Following a month of strong ticket sales, the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation (CKHAF) drew the winning ticket number for the Igniting Healthcare Holiday 50/50 on Dec. 21.
And Carol Heuvelmans of Erieaus is happy they did.
Heuvelmans collected the $59,545 jackpot, while the foundation pockets a like amount.
“I worked at the hospital for 18 years, so I’ve been supporting the foundation’s 50/50s since the beginning, but I never actually thought I would win,” Heuvelmans said in a media release. “This is an amazing Christmas surprise, and I think I might spoil some of my loved ones a little more this year.”
Heuvelmans purchased her ticket – which included the lucky winning number CK-7813872 – online on Nov. 29. She has supported the summer edition of this lottery every year since 2019.
In addition to sharing some of her winnings with loved ones over the holidays, she and her husband, Leo, also plan to use some of the money towards a trip to Portugal next year.
With the completion of the first-ever holiday edition of this fundraiser, the Igniting Healthcare 50/50 FUNdraiser has now raised more than $1.5 million since its inception in 2019. Half of those funds have been paid out to the winners, and the other half have been used to purchase life-saving equipment for CKHA.
“We are so excited to congratulate Carol for winning this wonderful early Christmas gift,” said Christine Mitchell, president & CEO of CKHAF. “With the success that this fundraiser has during the summer, we knew that our community would step up in support of this Holiday 50/50, and we were not disappointed.”
Proceeds from this Holiday 50/50 will support the areas of greatest need at CKHA’s Chatham and Wallaceburg sites.
The Igniting Healthcare Holiday 50/50 included three Early Bird Draws that were held every Thursday throughout the campaign.
