Westside Parent Education Nursery School (WPENS) has been providing invaluable early childhood education and parent education curriculum to thousands of Santa Cruz county’s families over the last 50+ years. The unique, low cost cooperative preschool model coupled with the parent education built into the programming has provided families with critical support beyond the classroom.

Our annual raffle is our main fundraising event of the year and is crucial in keeping our program affordable for families from all income levels and ensuring that we can provide financial assistance to families who apply.

Please support our kids and parents by purchasing a few tickets, and you may win a really great prize at the same time! Our raffle will be held April 25th, 2026 10:00am-12:00pm at our Westside location-come join the fun!

1 ticket - $2

Also, we have a very special extra prize this year - a OneWheel PINT!

Buy $10 worth of tickets, you get 5 in the regular raffle and 1 bonus ticket in the Onewheel raffle. Buy $20, you get 10 in the regular raffle and 2 in the Onewheel raffle. And continue in increments of $10. (If you prefer that your bonus ticket go in the regular raffle, just let us know and that's great too!)

Plus, over 75 prizes and counting from great local businesses including.....

Agility Boulders	5 punch pass with rental shoes included
Amadeo Bachar	Framed Ocean Painting
Beautiful Life Estate Planning	$250 Gift Certificate
Botanic & Luxe	$30 Gift Certificate
Bookshop Santa Cruz	$25 Gift Certificate
Brittney Dailey Stylist	Hair cut or $100 off color
Byington Wineries	Winery Tour & Tasting for 10, a $350 value.
Caelin Rae Photo	photoshoot
Camp Unalayee	Gift Certificate for Family Days for one adult and one child
Childish	$25 gift certificate
Coco Chispa	Olive oil dispenser and set of mugs
Cold Stone Creamery	$10 gift certificate
Comicopolis	"Forgotten island" board game
Crescendo Dance Studio	gift basket
Dance Wilder	6 free dance classes
Discretion Brewery	Gift Card
Dig Gardens	$25 Gift Certificate
F.J. Anderson	Ocean painting print
Faust Salon & Spa	make up tutorial/lash application ($200 value)
Fit Together Studio	10/class back/$250 value
Girasol Pizza Pop Up	2 free pizzas
GOAT Santa Cruz	One Month Unlimited Pass to GOAT Santa Cruz ($120 value)
Google	Swag Bag of goodies
Hand It Down Kids Consignment Clothing	$30 Gift Certificate
Happy Hollow Zoo	General Admission Tickets
HOME/WORK	Piece of art work/Vase $60 value
Hotel Paradox	1 night stay
Kaitlin Made Designs	Earring & Jewelery Set
Lille Aeske / May Day Fest	two 2 day tickets ($170 value each)-winners names will be put on a list at the door
Lively Kids	Gift Certificate
Lucky Wok House	$50 Gift Certificate
McKella Jo	print
Mission BBQ	$50 Gift Certificate
Mon Ami Art Studios	set of 4 art classes (one month)
Musical Me	$180 gift certificate for registration this summer
Nicely Santa Cruz	antique bookends
Oakland Zoo	One Oakland Zoo Fun 4-Pack includes free admission for two adults and two children (age 2-14) and free parking for one vehicle.
Olio's Cafe at the Tannery	$25 Gift Certificate
OM Gallery	2 $50 gift certificates
OneWheel // Future Motion	OneWheel pint
Pacific Cookie Co.	Gift Certificicate
Pacific Edge	voucher package. Each voucher can be used for either Basic Safety ($38 value), Kids Climb ($30 value), or a Yoga class ($20 value)
Pacific Flow Swim School	Two-one month tuition for swim lessons for one child each
Palace Art Supply	$100 gift certificate
Patagonia	kids backpack
Petroglyph Ceramic Lounge	$25 Gift Certificate
Pono Hawaiian Grill	$50 gift certificate, T-shirt (adult), furikake and a chili crunch
Richard Schmidt Surf School	Received one gift certificate for a two hour class.
Rise Collective Wellness Center	Recieved 1 month free membership to the gym & 1 free month of swim lessons
San Francisco Zoo	2 tickets
San Lorenzo Garden Center	Gift certificate
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	2 All Day Passes
Santa Cruz CORE Fitness	3 gift certificates: 1 functional movement screen ($254 value), 1 full chiropractic exam + treatment w/ Dr. Rhodes ($254 value), 1-6 sessions of vasper ($300 value)
Santa Cruz Gymnastics	1 week half day summer camp
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History	1 year family membership ($50 value)
Santa Cruz Roller Palladium	4 passes ($40 value)
Santa Cruz whale watching / Stagnaro Bros.	1 adult whale watching tour ticket
Scotts Valley Tutu School	Gift certificate for 1 month of classes
Scotts Valley Veterinary Clinic	Wellness package ($395 value)
Shun Feng Restaurant	$20 gift card
Seymour Marine Discovery Center	Four admission passes
Studio Sprout	1 year membership to the online program ($220 value)
The Circle Family Center	One month unlimited pass ($185 value)
The Garden Company Nursery & Gift Shop	$30 gift card
The Grove Felton	$25 gift certificate
The Night Shift	$170 value lift and tint, self care bundle and a few at home masks
TMS Cuts-N-Color	3 gift certificates $50 each
Trader Joe's	$40 in merchandise
Veg on the Edge	3 $10 gift certificates
Verve Coffee Roasters	Whole Bean Coffee
Village Foods	$100 gift certificate
Village Yoga	5- class pack worth $100
VIM	$75 gift card
Walt Disney Family Museum	4 general admission tickets ($120 value)
Well Within	a spa room for two certificate
Woodstock	2 -$50 gift cards

WPENS 2026 Spring Raffle