PORT TOWNSEND — Some 32 downtown Port Townsend businesses will offer raffles, special drawings, snacks and free samples during Girls Night Out on Thursday.
Participating stores will stay open late, serving customers from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the 17th annual Girls’ Night Out.
“Reach for the Stars” is the theme of the evening, according to Port Townsend Main Street, the evening’s organizer.
Examples of the store specials to be offered are a free mini-bottle of balsamic vinegar from Lively Olive Tasting Bar, homemade Turkish baklava at Shirvan Rug Gallery and men in kilts at Wandering Angus.
The evening will end with a wrap-up party at 8 p.m. at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St. Admission of $10 will include refreshments.
Goodie bags will be available Thursday at the Cotton Building for $25 each while supplies last.
The bags include socks, scarves and treats. Among the donors to the goodie bags are The Clothes Horse, About Time Clothing, Expressions, Tickled Pink Retail, Elevated Ice Cream & Candy Co., Aldrich’s Market, 1851 and World’s End. The goodie bags are popular and sold out last year, Port Townsend Main Street said in a press release.
Proceeds from Girls’ Night Out goodie bags sales benefit the Port Townsend Main Street Program, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and Jefferson Healthcare Foundation to help provide breast and cervical cancer screenings, care and treatment for low-income Jefferson County residents.
Door prizes and raffle winners will be named at the wrap-up party.
The Girls’ Night Out Raffle prizes will feature gift certificates, gifts and experiences with multiple baskets valued at more than $500 each. Raffle proceeds benefit the Port Townsend Main Street Program.
Raffle tickets, which will cost $10 each, will be sold at the Cotton Building during the event.
Participating locations include 1851, 840 Water St.; About Time Clothing, 830 Water St.; Abracadabra, 936 Water St.; Coldwell Banker Best Homes, 234 Taylor St.; Conservatory Coastal Home, 639 Water St.; Déjà vu Antiques and Collectibles, 909 Water St.; Expressions, 834 Water St.; Face of Grace, 633 Water St.; Getables, 810 Water St.; Glow Natural Skin Care, 244 Monroe St.; Jefferson County Museum of Art & History, 540 Water St.
Also Jefferson Healthcare Pop-up, 607 Water St.; Lively Olive Tasting Bar, 929 Water St.; Maestrale, 821 Water St.; Port Townsend Athletic Club, 229 Monroe St.; Port Townsend Vineyards Vintage Wine Bar & Plaza, 725 Water St.; Seams to Last, 940 Water St.; Shirvan Rug Gallery, 913 Water St.; Silverwater Café, 237 Taylor St.; Summer House Design, 917 Water St.; The Clothes Horse, 910 Water St.; The In Between, 823 Water St.
Also The Green Eyeshade, 720 Water St.; The Old Whiskey Mill, 1038 Water St.; The Perfect Season, 1046 Water St.; The Spice and Tea Exchange, 929 Water St.; The Wine Seller, 1010 Water St.; Wandering Angus: Celtic Traders, 914 Water St.;
Wandering Wardrobe, 936 Washington St.; What’s Cookin’, 844 Water St.; World’s End, 1020 Water St.; and Wynwoods Gallery & Bead Studio, 940 Water St.
Event updates will be posted at ptmainstreet.org, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
