The Prizes

• Grand Prize - "Roll-Your-Own" Trip - Value $2500.00

  • The raffle Grand Prize is a "Roll-Your-Own" trip. It can be a trip to another country, a float trip on a river, a cruise or whatever you want to select. You select the destination(s), number of days and the number of travelers. You will work through the ANPR "arranger" to set up the trip. ANPR will pay $2500 to the arranger, and any additional expenses will be the responsibility of the traveler. Trip arrangements can be made up to one year after the date of the raffle drawing. Or, you can take the "cash in-lieu of" choice of $1500. [Prize must be used within one year after the drawing.]
    

    

  
  

• GRAND PRIZE - 8-day Grand Canyon River Trip for Two

  TRIP DATE: June - Aug, 2025, trip date TBD based on space availability 

  2 space(s) may be reserved on a Full Canyon 8 Day Motor trip during 2025; trip date to be determined based on remaining availability at the time of contact. 

  This is an 8-day Full canyon trip which requires meeting us at the Holiday Inn Express the day before your trip for the pre-trip orientation at 5:30pm. 

  FULL CANYON: The Full Canyon trip covers river miles 0-225 (Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek): there is no required hike in or out of the canyon and round trip transportation Flagstaff to the river included. Pre-trip orientation in Flagstaff the day before at 5:30pm. At 5:30 am on the day of the trip, we'll transport you to Lees Ferry, you'll put on the river that morning. We will return you to Flagstaff again on the last day from Diamond Creek late afternoon. Return time subject to delays/not guaranteed - it's best to plan to leave Flagstaff the next day.
  VALUE: $7500. Generously donated by Canyoneers Grand Canyon Adventures

  

• Ranger Rendezvous Quilt

   An oversized throw quilt featuring T-shirts from past Rendezvous on one side and a fabric that contains NPS patches on the other. Donor: Rick Mossman and Kendra Balasz. Value: $800

  

  

• Custom Ranger Carving

  Description: Hand-carved Ranger Caricature by Rob Arnberger in Basswood and painted in acrylics; 13” tall & 10” long.
  Narrative: This old Ranger is a bit fed up and tired of not getting the funding support the National Park Service needs to carry out the important job of protecting our national heritage found in our National Parks. A famous entrance sign needs repair and hangs by a single wire. Our National Park System is deeply loved and appreciated by the American people but the National Park Service entrusted to care for these very special places simply does not receive the federal budgets from our Congress to do the proper job! Every year “more” is asked of the staff in our parks while “less” is provided to do it. The National Park Ranger and the flat hat are famous icons of the Service. Fewer Rangers are protecting our parks now than a decade ago, yet the demands continue to increase. Protecting the parks is more than just infrastructure repair. Protection includes science, research, education, law enforcement, emergency response, maintenance and repair, management oversight and administrative support, and public involvement.

  ANPR member/ NPS retiree Rob Arnberger. Rob was a ranger, superintendent, and regional director during his career and also a well-known woodcarver of humorous caricatures and realistic birds. Visit his website at spiritsinwood.com to learn more about his art and see more photos of his work. Value: $450.
  

  

  An example, but the prize will be a new and custom carving.

• Memory Quilt

  ANPR member Liz Roberts is offering a custom queen-sized memory quilt to the lucky winner. The recipient provides photos and favorite colors and she will take it from there. Attached is an example of a past quilt. Value: $750.
  

  

  An example, but the prize will be new and custom.

Two-night Alaska Railroad Luxury Package including Princess Lodging

This prize is being offered by Holland America Line. Description: Holland America Line offers a luxury rail package for two that includes a two-night stay at McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge or Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge in Alaska. See Alaska in style via the Alaska Railroad, and stay at one of these two great lodges in the heart of Alaska. Value: $1,000.




Signed Artist's Proof Print and "Horse of the Sea" Photography Book

Beautifully printed full-color, 132-page, Smyth-sewn Hardbound book with French fold Dust Jacket. Featuring 72 photographs by acclaimed photographer Tony Bonanno, with text in English and French.Tony Bonanno is a professional photographer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His fine art photography has been featured in numerous galleries and museum shows throughout the US and abroad. He is an instructor at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, lectures at various academic institutions, and conducts classes for enthusiasts and professional organizations. Value: $65.00



Camargue #81, (c) 2019.  The actual image on the paper is approximately 30" x 11". It is printed on museum quality cotton rag. This image is in the book and in several fine art galleries. 
The selling price for this signed artist proof print in galleries is between $1800 and $2000.  
 



San Diego Harbor Cruise

Four-hour day trip for two in the San Diego Harbor on the replica Flagship of Juan Cabrillo Rodriquez, the San Salvador. Generously donated by the Maritime Museum of Sam Diego. Thank you, Thomas Workman! Value: $200




NPS-themed Quilt

This is being created a member who would like to remain anonymous. Description: A quilt featuring National Park Service units will be available for this year's raffle. The quilt will feature well-known and little-known sites east of the Mississippi. All quilt material will be natural fibers. There also will be a “book” accompanying the quilt featuring the history of all the NPS units shown on it. Value: TBA

Vintage Leather Carvings

Vintage hand-carved leather "carry-on" and "portrait of indian girl" by Bill Wade. Value = $300.00.





San Juan Mountains Cabin Stay - Five Days, Four Nights

Relax in the quiet and beauty of an off-grid log cabin nestled in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains at 9,500’. Sit by the stream, sip coffee on the deck, access the Sneffels Wilderness for a hike. Combine cabin use with a planned ski or music festival in nearby Telluride, or soaking in nearby Ouray hot springs. Cabin reached by road most of the year while winter access is by a two-mile ski, snowshoe or snow machine (if you have).  Cabin has all modern amenities. 











Five-day whitewater rafting or sea kayaking trip



ROW Adventures and their family of companies is offering a 2024-2025 Salmon River Canyon (lower) or Hells Canyon Idaho whitewater rafting trip — or choose to go sea kayaking in Loreto Bay, Mexico. The choice is yours! The prize does not include travel to Idaho or Mexico. Thanks so much to Peter Grubb, founder and president of ROWAdventures.com and their family of companies including Unbound.Travel and SeaKayakAdventures.com. Value: Raft trip, $4,000; sea kayak trip, $3,500. 

Fred Machetanz hand-signed print, “Fishing Rights.”

This limited edition, unframed reproduction is #777 of 950, 18-3/4x31, and painted by beloved Alaska artist Fred Machetanz in the 1980s. Machetanz, originally from Ohio, settled in Alaska in the 1950s and quickly became a favorite among Alaskans and around the country. He specialized in landscapes, Alaska animals, Native people and  pioneers. The use of his signature deep blue color in his oil paintings brought out the coldness of the Alaska arctic and make his paintings quickly recognizable. His originals are highly sought-after and his reproductions are in demand internationally. Machetanz died in October 2002, at the age of 94. Value: $250



Metal Framed Images of Grand Canyon and Zion

Two 16x20-inch metal framed images taken by ANPR member and photographer Kendra Balazs. The autumn image, with bright orange hues, was taken in Grand Canyon National Park. The lush tree by the water was captured in Zion National Park's Narrows. Value: $500





NOTE: Additional prizes will be added as they are received.
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