Raffle

This page contains information from the 2025 convention. This will be updated soon.

MOS will host a basket raffle with items donated by sponsors. Tickets will be on sale on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 4:00 – 6:00 pm during the social at the Arc on Market Street. The basket raffle drawing will be held Saturday evening before the panel presentation. You must be present to win.  

How the basket raffle works:

Purchase Tickets: Participants buy a ticket, or bundles of tickets, during the 4:00 – 6:00 pm social on Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Arc on Market Street. Tickets will cost $2/each and 6 for $10. The tickets will be distributed in pairs. Please bring cash to purchase raffle tickets!

Select Basket(s): For each gift basket, there is a dedicated container. Participants place one of their paired tickets in the container for the gift basket(s) they wish to win. Participants can place multiple tickets in one container if they want to increase their chance of winning. The participant keeps the other half of each ticket pair for the drawing, which will be held near the end of dinner (~6:45 pm).

Drawing for Winners: For each gift basket, a single ticket is randomly drawn from its designated container.

Win Prizes: The person whose ticket is drawn wins the corresponding gift basket.

Here are the three gift baskets with donated raffle items for the 2025 Convention:

“The Birder’s Bookshelf” Gift Basket (estimated value: $100.00)

Items in The Birder’s Bookshelf gift basket include:

  • Signed copy of The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
  • Signed copy of The Sibley Guide to Birds (Second Edition) by David Allen Sibley
  • Signed copy of Birding to Change the World by Trish O’Kane

“Rainy Day Birding” Gift Basket (estimated value: $150.00)

Items in the Rainy Day Birding gift basket include:

  • Wingspan Board Game
  • Sparrows Boonie Hat
  • Birds of Eastern North America Puzzle
  • Woodpeckers of North America Tote Bag
  • Woodpecker Bandana
  • Chickadee Nalgene
  • Bird in the Hand Playing Cards
  • Smaller items: pin, stickers

“Birding Starter Pack” Gift Basket (estimated value: $165.00)

Items in the Birding Starter Pack gift basket include:

  • Nocs Standard Issue 8 x 25 Binoculars
  • birding hat
  • water bottle