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The deadline is approaching to purchase tickets in this year’s 50-50 Keweenaw Natural Areas raffle.
Up to 1,000 tickets will be sold at $100 each. If all are sold, the prize will be $50,000.
KNA board member John Griffith says money raised will help pay down the debt the organization took on to complete the purchase of land in and adjacent to the Gratiot River County Park…
An additional $275,000 needs to be raised by the end of the year to move forward with the purchase of an extra 546 acres, which would tie together several existing parcels that have been set aside for public use. Griffith says it includes more than a half-mile of Lake Superior shoreline, and 1.5 miles of Gratiot River frontage. But…
The raffle drawing takes place this Saturday. To buy tickets, and find other ways to support the KNA, visit their website. You can hear Todd VanDyke’s full Copper Country Today interview with John Griffith here.
