Tickets are available for purchase now through Saturday, Dec. 7 for chances to win one of five Dickens of a Christmas Raffle Baskets, the Friends of the Green Free Library’s annual fundraiser. 

Basket #1 is the Gourmet Food Basket; Basket #2, Tioga Basket; Basket #3,  Fenton Christmas Basket; Basket #4, Home for Christmas Basket; and Basket #5, Spa Basket. The baskets and their full list of contents can be seen at the library in the display case. Photos of all five raffle baskets are also on The Friends of the Green Free Library Facebook Page. 

Tickets are $2 each or three for $5 and can be purchased at the library at 134 Main Street in Wellsboro, or from members of the Friends of the Library.  Purchasers must be at least 18 years old and those purchasing tickets for raffle basket #5 that includes wine must be 21 or older. 

The drawing for the baskets will be at 2pm Saturday, Dec. 7, in the library’s Pennsylvania Room, immediately following the Friends’ Dickens of a Christmas Reception being held there from 11am to 2pm with light refreshments. The Friends ask that winners pick up their baskets at the library or make other arrangements. 

The purpose of The Friends of the Green Free Library is to raise money to provide needed funds for the library. This is done through the Friends’ Annual Book Sale, its biggest fundraiser, the raffle baskets at Dickens, and with memberships and other donations. The library has used these funds to purchase new books, provide reading programs, assistance with grants, building repairs, and other needs. 

Local residents making cookies for the Dec. 7 reception should package three per resealable bags and drop them off at the library between 9am and 7pm Thursday, Dec. 5, and 10am and 5pm Friday, Dec. 6.