Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan is raffling a one-of-a-kind paddle board and paddle designed and crafted by Jason Thelen of
Little Bay Boards to support life-saving, life-changing services offered to women, children and families across northern Lower Michigan.
The board is handcrafted from knotty white cedar featuring a custom painting by local artist Mary Bea McWatters. The design on the board combines symbols intended to pave the way forward toward a beautiful life. The hollow-core, eco-friendly board is ten feet and one half-inch tall, weighs 27 pounds and is valued at $4,000.
WRCNM will offer 150 raffle tickets at $100 per ticket up until the raffle drawing which will be held during the grand opening of Little Bay Boards Showroom at 355 North Division Road in Petoskey, at 4:00 p.m., Friday, May 19, 2023.
Raffle tickets are available for purchase in Petoskey through:
- WRCNM’s main office, 423 Porter Street;
- Gold Mine Resale Shop, 1002 Emmet Street;
- Gold Mine North Resale Shop, 1878 US-31 North;
- Little Bay Boards Showroom, 355 North Division Road; and
- WRCNM Board Members.
Due to raffle license rules, tickets are not available online. If 50 tickets are not sold, the drawing reverts to a 50/50 raffle with the minimum prize of $1,000 awarded.
For more information or to purchase tickets by phone, call WRCNM’s main office at (231) 347-0067.