The 2025 Summer Clary Lake Association Raffle is underway! Tickets cost $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. We’ve only printed 500 this time, and we want to sell them all! Once again, Mark & Tara Doe of Louis Doe Garden Center in Newcastle have  graciously donated our Grand Prize, a $100 Gift Certificate redeemable at their Newcastle store. Other confirmed exciting prizes from local businesses include donated gift certificates from Sheepscot General & the Jefferson Market, with more to be added. This year we have a member donating $40 worth of lottery scratch tickets so get your lucky penny ready!

The items being raffled off have been come from businesses based on the Member Survey we sent out in late winter.

The drawing for the raffle will be held at the Clary Lake Association’s Annual Meeting on Saturday August 23rd at the home of Gareth & Beverley Bowen at 739 Gardiner Road in Jefferson. The meeting starts at 3PM and usually goes for about an hour and a half. We’ll hold the drawing at the conclusion of the Membership Meeting. There is no limit to the number of tickets you can buy so if you want to increase your chances of winning, buy a lot! 

Why Are We Raising Money?

We are raising money for our Clary Lake Dam Maintenance and Repair fund. The dam is in reasonable shape now but it leaks, and leaks only get worse, not better. Someday in the not too distant future we’re going to have to make some costly repairs to the dam and gate mechanism. This is your chance to help fund that effort and maybe win something as well. Sadly, money that you spend on raffle tickets is not tax deductible, even if given to a nonprofit organization such as the Clary Lake Association. Sorry! If you WOULD like to make a tax deductible contribution, please visit our Donate to the Association page!

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN! Make sure that you write your contact info (at least your name and phone number) on the back of the ticket stub so we can reach out to you to let you know you won. Gift certificates can be mailed.

How To Get Tickets

We’ve only printed 500 tickets this year and we want to sell ALL of them! There are lots of ways you can get raffle tickets:

1. Make out a check made out to Clary Lake Association and mail it to PO Box 127, Whitefield ME 04353 and we’ll mail you your tickets! How easy is that?
2. If you haven’t sent in your dues yet, just include your ticket money with your dues and we’ll mail your your tickets! 2 birds with one stamp!
3. If you know a Board member, go see them, they’ll have tickets to sell.
4. We’d like to make it easy to buy tickets! You can simply email your name, mailing address, and phone number to [email protected] and someone will call to make arrangements to meet up with you to get you some tickets!
5. Tickets will be available at the Annual Meeting on Saturday August 23rd from about 1PM until the drawing.
6. You can buy tickets at the Clary Lake Association’ Ice Cream Social (Saturday July 19th)
7. You can use the button below to buy tickets and pay for them with a credit card or with your Paypal or Venmo account. We’ll put your tickets in the mail and put your ticket stubs in the bucket with all the rest. How easy is that!

We’re continuing to work on easy ways to sell you tickets. Stay tuned for future announcements!