Support your local lighthouse and take a chance to win a great prize. The By the Sea & Beyond Raffle, sponsored by Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, features more than $1,000 in prizes. The raffle will benefit the museum collection at the Riverside lighthouse which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Prizes include: THEATRE BY THE SEA - Two tickets to a 2025 summer season performance of your choice of Hairspray, through August 16 or Heartbreak Hotel from August 20 to September 14, valued at $188; FOXWOODS RESORTS - Deluxe accommodations for two at Great Cedar Hotel, Grand Pequot Tower or Fox Tower, valued at $500; LA GONDOLA - A 40-minute ride for two passengers, called “Viaggio dei Sogni” (Journey of Dreams) along the Providence and Woonasquatucket rivers, valued at $89; AMAZING GRACE – A one-hour narrated water tour of Newport. Tickets for four can be used through mid-October 2025, and are valued at $100; SEAFOOD DINE-OUT PACKAGE - Gift cards to Legal Sea Foods in Cranston, Café Water Street in Warren and Portside Tavern in Bristol, valued at $70; SEAFOOD DINE-IN PACKAGE - Gift cards to Digger’s Catch Seafood in East Providence, Tony’s Seafood in Seekonk, Blount Market or Blount Clam Shack in Warren, valued at $60.
The drawing will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 9 (raindate August 10) at the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse booth at the Looff Arts Festival at Crescent Park, Riverside. You do not need to be present to win. The owner of the first ticket picked will be contacted and choose their prize. Then the owner of the second winning ticket will choose from the remaining prizes, and so on. By the Sea & Beyond Raffle tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25. They will be sold at the Looff Arts Festival, in the Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Gift Shop or can be obtained in advance by sending a check, made payable to Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, c/o 81 Harris Street, Riverside, RI. 02915. Include your name, address and phone number on your check. Call 401-742-2751 with any questions.
