Artists lend a hand at benefit basket raffle

For the fifth year running the Henry Sheldon Museum is holding a picnic basket raffle as a fundraiser for the museum. Six local artists have hand-painted picnic baskets in their signature styles.

MIDDLEBURY — It’s picnic season in Vermont, and Middlebury’s Sheldon Museum of Vermont History is raffling seven picnic baskets painted by local artists. The museum’s annual Picnic Basket Raffle fundraiser traditionally takes place at its popular Independ … (read more)

National Bank of Middlebury is helping boost the local economy by giving away $1,000 in Vergennes, as well as in the four other towns where it has branches. The bank is holding a raffle of $500 to a local shopper and $500 to a local business with the inte … (read more)