A local business owner who donates heavily to community causes came away as the lucky winner of this year’s Igniting Healthcare 50/50 draw.
John Schinkel of Schinkels’ Gourmet Meats sported the lucky ticket for the draw, which took place July 12. He takes home more than $141,000, while the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation raised a like amount in the endeavour.
Last year’s winner took home just under $127,000.
“I buy tickets for this 50/50 every year, but I certainly never expected that I would actually win it. I’ve always looked at it as a donation and an easy, fun way to give back in support of the Foundation and our local hospital,” Schinkel said in a media release. “I was in complete shock after I learned that I had won and, to be honest, I’m still having a hard time believing it now.”
Schinkel now joins the list of past 50/50 winners that includes Bert Vanderheide of Blenheim; Emily Geroux of Highgate; life-long friends Rick De Marse, Paul Ballay, and James Desjardins of Tecumseh; and Mike Veres of Chatham.
