Bourbon Charity Raffle Raises Over $16,720 for Jasper Veterans Nonprofit

Holiday Liquors and Wooden Keg Liquors delivered more than $16,720 to a Jasper nonprofit serving veterans and first responders through their seventh annual Bourbon Charity Raffle, held March 17.

The beneficiary, Operation Mind, Body, and Soul Corp., is a Jasper-based organization focused on veterans' mental health, peer support, and services for first responders. The raffle has now become a recurring fundraising vehicle for the nonprofit, with this year's seventh iteration marking another year of sustained community investment in the cause.

The two liquor retailers, both fixtures in the Dubois County market, have built the raffle into a signature charitable event since its launch. Reaching a seventh consecutive year signals the kind of local institutional commitment that keeps small nonprofits financially stable enough to deliver ongoing programming rather than operating campaign to campaign.

Operation Mind, Body, and Soul Corp. addresses a well-documented gap in veteran care: the mental health and peer support infrastructure that clinical systems often fail to provide. By centering its work on peer connections alongside traditional services, the organization offers veterans and first responders pathways to support that go beyond formal treatment.

The $16,720 raised this year adds to the cumulative impact of a fundraiser that has grown from a single event into a community tradition, with Holiday Liquors and Wooden Keg Liquors serving as its consistent engines.