Raffle

Congratulations on winning the December raffle, Megan Carr!

Your financial support is essential to our work, and deeply appreciated. Our monthly raffle is one way that we generate funds to support educational programming, care and conservation of our collections, facility upkeep and improvements, and essential administrative tasks.

Box of Cheer AND a Lifetime Membership to NHSM

About Our Prize

Box of Cheer AND a Lifetime Membership to NHSM

This month we are raffling a selection of wine, spirits, and accessories that could contribute to your holiday festivities. The box of cheer  (value $200) contains:

1. Calico Jack Silver Rum
2. Cayeya Tequila Blanco
3. Lytos Premium Vodka
4. Old Hickory Blended Whiskey
5. 2023 Alain de la Treille Pinot Noir
6. Johns Bay 2023 Sauvignon Blanc
7. 2018 Le P’tit Spencer Carignan Mourvèdre Syrah Blend
8. Lindt Lindor Chocolate Truffles
9. Cork Pops Wine Opener
10. 2 Stemless Wine Glasses
11.  2 Whisky Glasses
12. 2 Shot Glasses
13. Cocktail Napkins

Thank you Fairgrounds Discount Beverages for donating this month’s raffle item!

* The winner will need to be able to pick up their prize at the Natural History Society of Maryland’s Overlea, MD location, at a date and time mutually agreed upon. Shipping is not available.

PLUS

With a Lifetime Membership to NHSM (value $1000), you will receive discounts on many of our programs—from lectures, workshops, and courses offered in our museum, to canoe trips, nature walks, and fossil hunts in the great outdoors.

Raffle Information and Rules

1.    Support us by purchasing a ticket.

2.    For every $5 ticket you buy your name will be entered once (i.e. $5=1 entry, $10=2 entries, etc.)

3.    Cut-off date to be entered is December 20, 2024 at midnight.

4.    The winner will be chosen at random and announced on the NHSM website and social media on  December 20, 2024. The winner will also be notified via email.

5.    The prize is for specified items only. No substitutions.

6. The winner will need to be able to pick up their prize at the Natural History Society of Maryland’s Overlea, MD location, at a date and time mutually agreed upon. Shipping is not available.

7.    NHSM officers, directors and employees are ineligible to enter the Raffle. Immediate family members of NHSM employees (defined as: spouse, siblings, parents, children) are also not eligible to enter or win. Any entry from an ineligible person is void.

8.   Raffle ticket purchases do not qualify as tax deductible contributions, per IRS Publication 526.

9.    Lifetime Membership goes to one person and that person must be 18 years of age or older.  Lifetime Membership is non-transferable. It will only be awarded to the person who purchased the ticket. Lifetime Membership allows the member to receive discounts on programs for him/herself, a significant other, and children under the age of 18 living in the same household.

10.    Participants must be 21 years of age or older.

*If you win a NHSM raffle more than once, you will only receive one Lifetime membership.

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