Thanks to WWALS Board Member Janet Massengale for delivering the Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak to raffle winner Belinda Edwards Herndon in Live Oak, Florida.
It’s slightly-used 12-foot 9-inch sit-on-top kayak with paddle, a Hurricane Skimmer 128. Continue reading
Update 2024-12-16: Video: Kayak raffle drawing for Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak at Banks Lake 2014-12-15.
Update 2024-12-13: The raffle drawing will still be on Sunday, December 15, 2024. However, it will be later in the day, at 4:45 PM, and at Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT). You have until noon Sunday to get your tickets.
WWALS is raffling this slightly-used 12-foot 9-inch sit-on-top kayak with paddle, a Hurricane Skimmer 128.
New, it lists for $1,399.
The suggested donation is $10 for one ticket or $50 for six tickets.
Tickets are available online in person at WWALS events, or online with small fees.
A single ticket is $10 + $1 fee:
https://wwalswatershed.square.site/product/2024-kayak-raffle-hurricane-skimmer/49?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
Six tickets online are $50 + $1.50 fee:
https://wwalswatershed.square.site/product/2024-kayak-raffle-bundle-hurricane-skimmer/51?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
![[Raffle: Hurricane Skimmer 128 Sit-On-Top Kayak with Paddle]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-05-24--skimmer-128-hurricane-kayak/fbmany.jpg)
Raffle: Hurricane Skimmer 128 Sit-On-Top Kayak with Paddle
Proceeds go to support the advocacy and activities of WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc., and IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational charity.
https://wwals.net/donations/ Continue reading
Chuck Roberts drew the winning ticket yesterday for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak, paddle, PFD, lock, and straps.
This one is slightly used. New, a 12-foot Eddyline kayak lists for $1,749.00.
Since there were only 30 $100 raffle tickets, each ticket had a 1 in 30 chance of winning.
![[Drawing the winner, Eddyline Kayak Raffle, Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River 2024-04-03]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-04-03--eddyline-kayak-raffle-drawing-video/fbmany.jpg)
Drawing the winner, Eddyline Kayak Raffle, Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River 2024-04-03
Gretchen Quarterman fired up the zoom from her desk.
Here’s the zoom video: https://youtu.be/VXzBV0jhd2Y
At Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River,
Chuck Roberts first talked about the
WWALS River Revue sit-down fundraising dinner,
Saturday, September 7, 2024, at the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta.
Chuck is the M.C.
https://wwals.net/pictures/songwriting2024/
The Revue includes the seventh annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
Song submissions are open now:
https://wwals.net/?p=64497
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman talked about upcoming outings.
https://wwals.net/outings
Including, coming up next Saturday, Continue reading
Update 2024-04-04: Video: Raffle drawing for Eddyline Kayak 2024-04-03.
Since all 30 tickets are taken, Chuck Roberts will draw the winning ticket this Wednesday noon-thirty, for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak, paddle, PFD, lock, and straps.
This one is slightly used. New, a 12-foot Eddyline kayak lists for $1,749.00.
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman will bring the box of 30 raffle tickets to Troupville Boat Ramp.
Gretchen Quarterman will fire up the zoom from her desk.
Chuck Roberts will draw the winner, announce the name, and then call the winner to inform them.
If you attend in person and you win, you can carry the kayak home with you.
If you attend by zoom or not at all, we will discuss with you how to get you the kayak.
Thanks to everyone who got tickets! That helps Continue reading
Update 2024-04-02: Drawing the winner at Troupville Boat Ramp, for the Eddyline Kayak Raffle 2024-04-03.
That was fast! The last $100 raffle ticket was taken shortly after the post today about one more to go.
So all 30 tickets are gone.
We will draw the winning ticket for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak within the next few days.
In addition to the slightly-used 12-foot kayak, it includes paddle, PFD, lock, and straps.
New, it lists for $1,749.00.
Thanks to everyone who got tickets! That helps support everything WWALS does, from water quality tests, paddle outings and swimming & boating lessons, to chainsaw cleanups, and beyond to advocacy to stop trash at its sources, strip mines, and pipelines. We work for water trails, solar power, and Right to Clean Water, with growing engagement for youth and marginalized communities.
