In Focus: Raffle Car Unveiled at Annual I-5 Toyota Valentine’s Wine Mixer
Employees from I-5 Toyota unveil a 2021 Chevy Camaro during the annual I-5 Valentines Wine Mixer on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Chehalis, Wash. Over the next several months tickets to enter the raffle and a chance to win the sports car will be sold throughout Lewis County. All proceeds from the raffle will go to help raising funds for local scholarship programs and other community causes.
Pete Caster
Evan Hultberg, 12, a player on the Lewis County Closers youth baseball team, sells raffle tickets to Marty Lisk (left), of Houston, Texas, and Robert Dickey (center), of Montesano, at the I-5 Valentines Wine Mixer on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Chehalis, Wash. The trio were standing in front of a 2021 Chevy Camaro that was unveiled Wednesday evening as the car that will be raffled off to raise money for the
Pete Caster
People mill about I-5 Toyota looking at items in the silent auction during their annual Valentines Wine Mixer on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Chehalis.
Pete Caster
Players from the Lewis County Closers, a local baseball team, fight over the honor of selling the first raffle ticket for a 2021 Chevy Camaro to Kevin Ryan, the emcee for the I-5 Valentines Day Wine Mixer, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, in Chehalis. The I-5 Auto Group unveiled this year’s raffle vehicle at the event. Last year, the auto group surpassed $1 million in funds raised for area groups since the annual raffle was first launched about 13 years ago. Tickets are sold throughout the year by high schools, clubs and groups, which in turn get to keep the money.
Pete Caster
Pam Carpenter, of Chehalis, bids on a salon package during the silent auction during their annual I-5 Valentines Wine Mixer on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Chehalis, Wash.
