Rotary is inventive when it comes to fundraising

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Southampton Rotary Club is always searching for new ways to ra, ise funds and, this year, has been no exception.

Last year, the group buried a liquid detergent soap  bottle beneath a mountain of snow removal and sold tickets based on the closest time and date that the snow would melt and reveal the bottle.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission in its wisdom however, felt this was illegal and, therefore, the Rotarians were not given a permit to sell the tickets.  The money raised would have gone to support the local hospital.

So, this year, the group, not one to give up, decided to hold a draw for cash prizes.  Tickets are to be drawn each week for a $25 prize and will then be returned to the draw barrel.  This gives each ticket holder several opportunities to win each week with a final grand prize draw of $1,000.

Rotarian Alex Thorburn explains tickets sales have been outstanding with only two tickets outstanding

The first week's draw was made Wednesday night at the Rotary Hall in Southampton and the two winners drawn were:  Todd Atchison of Waterloo and Fred Granville of Burlington.

When the local Rotary Club conceived of the idea, they hoped to sell 200 tickets but, printed an extra 100 tickets as a safety margin.  To date, all 300 have been sold.

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Thursday, February 04, 2010