Martin Volunteers is holding its 16th annual “Good Times” fund-raiser, which offers a chance at free groceries and the guarantee of supporting valuable community projects.

Martin Volunteers is looking for volunteers to help sell the Good Times raffle tickets outside the Stuart Fine Foods grocery stores in Stuart and Palm City. Ticket sales will run from mid-February through mid-March.

If you would like to help sell tickets – or want to buy some -- please call Martin Volunteers project coordinator Anne Lalley at (772) 220-4472, ext. 232.

Good Times tickets are a bargain at $2 each or three for $5. Thanks to the generosity of Joe Mazzochi of Stuart Fine Foods, the Good Times fund-raiser once again will offer three prizes:

• First prize - $1,300 in groceries

• Second prize - $750 in groceries

• Third prize - $550 in groceries

As a bonus, the person who sells the first-prize ticket will receive $100.

The winning tickets are good for a year at either of the Stuart Fine Foods locations.

The drawing will take place on March 15, 2007. Entrants do not have to be present to win.

The fund-raiser generates about $6,000 each year for Martin Volunteers, which coordinates RSVP and large-scale projects such as the White Doves Holiday Project, the School Supplies for Students Drive, leadership development for volunteer coordinators at nonprofit organizations, and disaster services.

Martin Volunteers formerly was known as the Volunteer & Community Resource Center (VCRC) and is a program of United Way or Martin County.

For more information about Martin Volunteers, please visit www.martinvolunteers.org or call (772) 220-4472.