The summer 50/50 draw for the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation’s (CKHAF) Igniting Healthcare effort found a local winner.
Frank Ward of Chatham won the foundation’s guaranteed $100,000 jackpot.
Ward and his family were out of town at the time of the draw and learned remotely he had won.
“We were on our annual trip to St. Jacobs, so my son took the call from the foundation asking me to call them back,” Ward said in a media release. “Then we got an email saying that the winner was Frank W., and my son checked the ticket and saw that we had the winning number, and I still can’t believe it. I’ve never won anything in my life before, so I’m still a little bit shaken up.”
Ward, who retired from a career as an IT technician two years ago, said the money will provide some security and peace of mind that means the world to him and his family.
“This money sets me and my family up for the future,” he said. “We’re going to invest this, and then we know that no matter what happens, we’ll be covered. It’s going to make a huge difference for us.”
