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Original Maria Boudreaux Painting Raffle SUNDAY 11/28!
100% of Raffle Proceeds will be donated to the Project Footprint!
Original Maria Boudreaux Painting Raffle Contains:
Original Maria Boudreaux handmade painting $1200 value.
Painting Size: 30w x 40w
Winner MUST pickup prize at: Nola Boards, Mall of Louisiana 6401 Bluebonnet Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA
Footprint Project's Mission is to: PROVIDE CLEANER ENERGY FOR COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS
How to Enter:
To enter this Raffle, you simply need to buy one of the $5 raffle ticket. One lucky entry will be randomly selected as the winner. The raffle winner will be contacted via email.
Original Maria Boudreaux Painting Raffle - OFFICIAL RULES
WHO MAY ENTER: THIS RAFFLE IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. The following persons are not eligible to enter the Raffle: (a) employees of NOLA Bards LLC (“Sponsor”), its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers or employees; (b) officers, employees or agents of any organizations directly involved with this Raffle, including any co-sponsor of the Raffle; (c) immediate family members and persons living in the same household as the persons identified in (a) and (b) above. (d) individuals with addresses outside the continental United States. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
HOW TO ENTER: Entries can be completed by buying a raffle ticket on the NOLA Boards website, www.nolaboards.com. All entries become the property of Sponsor. All winners must meet the eligibility requirements set forth in these rules in order to qualify for the prize.
ODDS OF WINNING: The actual odds of winning will depend upon the actual number of entries received for this Raffle.
RANDOM DRAWING: There will be a total of one (1) winner, with one (1) winner being awarded on December 3, 2021. Winner will be selected in random drawing. Winner will be notified by email. Decisions of judges are final.
PRIZES: Only the prizes specified in the official rules will be awarded. Prizes are non-transferable, with no cash redemption or equivalent. Retail value of the Original Maria Maria Boudreaux Painting Raffle is $750.00, which contains: one (1) handmade painting. All federal, state and local taxes, as well as, shipping costs connected to the prize are the sole responsibility of the winners. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Sponsor shall only be responsible for awarding the number of prizes as stated in these rules. Sponsor expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for injury or loss to any person or property relating to the delivery and/or subsequent use of prizes awarded. Sponsor makes no representation or warranties concerning the appearance, safety or performance of any prizes awarded.
CLAIMING PRIZE: All properly claimed prizes will be awarded. As a condition of winning the prize, the winners must pickup painting at Nola Boards, Mall of Louisiana 6401 Bluebonnet Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA where permitted by law, and any other applicable forms required by a taxing authority within ten (10) days of receipt of written prize notification or prizes will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected.
Further, by accepting the prize, the winner consents to Sponsor’s use of their name, photograph and/or likeness, address, voice, and statements made by or attributed to them, in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereafter developed (including, without limitation, print, broadcast and Internet), for all legitimate business purposes including advertising and promotional activities without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.
If any correspondence of the Raffle judge or any prize is returned as undeliverable, the corresponding prize will be forfeited and will be awarded to an alternate winner. Should a winner make any false statement(s) in any document referenced above, the winner will be required to promptly return to Sponsor his/her prize. Any unclaimed prizes will be awarded in a random drawing to be held as necessary. In the event there is a dispute of the entrant’s identity, the prize will be awarded to the established email account associated with the entry.
PRIVACY: By participating in the Raffle, you hereby agree to Sponsor's collection and usage of your personal information.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By participating in this Raffle, entrants agree to release, hold harmless, and agree not to institute any claim against Sponsor and all co-sponsors of the Raffle and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives (collectively, "Released Parties") from any and all liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind arising from or in connection with, either directly or indirectly, 1) the awarding, acceptance, receipt, possession, use and/or misuse of any prize awarded herein; and/or 2) participation in the Raffle or any prize related activities, including but not limited to traveling to or from any prize related activity. Upon delivery of the prize to the winner, Sponsor will be deemed to have awarded the prize to the winner with winner assuming full responsibility for the prize.
Released Parties are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, telephone or other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, website, Internet, or ISP availability, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit one's ability to enter the Raffle, including any injury or damage to your or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participating in this Raffle or downloading any materials in this Raffle.
Under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrants hereby waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, and entrants further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS: If, for any reason, the Raffle is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the sponsor, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Raffle and select winners from among all eligible entries prior to the cancellation. Persons found tampering with or abusing any aspect of this Raffle, or whom Sponsor believes to be causing malfunction, error, disruption or damage will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to correct any typographical, printing, computer programming or operator errors.
CHOICE OF LAW: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and Sponsor in connection with this Raffle, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of Louisiana.
SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Raffle is NOLA Boards LLC.
Custom Engraving Available
Add custom engraving to any cutting board!
Engraving Prices:
- 1 - 9 characters - $25
- 10 - 20 characters - $40
- > 20 characters custom pricing - call for pricing
- Costs for adding a logo/image dependent on size of graphic. Must provide a vector file, larger images may be an additional cost.
Does your engraving include a logo/image?
If so, please email the NOLA BOARDS project manager a vector file of this graphic. Vector files have the suffix .ai or .eps.
If you cannot obtain a vector file of the desired graphic, NOLA BOARDS may be able to offer image conversion services for a fee. Please email any relevant files to the project manager along with an explanation of your needs info@nolaboards.com.
How large do you want the engraving?
Please provide height for whole engraving.
Specify if it is the height or width measurement that you are providing. If you are not sure, please provide any sort of parameters/explanations that are important to you. If there are multiple engravings on one board, please indicate which measurement is for which engraving. Please be as specific as possible.
