Washington State Potato Commission announces winner Potato Chip Day Drawing

More than 1,200 people entered the drawing of the Washington State Potato Commision to win 10,001 bags of potato chips, but in the end there would only be one name selected. 

Lisa Chen from Kennewick, WA had her name drawn as the winner of the Washington State Potato Commission’s (WSPC) promotion to help celebrate National Potato Chip Day. 

For one month, people had the opportunity to “Like” the WSPC’s Facebook page and “Share” one of the contest announcement posts with their Facebook friends. When someone did both, they were automatically entered into a random drawing to win bags of potato chips for themselves and their closest friends. 

“I was floored!” said Chen when asked what her first thoughts were when she found out she was the winner. “I entered because my son heard about the giveaway and he told me that I should sign up. Then he forgot to enter for himself.” 

The drawing took place on March 14th, 2014, in an effort to help celebrate National Potato Chip Day. 

“Potato chips are America’s favorite snack and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate National Potato Chip Day then by giving away enough bags of potato chips so someone could literally eat one bag a day from now until 2041,” said WSPC Executive Director Chris Voigt. “In the end we hope Lisa, her family, and anyone else she decides to share them with will enjoy the wonderful potato chips made from Washington potatoes.” 

“When I entered, I thought maybe there would be multiple winners who would divide up all the potato chips,” said Chen. “So I have some work to do on planning on how to use them all. I do plan on donating some to a local food bank, sharing with my children’s youth group for fund raising activities, and even giving some to my brother and sister-in-law who are teachers in the Seattle area for them to be able to use in their schools.” 

Throughout the promotion the WSPC provided various suggestions on how someone could use all of those potato chips. Suggestions ranged from sharing them with food banks to trying to find the one chip that looked like a celebrity to providing an assortment of recipes for dips and seasonings that are still available at www.potatoes.com/blog. 

This is the first time the WSPC has given away bags of potato chips in this magnitude. Each individually sized bag is wrapped in a special foil used only by the WSPC that provides facts about Washington state’s potato industry. Through a partnership with Tim’s Cascade Snacks the bags are filled with chips made from fresh Washington potatoes.