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Tickets for Friends of Watauga County Public Library Raffle Fundraiser Go On Sale April 15

By Jesse Wood

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Cilantro’s was recently added.

More than 60 restaurants in the High Country are participating in a Friends of the Watauga County Public Library fundraiser.

The local establishments are each donating two meals for either breakfast, lunch and dinner to be packaged in a raffle, where there will be multiple winners of various levels.

Tickets for the fundraiser go on sale beginning April 15. The last day to purchase tickets is June 17 or when the tickets sell out. No more than 400 tickets will be sold. Tickets cost $15 for one or $25 for two.

“We are really excited about our fundraiser,” said Mary Sue Morgan, a board member. “It will be a great boost to the library budget.”

She added that all of the proceeds, which are estimated to come out to $5,000, will go towards the Watauga County Public Library for the purchase of new books and adult and children programming.

Board Chair Beth Mueller, who used to be the librarian years ago before retirement, said that the response from the local restaurants was “amazing.”

The top prize package is valued at $500 and will contain certificates for eight meals for two at eight different restaurants. The smallest prize package will contain four meals for two at four different restaurants. The certificates are good until at least March 2016.

The raffle drawing will take place at the Watauga County Public Library on Thursday, June 18, at 10 a.m.

The tickets will be sold at the Watauga County Public Library in downtown Boone, the Western Watauga Branch Library in Cove Creek, Deerfield Pharmacy, Boone Drug at New Market, Stickboy Bakery, Incredible Toy Company and by board members of the Friends of the Watauga County Public Library.

Participating Restaurants

Applebee’s

Bella’s

Best Cellar

Bistro Roca

Blowing Rock Ale House

Blue Ridge Diner

Boone Bagelry

Boone Saloon

Café Portifino

Canyons

Casa Rustica

Cha Da Thai

Chili’s

Chipotle

Cracker Barrel

Daniel Boone Inn

Dos Amigos

Eat Crow

Family Billiards

Foggy Rock

Galileo’s

Gamekeeper

Grandview

Hob Nob Café

Joy Bistro

The Local

Los Arcos

Lost Province

Macado’s

Mast Farm Inn

Melanie’s

Mi Carreta

Mike’s Inland Seafood

Mint

Our Daily Bread

Outback

Over Yonder

Papa Joe’s

Peddler

Pepper’s

Porto Nuevo

Primo

Proper

The New Public House

Red Onion

The Rock Sports Bar and Grill

Roots

Rustique

Sagebrush

Sakura

Stick Boy Kitchen

Sunrise Grill

Taste Grill Inc.

Tacqueria El Paso

Timberlake’s Restaurant at Chetola

Town Tavern in Blowing Rock

Town Tavern in Boone

Troy’s Diner

Tucker’s

Vidalia

Woodlands