About WWALS: Continue reading
Update 2024-04-01: Done: Eddyline Kayak Raffle 2024-04-01.
Once somebody gets the last $100 ticket we’ll reach the maximum of 30, and we will draw the winning ticket for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak.
![[Eddyline Sandpiper Kayak $100 Raffle Ticket max 30]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-04-01--eddyline-kayak-raffle/many.jpg)
Eddyline Sandpiper Kayak $100 Raffle Ticket max 30
In addition to the slightly-used 12-foot kayak, it includes paddle, PFD, lock, and straps.
New, it lists for $1,749.00.
Tickets are available online.
https://wwalswatershed.square.site/product/2023-gala-eddyline-kayak-raffle/40
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/
Thanks to Holly Jones and Kimberly Godden Tanner for leading the November 2023 Banks Lake Full Beaver Moon Paddle on our watery living room, Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
![[Banners, Safety lecture, Setting off, Sunset, Bat tree @ Banks Lake Full Beaver Moon 2023-11-27]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-11-27--banks-lake-full-beaver-moon-paddle-pictures/many.jpg)
Banners, Safety lecture, Setting off, Sunset, Bat tree @ Banks Lake Full Beaver Moon 2023-11-27
The next one is coming up
today, December 26, 2023.
https://wwals.net/?p=63711
Before we paddled last month, Continue reading
Here is Janet Martin, the winner of the VIBE Sea Ghost 130 WWALS annual raffle kayak, with paddle, seat, and rudder.
![[Janet Martin and the raffle kayak 2023-12-12]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-12-12--raffle-kayak-delivered-janet-martin/many.jpg)
Janet Martin and the raffle kayak 2023-12-12
She likes it; see
video.
https://youtu.be/7FsQCfzaTY8 Continue reading
Update 2023-12-13: Raffle kayak delivered to winner Janet Martin 2023-12-12.
Monday at Banks Lake before we paddled, we drew the winner of the Vibe Sea Ghost 130. It retails for $1,300, but was used only once by Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson before he gave it to WWALS. It comes with paddle, seat, and rudder.
We raffled it for $10 donation per ticket.
WWALS Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman had put all the tickets in a box, yes, including the online tickets, which she transcribed onto paper tickets.
WWALS Board Member Kimberly Godden Tanner took the tickets out of envelopes for the places they were donated, such as Alapaha Station Celebration, Florida Folk Festival, various outings, and the WWALS River Revue, plus two more got tickets minutes before. Continue reading
Update 2023-12-26: Pictures: Banks Lake Full Beaver Moon Paddle 2023-11-27.
Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle on our watery living room, Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Before we paddle, we will be drawing the winning raffle ticket for a Vibe Sea Ghost 130 kayak; you can still get raffle tickets.
When: Gather 4:30 PM, launch 5 PM, moonrise 5:40 PM, sunset 5:31 PM, end 6:40 PM, Monday, November 27, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Full moon rising over Holly Jones and family in the raffle kayak they won 2022-12-07]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-11-27--banks-lake-full-beaver-moon-paddle/many.jpg)
Full moon rising over Holly Jones and family in
the raffle kayak they won 2022-12-07
![[Winner Belinda Edwards Herndon with WWALS raffle kayak 2024-12-19, Delivered to Live Oak, FL by Board Member Janet Massengale]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-12-19--raffle-kayak-winner/fbmany.jpg)
![[Chuck Roberts will draw the winner, at Troupville Boat Ramp, for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak, 12:30 PM, Wednesday, April 3, 2024]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-04-03--eddyline-kayak-raffle-drawing/fbmany.jpg)
![[All 30 Raffle Tickets taken, for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak. Stay tuned for the date, of the raffle drawing.]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-04-01--eddyline-kayak-raffle-done/fbmany.jpg)
![[Kayak, drawing, the winner]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-11-27--kayak-raffle-winner/many.jpg)