Senior class raffle fundraiser set for Jan. 31 basketball games

When the La Conner and Mount Vernon Christian basketball teams tip off next Tuesday, winners will have already been determined.

They being the La Conner High senior class and lucky raffle ticketholders.

The seniors will be raffling over $1,000 in donated items at Landy James Gym that night to raise funds for their graduation trip in the spring.

Tickets will be sold during the boys’ game, which gets under way at 5:15 p.m., with drawings held at halftime of the girls’ game that follows immediately afterward.

Ticket prices are $5 each or five for $20.

Local individuals and businesses have provided a wide range of items for the raffle, said La Conner teacher-coach Suzanne Marble, who is also the public address announcer for Lady Braves games.

“There’s a ton of really cool stuff,” Marble said.

School board member and Lady Braves assistant coach Lynette Cram agreed.

“There’s some really good stuff in those (raffle) baskets,” said Cram.

This year’s senior class is hoping to raise about $6,000 between now and the end of the school year. The class has had limited fundraising opportunities since entering high school in large part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which restricted students to off-campus on-line learning during parts of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years.