Raffle at Middleburgh Library

MIDDLEBURGH — The Middleburgh Library’s annual Basket Raffle is back and in full swing! Tickets are on sale at the library circulation desk and are $1 each, or six for $5. The raffle runs until December 17th, and the library will be open to purchase tickets on Friday, Dec. 5th, during Middleburgh’s Miracle On Main Street. Proceeds from the basket raffle are used for Library programing to benefit the community.

There are 38 baskets offered this year, including baskets from Wandering Mystic; Lara Kelley Pottery; Middleburgh Telephone Company; Hardscrabble Coffee; Middleburgh Pharmacy; Schoharie County Democratic Party; Schoharie Valley Farm; Scott Keidong’s Image Enterprises; Middleburgh Democratic Party; and Walt Whitman Books, plus gift certificates from Little Italy; High On the Hog, Hubies, Dunkin Donuts, and Carrot Barn; six subscriptions for the Mountain Eagle newspaper; Maple Syrup; a “Coffee Break” basket; art supplies and toys; a “Think Spring” gardening basket; hand-made pillows, a Middleburgh History/Genealogy Buff Basket; a Cotton Candy Machine; books; a Turkey Dinner Basket; a Harry Potter Fan basket, cooking and baking baskets; a back warmer/neck warmer/ice pack basket with tea and chocolate; and a puzzle basket — there’s something for everyone!

Isabella Ortizand Lauryn Work look over some of the baskets at the Middleburgh Library, offered in this year’s basket raffle fundraiser (Isabella has her eye on the cotton candy machine).