ticket sales begin October 3 and end November 17, 2022. Winners will be drawn via Facebook LIVE on the Museum's Facebook page on November 18, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. EST. (Initial press release erroneously stated incorrect month for end and drawing dates.)

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Media Note: Keeping Wyatt's health and safety in mind, the Kentucky Derby Museum arranged to film an on-camera interview and B-roll of the family's recent visit to the Museum. Video of the family and pictures of the Bourbon prizes can be downloaded here.