This Red Hook Charity Is Raffling Off a 24-Hour Tesla Joyride

RED HOOK, BROOKLYN — Donate at least $30 toward the cause of educating Red Hook youth at this year's lively Taste of Red Hook food fair, and you could win a 24-hour joyride in a brand-new Tesla.

Tickets are still available for Taste of Red Hook on Tuesday, Sept. 27. All proceeds from the annual fundraiser go straight to the Red Hook Initiative, a community organization providing a variety of academic and career programming for local youth.

The org works with more than 5,000 kids and young adults each year, including many from the Red Hook Houses.

Tickets to the Taste of Red Hook festival are steep ($225 each, as of Thursday), but with a big reward: Liberty Warehouse, a gorgeous old brick building at 260 Conover St., will be filled with samples of food and drink from around 50 local restaurants and breweries, including Brooklyn Crab, Buttermilk Channel, Court Street Grocers and Baked.

Even if you can't afford tickets to the main event, though, the Tesla raffle is open to non-attendees, as well.

All tickets can be purchased here.

One raffle ticket is $30; two are $50; and five are $100.The winner will receive "The Ultimate Tesla Experience," which means free (catered) test drives of the Tesla Model S for you and eight friends, after which you'll get 24 hours of personal drive time with the car.

The prize is a gift to the Red Hook Initiative from the neighborhood's local Tesla dealership, which opened earlier this year.

The Taste of Red Hook will be held on Sept. 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Liberty Warehouse.

Lead photo by John V. Santore