Cherrywood Winter Raffle Reminder

CHERRYWOOD WINTER RAFFLE

For the last 24 years Mr Doug Craigie has been a supporter of the Afford Cherrywood Raffle, always opting for the 5 ticket option for $50.00. This time around he was upsold to a higher amount of 10 tickets for $80.00 – and one of those extra tickets was the winning one that got him the huge first prize of $20,000 cash!!

The 130th Raffle was drawn last week and when the winner was announced, Toni Hooper from our Afford Fundraising Department got to make the exciting phone call to Mr Craigie. The news came as a shock and Mr Craigie mentioned twice that he thought it wasn’t real until he received a confirmation email. “I realise this could be a great windup” he commented, assuring him it was real Toni said, “You’ve got a choice of $20,000 cash, $20,000 travel voucher or $20,000 Coles voucher”. “Are you sure you’re not having me on?” Mr Craigie joked, still shocked by the win. 75-year-old Mr Craigie has purchased our raffle tickets since 1996 and has chosen to celebrate his big win by giving it ALL away in a beautiful gesture to his daughter who lives overseas and recently adopted two children under the age of 3. The prize was a godsend for his daughter as she has been off work due to the recent adoption combined with the Coronavirus Pandemic. Mr Craigie remarked that when he told his daughter the good news that she recalled hearing her father purchase tickets from ‘Cherrywood’ over the phone when she was younger. Don’t forget to buy your tickets in the upcoming Spring Raffle and you could be the next big winner! There are many prizes up for grabs, including bonus draws. Tickets can be purchased by contacting our Penrith Call Centre on 1800 723 353.

Reminder!

Staff please be reminded about the importance of social distancing while we out with our clients in the community or in a vehicle.

• In a HiAce van there should only be max of 2 staff and 3 clients. • In an iMAX there should only be max of 1 staff and 3 clients. • Standard car there should only be max 1 staff and 1 client. Help stop the spread and keep safe Affordians!