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Take a Chance in the Lobsterfest Raffle! Over 100 prizes donated! Tasty food, fun music and all around positive vibes await many at the Placencia Lobsterfest, but you can start in on the fun ahead of time by buying a ticket or a few books even, in the famous Placencia Lobsterfest Raffle. The long-time fundraiser for the Placencia Chapter of the Belize Tourism Industry Association boasts prizes as extravagant as a stay at a luxury resort and as delightful as a gift certificate for gelato or dinner at one of Placencia's many satisfying restaurants. Visit the Placencia Tourism Center to enter the raffle drawing or contact 523-4045 or e-mail info@placencia.com to arrange your purchase! Drawing takes place on the Sunday of Lobsterfest, June 24. 1. Barefoot Services: oneday golf cart rental 2. DTourz: Cockscomb day -trip for 2 (four prizes) 3. Mariposa Beach Suites & Rest: $50 Gift Cert. 4. Goss Chocolate: Box of Goss Chocolate (two prizes) 5. Lola's Art: 9 x 12 original canvas painting 6. Coconut Cottage: $50 cash 7. Wendy's Creole Restaurant: $100 gift cert. 8. Pickled Parrot- $25 Gift Cert. 9. Paradise Resort: 2 night stay 10. Treasure Box- 1 customized gold filled name Necklace 11. Taste Belize- Ixcacao Chocolate and Nim Li Punit Tour for 2 12. Miss Debs Food Truck$25 Gift cert. (four prizes) 13. The Shak Beach Café: $50 gift cert. (2 prizes) 14. Placencia Villas & Golf Cart Rentals: 2 night stay in studio apartment for 2 15. Dawn’s Grill: Lobster Dinner for 2 16. Sunny Side Tours - 1 day snorkel for 2 17. Friends near the PierBreakfast for 2 (valued at $50) 18. Placencia Eagle Ray Tours - 1 day snorkel for 1 at Laughing Bird Caye 19. Placencia Flower Shop - 1 floral arrangement (valued at $100) 20. Easy Living Apartments- 1 night say for 2 21. Everyday Supermarket - 1 Standing Lasko Fan 22. Tutti Frutti- $25 Gift Certificate (four prizes) 23. Belize King of the HowlersMonkey River Tour for 2 24. Secret Garden Day Spa & Massage- 1 Foot Massage 25. Dolce Cabana2 night waterfront stay for 2 26. Omar’s Creole Grub Lobster Dinner for 2 27. Ale's Beach Treasures$100 Gift Certificate 28. Deja's Closet$ 10 0 Gift Certificate 29. The Burger Joint- $50 Gift Certificate 30. Strike a Pose Boutique$75 Gift Certificate (2 prizes) 31. Nook (San Pedro): $100 Gift Certificate 32. Mojos- $100 Gift Cert.
