With just one quart of vanilla bean ice cream, Kimberly Karas hit it big. Real big. After registering a promotional code found on the lid, Karas learned that she was the grand prize winner in Turkey Hill Dairy's 75th Anniversary Sweepstakes and the proud new owner of one of the company's 13-foot-tall, two-ton fiberglass Giant Cows.

Given the choice between the burly bovine or the $18,750 cash equivalent, Karas chose the money.

"As tempting as it was to be the only family on our block with a giant cow lawn ornament, the money was too good to pass up," said Karas, who hopes use a portion of the winnings to fund an overseas vacation with her husband, Peter.

The Karas's were presented with their prize on Friday, May 4 when the Turkey Hill team visited the family at their home in Forest Hill, Md., about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore. The Giant Cow was on hand, making the trip on a trailer towed behind a Turkey Hill refrigerated truck full of ice cream. It is one of three specially-produced cows the 75-year-old Dairy uses at events throughout the Northeast.

As part of the grand prize package, the Karas's will also receive a Turkey Hill Ice Cream party, held later this summer, for their family and 100 friends.

The year-long Turkey Hill sweepstakes featured 75 authentic Lancaster County prizes designed to highlight the ice cream manufacturer's rural Pennsylvania roots. Other prizes awarded throughout 2006 and 2007 included a vintage farm truck, 75 quarts of chicken pot pie, seven-and-a-half tons of horse manure and an "Employee for a Day" position as an official Turkey Hill Ice Cream taster.

You can bet these folks are feeling the Lancaster County love.

As we find winners for each prize, we'll post the names of the lucky guys and gals with the prize. Yes, you should feel jealous so start playing now.

Loretta Richardson
Kimberton, Pennsylvania
Prize: Garden essentials gift basket

Robert Shaffer
Berwick, Pennsylvania
Prize: Ice cream party pack for 20 people

Rose Kirchner
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Prize: Selection of Lancaster County made scented candles

Sheri Moyer
Leesport, Pennsylvania
Prize: Set of two outdoor rocking chairs

Astrid Johnson
Rome, New York
Prize: Monthly pie from Millers Smorgasboard

Jacqueline Kaiser
Massapequa, New York
Prize: 75 quarts of chicken potpie

Jan Davagian
Sutton, Massachusetts
Prize: One dozen Whoopie pies every month for a year.

Doris Collins
Dagsboro, Delaware
Prize: Turkey Hill Dairy employee for the day with two nights accommodations

Christopher McAfee
Owings Mills, Maryland
Prize: Preserved Lancaster County land in honor of winner

Richard Baker
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Prize: Queen size handmade quilt

Alice Wichmann
Carlstadt, New Jersey
Prize: Brass weather vane

Mark Seifried
Worcester, Massachusetts
Prize: Fausnachts on Fausnachts Day

Ina Adamashvili
Staten Island, New York
Prize: 7.5 tons of horse manure fertilizer

Brandon Barletta
Rockville, Maryland
Prize: Door wreath

Martin Dolan
Bayside, New York
Prize: Gift basket of Lancaster County foods

Howard Kruger
Narberth, Pennsylvania
Prize: Homemade basket

Judy Schmauder
Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Prize: 75 ice cream certificates

Scott Miller
Lynn, Massachusetts
Prize: Turkey Hill Dairy plant tour with two nights accommodations for two people

Jenny Currin
Portsmouth, Virginia
Prize: 75 American Chestnut trees planted in honor of winner

Christina Howard
Pemberton, New Jersey
Prize: Amish Center Diamond Quilt Kit

Ronald Wilkinson
West Creek, New Jersey
Prize: Pennsylvania Dutch foods gift basket

Susan Shankroff
Towson, Maryland
Prize: Selection of Eldreth Pottery

Ivan Leiva
Freeport, New York
Prize: Original artwork by Carol Herr

Anonymous Winner
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Prize: Miniature cast iron horse and buggy collectible

Anonymous Winner
Easton, Pennsylvania
Prize: Moravian star lighted ornament

Anonymous Winner
Levittown, Pennsylvania
Prize: Auntie Anne's homemade pretzel kit

Richard Barrett
Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Prize: Meat & cheese specialties gift basket

Anonymous Winner
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Prize: Amish buggy road sign

Kim McDonnell
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Prize: Helicopter tour of Lancaster County and two nights accommodations for two people

Donald Coleman
East West Point, Virginia
Prize: Ice cream sundae kit

Mary Sokoloski
East Gordon, Pennsylvania
Prize: Amish Valley Road Speeder Wagon

Eric Wallace
East Wheeling, West Virginia
Prize: Lancaster Farmers Market visit with two nights accommodations for two at Lancaster County Bed and Breakfast

Marshall Barrett
Rockville, Maryland
Prize: Porch Swing

Alexandria Lunde
East Hartford, Connecticut
Prize: Lancaster County hot air balloon ride and two nights accommodations for two people

Jessica Wyatt
Belmont, New Hampshire
Prize: Two night stay at Lancaster County Farm Bed & Breakfast for up to four people

Margaret Summers Coxe
Richmond, Virginia
Prize: Two night stay at Groff's Bed & Breakfast for two people

Margie MacDougall
Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania
Prize: Collection of Lancaster County Cookbooks

William Perez
Defuniak Springs, Florida
Prize: Original antique map of Lancaster County

Irene Bielecki
Mt. Ephraim, New Jersey
Prize: Giant Cow party for up to 100 people

Erin McGee
Stow, Ohio
Prize: Hex sign

Jean Jackson
Roaring Branch, Pennsylvania
Prize: 75 iced tea certificates

Anonymous Winner
Brewster, New York
Prize: Turkey Hill Penjoy Model Truck