Spend just $25 for a chance to win $5,000 – while also supporting the programs and services at the St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach. The center’s $5K Giveaway Raffle is currently underway.

Tickets are $25 each, and only 1,500 tickets will be sold. The prize is a $5,000 American Express gift card.

To purchase tickets, visit stfranciscenterlbi.org/raffle or stop by the front desk of the community center, at 4700 Long Beach Blvd.

The drawing will take place Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. The winner need not be present. The prize is non-refundable and non-transferable, and there is no cash alternative.

For nearly 55 years, the St. Francis Community Center has been dedicated to providing an array of services to the residents of Southern Ocean County and the hundreds of thousands of annual visitors to Long Beach Island. “We offer programs and activities for every age group, from young children through senior citizens,” the facility states. “Our counseling programs and food pantry are just but a few outstanding examples.”

The center has year-round educational, social, recreational and self-development activities and programs, including preschool, counseling, the senior center, recreation programs, family support services, education services and more, and organizes a number of special projects each year, such as the Gift of Warmth, the Thanksgiving Project and the Back-to-School Project.