Boat Works Benefit Raffles Off Kayak

By Frank Perricelli, Mercury Reporter    

On Friday, Nov. 4 a fund raiser for a  community service program known as Peekskill Boat Works (which is affiliated with the Peekskill Youth Bureau) was held at the Peekskill  Yacht Club. The reason for  the event was to raffle off a one of a kind, hand made, kayak. The program’s instructor (and Retired PHS Assistant Principal), Mr James Taylor, and his two boat building assistants, Peekskill High School students Frank Perricelli and Justin Hayes, had worked at building the kayak for a number of months. The raffle tickets for the boat were $25 each. 

Other items were also raffled off  and the price of those tickets were  $10 for 10 tickets and $20 for 25 tickets. In addition to the raffle, the people who  attended the event enjoyed other festivities such as music and food. There was a Spanish Guitar player who was very talented.  The crowd of supporters was made up of mostly local Peekskill people who  talked to  their friends and it seemed to have  a good time. The kayak was won by mayoral candidate, Mr. Anthony Washington.

As far as the fundraising part goes,the program made about $800 from this event and these funds will go to new supplies for future boat projects that the program will be doing.