The holidays are over and along with them – perhaps, finally – we’ve bid adieu to 2020 and look forward to a new year filled with hope and promise.  Here’s something to look forward to that is right around the corner.

The Allegan Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the Experience The Mitten Raffle.  A single, lucky winner will win a Grand Prize Package that features overnight stays, dining, shopping gift cards, and experiences from Allegan and Southwest Michigan to the very Tip of The Mitten.

Already a great prize package, new items are being added every week right up to the drawing date on January 15, 2021.

Current Prize Package includes:

• Jade Estate Inn – Two-night stay.  Be one of the first to stay at The Jade Estate Inn, meticulously restored to its splendor, offering guests private rooms with jetted tubs, fine linens, and all of the comforts of home in a luxurious setting.
• Allegan Event – Two passes for Sky Trail & Sky Rail, Clip ‘n Climb, Vertical Drop Slide, and Quick Jump
• Hathaway Cottage & Gifts, LLC – Gift Certificate
• Something Sweet for You – Gift Certificate
• Schaendorf Brewing Company – Gift Certificate & Insulated Growler
• Mission Point Resort – Discover Mackinac Island with a two-night stay including breakfast each morning at the Round Island Bar & Grill
• Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry – Two round-trip tickets to Mackinac Island
• Mackinac State Historic Parks – 2021 Family Pass to the following attractions
  • • Fort Mackinac (Mackinac Island)
    • The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum (Mackinac Island)
    • Biddle House Mackinac Island Native American Museum
    • Colonial Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City)
    • Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park (Mackinaw City)
    • Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse (Mackinaw City)
• Jack Pine Lumberjack Shows – Four admission passes.  Family fun with World Champion Lumberjacks in head to head competition!
• Suburban Inns – Two 1-night stays at any Suburban Inn property.  Use them together or separately (Holland, Grand Rapids, Grandville, Midland)
• Holland Museum – 2021 Family Membership which includes unlimited admission to the Holland Museum, Cappon House, Settlers House, and the new Smithsonian Spark!Lab
• Outdoor Discovery Center – 2021 Family Membership
• Windmill Island – Four admission passes
• The Biscuit – Gift certificate (donated by Joel and Erin Dye)
• Grand Rapids Public Museum – Two admission passes
• Grand Rapids Art Museum – Two admission passes
• Happileigh Captured Photo Session – bringing an atmosphere of creativity to the lens of her camera

The tickets are $20.00 (cash or check) and are available at Hathaway Cottage & Gifts, LLC, the Allegan Area Chamber of Commerce, and from Allegan Area Chamber of Commerce Board Members.  Only 250 Tickets will be sold so don’t delay: Get yours today!!!

The Allegan Area Chamber of Commerce is located in Allegan City Hall, Unit #1 at 231 Trowbridge St.  Per the State of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the lobby has been closed and may continue to be so dependent on future directives and recommendations.  For curbside pick up, please call the Chamber at 269-673-2479.

The Allegan Area Chamber of Commerce thanks all of the donating businesses as well as our event sponsors.  The Experience The Mitten Raffle is a socially-distanced fundraiser in lieu of our always popular Holiday After-Hours Auction event, one of the Chamber’s annual signature fundraising events.  Your support is vital to the Allegan Area Chamber of Commerce’s mission of economic and community development.  We cannot thank you enough for your support during these unsettled times.