To help re-fresh funds for our local Coal, Endangered Species, Global Warming, and Oil & Gas campaigns the Allegheny Group is holding a first-time-ever raffle. The raffle is open to the public, with the drawing taking place Wednesday, December 7.  Sierra Club members may find a notice of the raffle on Page 3 of the last issue of the Allegheny Group’s ‘Sierran‘ newsletter.

Provided below is a list of the twelve raffle items valued from $15 to $70 and including event tickets, hiking guides, merchant and restaurant gift cards, etc One ticket is $2; three tickets are $5; seven tickets are $10.

To order your tickets, send a note listing the number of tickets per selected item(s) along with a check for the total amount, payable to Allegheny Group, Sierra Club, to:

Jackie Apone
5228 Beeler St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Entries should be mailed in December 4 at the latest.

For additional information, contact Jackie at japone46 at hotmail dot com.

Allegheny Group Fall Raffle Items

1. Pittsburgh Filmmakers Gift Card, a $70 value. This card entitles you to 12 films at any of the three Filmmakers’ locations, which can be shared with a friend. Free popcorn with each film. Good for a year from the ALG Holiday Party.
2. Exkursion Outfitters Gift Cards, a $50 value. Pittsburgh’s oldest and most complete specialty outdoor shop, located in Monroeville, offers the area’s hikers, climbers and kayakers a fully stocked store, plus classes, clinics and lots of advise.
3. Two Tickets for a Pirate’s 2012 Home Game, a $54 value. We’ll send the winner a choice of alternative dates before the 2012 season begins.
4. Sierra Club T-shirt (large) and cap, a $53 value. Both are 100% organic cotton with an attractive Sierra Club logo.
5. ‘Plundering Appalachia: The Tragedy of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining‘, a $50 value. A powerful exposé in words and images of the environmental and human devastation wrought by the coal industry in Appalachia.
6. Quiet Storm Gift Card, a $20 value. Eat at Pittsburgh’s best vegetarian restaurant.
7. Big Burrito Gift Card, a $25 value for any of the seven Mad Mex restaurant locations in Pittsburgh.
8. Giant Eagle Gift Card, a $25 value.
9. Western Pa. Hiking Guides, a $26 value. Three hiking guides written by ALG members—Hiker’s Guide to Laurel Highlands Trail, The Laurel Highlands: A Hiking Guide, and Allegheny National Forest Hiking Guide.
10. Sierra Club Tote Bag, a $30 value. 100% organic cotton heavy canvas bag.
11. Sierra Club Sling Bag, a $23 value. Heavy-duty polyester triangular sling bag.
12. ‘The Bicycle Book: Wit, Wisdom and Wanderings’, a $15 value. Edited by SC member Jim Joyce of Emsworth, this book of original stories, narratives and cartoons belongs on every cyclist’s coffee table.

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