Canoe Raffle FUNdraiser

Take A Chance For Education

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This 1985 Old Town Canadienne canoe was built by legendary designer Ralph Frese, “Mr. Canoe.” This is a highly sought after model and a rare find!

Celebrate National Canoe Day with Friends of the Fox River!

Join for a casual get together and the Drawing of the Winning Ticket!

Rosie O’Hare’s Public House
702 Water St., East Dundee, IL
Monday, June 26, 2023
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Raffle Drawing at 8 pm


Don’t let the DETOURS get you down – Water St. is being worked on north and south of Rosie’s. The street next to Rosie’s is Michigan St., use a numbered street, First, Second, etc. or River Street to Michigan or Barrington as alternates. Complete directions, call Rosie’s (847) 426-1116. 

Help support watershed education experiences for children, and have a chance to own a vintage canoe that boasts great performance qualities and has collection value.


Raffle tickets are $10 each.

Online raffle ticket sales will end on Monday, June 26 at 5 p.m.

You do not need to be present to win, but please consider joining us there for a celebration along the Fox River. 

Must be 18 or older to purchase tickets.

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Building a Watershed Community of Caretakers

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Friends of the Fox River (FOTFR) fulfills the most important part of our mission: education, through our unique experiential streams education experiences. For the last several years, our outreach educators have been hosting up to 5,000 students in boots to participate in field studies in a stream near their school. They learn to make physical, chemical and biological measurements to determine water quality and health of that tributary to the Fox River. They learn about the life of that stream and come to understand how every stream and river supports a web of life. Now the demand for this hands-on, science learning about the student’s local environment is growing and we need your help to meet it.

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Here’s the Deal

The raffle prize canoe is the only prize in the raffle. 
A maximum of 1,000 tickets will be sold. The winning raffle ticket and two alternative winning tickets will be chosen at Rosie O’Hare’s in East Dundee on Monday, June 26, 2023 at 8:00 pm. Join us for this celebration on the river.

Take a chance to win this canoe and help us teach our children well.

Official Raffle Rules

By purchasing a raffle ticket, you are agreeing to the official rules of this raffle. Please click here to read the official Raffle Rules.

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