By Jason Irvine
The Lions Club of Broken Hill is selling tickets for its annual Car for Christmas Raffle, with the first prize a Mitsubishi Mirage, alongside four runner-up prizes of a Christmas hamper valued at $250.
Lions Project Chairman, Trevor Odgers, underlined the importance of the raffle and its many benefits to the community.
“The Lions Club Car for Christmas raffle has been running for many, many years. I’ve been doing it for 25 years I would say, and it’s been going for a lot longer than that. We raffle a car each year. Tickets are still two dollars,” Mr Odgers told the Barrier Truth.
“First prize this year is a Mitsubishi Mirage, beautiful little blue car you can see out at the Westside Plaza. We’ve got a second, third, fourth, and fifth prize [which] is a $250 Christmas hamper, which includes all the goodies that you need for Christmas.”
While the Lions do support flood appeals and also bushfire appeals when they occur, most of the money they raise locally is handed out locally.
The Eisteddfod, Meals on Wheels, money for school speech nights, and assistance to nursing homes are just some of the worthy local causes the Lions help fund.
Tickets are only $2 each and there are plenty of opportunities to purchase them. As well as multiple businesses around town selling tickets – including at the Barrier Truth office at 179 Blende St, the Lions Club’s main stand is at Westside Plaza, just inside at the Woolworths’ entrance.
Lions Club members will be minding the stand and selling tickets from 9am-5pm weekdays, 9am-2pm on Saturdays and for a few hours on Sundays.
The raffle will be drawn at the Westside Plaza site on Saturday, December 17 at 2pm. The results will also be posted in the Barrier Truth on Wednesday, December 21.
