Shepard Rader Foundation

11/29/2025

Lucky winner #106 is proud Wildcat Dan Cataldi of Windsor Heights, IA! Congratulations Dan!! You win $1212 in the second annual Willie the Wildcat Fund 50/50 Raffle. Thanks to everyone that participated! Willie and everyone at the Willie Fund appreciates your support💜💜💜

09/13/2025

Willie is sad. Please buy raffle tickets.

Welcome to our second annual 50/50 Kickoff Raffle! To celebrate the Wildcats upcoming 2025 football season and to test your Irish ☘️ luck, we’re raising funds for Willie. He’s gonna need some help with all those push ups! Fifty percent of proceeds will go to the winner! The other fifty perce...

08/22/2025

Our second annual Willie the Wildcat Fund 50/50 Kickoff Raffle is live! Please visit https://www.williethewildcatfund.com/5050-kickoff-raffle for tickets. Let's get our luck of the Irish going in time for the 'Cats to win Farmageddon!

Welcome to our second annual 50/50 Kickoff Raffle! To celebrate the Wildcats upcoming 2025 football season and to test your Irish ☘️ luck, we’re raising funds for Willie. He’s gonna need some help with all those push ups! Fifty percent of proceeds will go to the winner! The other fifty perce...

08/31/2024

Welcome to our first ever 50/50 Kickoff Raffle! To celebrate the Wildcats upcoming 2024 football season and get in on all the hype, we’re raising funds for Willie. He’s gonna need some help with all those push ups! Drawing Oct. 26 during halftime of the homecoming game. Click here to buy tickets:
https://www.williethewildcatfund.com/shop
Fifty percent of proceeds will go to the winner! The other fifty percent will go to the Shepard Rader Willie the Wildcat Scholarship Fund. Proceeds beyond the goal scholarship amount, if any, will go to Cats Cupboard serving the hungry community of Kansas State University. Thank you for your support!

08/29/2024

We've been quiet for a while but we're back and we've been working hard! Please check out our updates and our new facebook and instagram pages at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564574247708
and https://www.instagram.com/williethewildcatfund/. Stay tuned for an exciting new fundraiser💜
Go 'Cats!

The Shepard Rader Foundation Willie the Wildcat Fund was established in 2008 in memory of our son, Shepard Rader. We had so much generous financial support during that time and this felt like the right place to send what we didn't need.

08/19/2024

08/19/2024