Sharima Hoare of Vista Del Mar is the owner of a new car - and she got it free - because she bought a ticket for a raffle in support of the Red Cross.
Belize Estate Company - which is the country's Ford Dealer put up a new Ford Fiesta as the raffle's grand prize. Now the raffle didn't do quite as well as they would have hoped, but Sharima still got her new ride, and Red Cross got some needed funds for its programmes.
So, we spoke to both winners, with the Red Cross first:..
Lilly Bowman, Director General - Belize Red Cross
"The contribution of course will help the Red Cross a great deal. Any monies that are donated to the Belize Red Cross goes straight into our core programs if they are not earmarked like this donation. It will assist us to do more, reach further and do much better in our programs and reaching to the vulnerable people of Belize."
Sharima Hoare, winner
"I am very happy, excited, overwhelmed, words cannot describe. When I was purchasing the ticket I told my co-worker that I have never won anything, but I was only supporting the cause."
Daedra Haylock, Sales/Marketing Manager - Belize Estate
"We donated $5,000 to the Belize Red Cross today. We were aiming for more, but raffle initiatives being what they are, it depends on the ticket sales and all of that. So it turned out to be a truly charity donation because the aim we were hoping to cover was $55,000 for the car. The government of Belize gave us the duty exemption and so that made the initiative a little more feasible for us to
reach the goal because we had to raise about $40,000 to cover all the expenses for the vehicle."
The Government of Belize waived the import duty in consideration of the charity initiative's goals.
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