33. PUR Boutique Cabanas (San Pedro) - 2 night stay 34. Placencia office Supply$50 cash prize 35. Mango's- Dinner for 2 along with 2 appetizers & 2 drinks. 36. Tree of life Massage Studio- 1- 60 min Swedish massage 37. Sail Fish Resort - $50 Gift Certificate 38. Rum Fish Y Vino- $150 Gift Certificate 39. Nautical Adventures All inclusive half day sail for 2 40. Unique handmade Jewelry- $100 Gift Certificate 41. Bliss Boutique and Wellness Center: Painted Welcome sign 42. Seaside Gift Shop: $50 Gift Cert. 43. Belize Handicraft Gift Shop: $50 Gift Certificate 44. Wallens Hardware: $50 Gift Certificate (2 prizes) 45. Placencia Awesome Water Sports: Half day SUP (valued @ $75) (second prize of $60 value.) 46. Landeros Gift Shop: 18x24 Painting 47. Rick's Café: Pizzas 48. Barefoot Beach Bar: $75 Bar Tab (2 prizes) 49. Tropic Air: Round trip ticket for two from Placencia to Belize City Municipal 50. Sun Breeze Hotel (San Pedro): 2 Night Stay For 2 51. Above Ground Cof fee House: $50 Gift Cert. (2 prizes) 52. Bayshore LTD: 2 nights stay for 2 persons (all inclusive) with complementary Chocolate and wine also bikes, kayaks, paddleboards. 53. Brewed Awakenings: $25 Gift Certificate 54. Deja Moo: $30 Gift Cert. 55. Cahal Pech Village Resort - 1 Night stay for 2 56. Bocawina Rainforest Resort and Adventure - Zipline Tour and Lunch for two (Valued $342.50bze.) 57. Barebones Tours: Monkey River Tour for 2 58. Hatchet Caye Resort: 2 Night Stay 59. Turtle Inn: 2 Night Stay for 2 in Garden View Cottage (including daily continental
breakfast & a bottle of house wine.) 60. Serenity Massage Studio- 30 Minutes Neck, Back and Shoulder Massage 61. The Ramada Princess Belize City- Weekend stay for 2 62. The Placencia Casino $10 US Slots Free Credit (50 prizes total!) With multiple donations from some businesses, that's a total of 127 prizes! Tickets sell for BZ$2 each; book of 11 sell for BZ$20 each. All cash prizes and gift certificates are listed in BZD. ▪
Over BZ$8K in Cash Prizes and Free Fuel Attracting Participants in 2018 Lobsterfest Fishing Tournament By JOLIE POLLARD Editor in Chief The Placencia Breeze pollard.jolie@gmail.com
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Thanks to Westby's efforts, Want to round up enough all participants will be sportteams for a fishing tourna- ing high quality quick dry ment in Belize these days? tournament t-shirts instead With fuel prices soaring, of the usual cotton, courtesy (Premium gasoline prices per of a generous Itz'ana donagallon stand at BZ$11.67; tion. Contact Nadia Westby regular, BZ$11.35 and die- at 610-6949 for more info. sel, BZ$10.63.) offer some eager fishermen free fuel and The Lobsterfest Fishing enticing cash prizes to top it Tournament started in 1999 on the second anniversary of off, and you're good to go! the festival to honor the vilPlacencia Village Councilor lage's celebrated fishing heriNadia Westby has been busy tage and is now organized by seeking sponsors for the the Placencia Village Countwo-day tournament to start cil. To further attract visitors on the Friday of Lobsterfest. to the Peninsula during the She successfully secured months of June to October, a commitment from Thun- the Placencia Chapter of derbird Marina to donate the Belize Tourism Industry 10 gallons of fuel for each Association also hosts a participating boat and a total fishing tournament during of BZ$8,650 in cash prizes the September holidays with (as of press time). Prize former board member Steve sponsors include: Itz'ana Christensen at the helm of Resort and Residences, R&B sponsorship seeking. ▪
Don't Forget Your Placencia Lobsterfest T-shirt! Sales of the official Placencia Lobsterfest t-shirt support the work of the Placencia Chapter of the Belize Tourism Industry Association (PBTIA). T-shirts feature logos of donors who have contributed towards entertainment costs and the printing of the t-shirts.
Contact the Placencia BTIA at 523-4045 or e-mail info@placencia.com with any t-shirt questions!
Major Event Sponsors: Belize Tourism Board Belikin Harvest Caye Chabil Mar Villas Placencia Village Council T-shirt Sleeve Sponsors: MnM Hardware Remax 1st Choice Other T-shirt Sponsors: Tipsy Tuna Turtle Inn De’Tatch Captain Jak’s Barefoot Bar El Garobo Lost Reef Resort Hatchet Caye Caribbean Beach Cabanas Maya Beach Hotel Splash Dive Center
This year's t-shirt features a festive touch to Grayson Sierra's winning painting. Shop ahead for your tanks and Ts in both male and female styles at the Placencia Tourism Center or visit the Placencia BTIA's booth at the Festival to choose your favorite color! T-shirts start at BZ$35.
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