The Ashcroft and District Lions Club drew the winners in their annual raffle on Dec. 15. First prize winner Jim McLean won a Jo Petty painting and a helicopter tour; Marjorie McLean won two tickets in the Canucks alumni suite for a Canucks game; Heidi Billy won a Ducks Unlimited print and a family pass to Historic Hat Creek; Joan Thompson won a Robert Bateman print; Roxanne Burke won a gift certificate for the Brownstone Restaurant and Western Canada Theatre Company tickets; and Anita Moore won a signed Blazers hockey stick and a gift basket. Steve Aie won the 50/50 draw.
The Christmas Hampers committee and the food bank will each receive $1,000; there will be two $1,000 scholarships for DSCS grads; and funds will go to equipment for the Cache Creek dog park.
Prizes for the raffle were donated by Wyatt McMurray; the Vancouver Canucks hockey club; Jo Petty; Historic Hat Creek; Stan Aie; the Brownstone Restaurant; Western Canada Theatre Company; BA Brewmaster; the Kamloops Blazers; and Ashcroft Home Hardware.
The Lions would like to thank Interior Savings Credit Union, Safety Mart Foods, and the Cache Creek Post Office for allowing them to sell tickets on their premises; and a big thank you to all who supported the raffle and purchased 50/50 tickets.