CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT STATE PARK, Wash. — The Keepers of the North Head Lighthouse are sponsoring a benefit raffle this summer, with proceeds to be used to help restore the lighthouse. A total of 1,000 raffle tickets are available for purchase. The raffle last year raised almost $4,000 to be used for historically accurate replication, restoration or construction.

The raffle prize is a two-night stay for six people at the North Head Lighthouse Keeper’s Home (stay dates between Sept. 30, and March 2016, excluding holidays), plus one catered gourmet dinner for six with paired wine and a continental breakfast for six.

The Keepers of the North Head Lighthouse, a part of Friends of the Columbia River Gateway, are pleased to see progress on restoration with new windows and metal work at the top of the tower completed. More work is needed and will proceed as funds are available from the state Legislature.

The Keepers of the North Head Lighthouse continue to raise funds to be used on lighthouse restoration, as state park funds are not believed to be sufficient to complete restoration.

Tickets are $5 each to anyone 18 years of age or older, and the drawing will be held Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. at the Picture Attic in Long Beach, Washington. The winner need not be present. If all tickets are sold, there will be nearly $5,000 available for lighthouse restoration.

The tickets can be purchased at the Cape Disappointment State Park store in the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center; in the store on the North Head Lighthouse grounds at the park, at Bay Avenue Gallery in Ocean Park, Washington; the Picture Attic in Long Beach; Home at the Beach/Beautiful Things in the Long Beach Mal; and at selected Saturday Markets in Ilwaco, Washington. For information, call Lona Niemi at 360-642-2502.