What font do you want the lettering in?
See the examples below for our standard options. Additionally, most fonts featured in Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, and Adobe Illustrator are available upon request. If you would like a font that is not one of our standards, please select "Other" and write the name of the font.
Where on the board would you like the engraving (see below)?
If you would like the engraving on the same side of the board as the NOLA BOARDS logo, please note the placement of our logo is usually in either the bottom right or bottom center.
Types of Woods NOLA Boards Uses
NOLA Boards uses only environmentally responsible and renewable woods in making our products. Here is a listing of our most popular types of woods.
Do you have questions about the differences in wood grains?
Visit our Wood Grains page to learn more.
Black Walnut Wood
Prized for its distinctive rich and robust color, black walnut is commonly used in furniture building. It is grown throughout the eastern and central United States.
- Appearance: Light to dark chocolate brown. Often the wood can often has a grey, purple or reddish cast. Creamy yellow sapwood is a common feature as well. Usually has a straight, dense grain, though irregularities are not uncommon.
- Aging Qualities: Becomes grayer and more yellow with age, but only moderately.
- Other Qualities: Strong, hard and durable.
Cherry Wood
Cherry is one of the most highly valued furniture building woods due to its strength, beautiful color, easy workability and the incredibly smooth and glossy finish that it displays when properly sanded. It is grown in the eastern United States, mostly in northern and lake states.
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Appearance: Light pink to reddish brown with straight, uniform, fine grain.
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Aging Qualities: Darkens significantly with age.
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Other Qualities: Highly shock resistant.
Maple Wood
Maple is valued by furniture builders for its workability, consistency, hardness, and easy to paint surface. It is grown in all over the United States, but primarily throughout the eastern states.
- Appearance: Almost white to light grey with a faint yellow hue. Sometimes features grey, fine, uniform grain.
- Aging Qualities: Darkens a little with age.
- Other Qualities: Medium shock resistance.
Sapele Wood
Sapele is a beautiful hardwood that is often compared to (and even marketed as) mahogany due to its rich reddish brown color and denseness. It is grown in tropical regions of west Africa.
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Appearance: Textured reddish brown grain with golden hues. Interlocked grain with a fine uniform texture and a nice natural luster.
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Aging Qualities: Color will darken with age.
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Other Qualities: Very dense and rot resistant.
Sinker Cypress Wood
Cypress trees are iconic in Louisiana, and are incredibly valuable to furniture and home builders due to their remarkable durability and rot resistance. The “sinker” in “sinker cypress” refers to how these logs were pulled from the bottom of a river.
In the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s, when the preferred method of transporting wood to locations downriver from where they were harvested was by lashing the logs together in a crude raft, it was not uncommon for these rafts to break apart and for some logs to sink to the bottom of the river. The cypress logs would lay there for up to a century!
The outer layers of the wood slowly decomposed, but the lack of sunlight and oxygen perfectly preserved the dense, oily heartwood. Sinker cypress is always found in the rivers and bayous of the southern and coastal United States.
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Appearance: Varies due to the different minerals the wood is exposed to depending on where it has been submerged in water. Usually the wood displays a rich, glossy yellow and greenish hue.
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Aging Qualities: Darkens to a rich, yellowish brown with age.
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Other Qualities: Extremely durable and rot resistant. Oily, almost waxy feel to the wood.
White Oak
The most widely used hardwood in the United States, white oak is grown primarily in the eastern United States.
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Appearance: Creamy white to medium brown heart and sapwood. The heartwood often exhibits an olive colored cast. Has an exceptionally straight and uniform grain.
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Aging Qualities: Does not darken much with age.
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Other Qualities: Nearly impervious to liquids and highly rot resistant, white oak has been extensively used for ship timbers, barrels and casks.
How to Care for Your NOLA Board
How to Maintain and How Often
Wooden cutting boards need to be kept clean and daily maintenance is usually a good scrub with hot soapy water after using. Do not soak your boards or any other wooden utensils in water or they'll crack and warp. Absolutely no dishwasher use! Some people use a very weak bleach solution or hydrogen peroxide to clean their boards after they've been used for cutting raw meat as a precaution against bacterial contamination. Depending on how often you use your boards, maintenance should be at least every couple months.
Everyday Use - Absolutely NO dishwasher use!
Simply wash your board with your regular dish soap at your sink and with a scrubber brush. Dry with a cloth.
Do you have questions about the differences in wood grains?
Visit our Wood Grains page to learn more.
Long Term Care (How To Oil and Maintain a Wooden Cutting Board and Wooden Utensils)
Before you start, be sure your boards are very clean. Give them a scrub with lemon and salt. The boards should also be dry before starting.
What You Need:
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Wooden cutting board, spoons, or other utensils
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Clean, soft cloth or paper towel
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Mineral oil or other food-grade oil
- NOLA Boards board conditioner - MINERAL OIL & BEESWAX BOARD CONDITIONER
Instructions:
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Start with a clean board and utensils. Be sure your cutting board and spoons are as clean as possible and thoroughly dry.
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Apply the oil. Using a clean, soft cloth or paper towel, apply the oil in an even layer over the wood.
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Let it soak in. Remove any excess. Leave the oil to soak in, overnight if possible, or for at least a few hours.
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Apply NOLA Boards board conditioner - MINERAL OIL & BEESWAX BOARD CONDITIONER in circular motion. Remove excess.
- If the board or your spoons feel oily or sticky, buff off any remaining oil with a clean dry cloth or paper towel.