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Picked Up A Pickup In Big Raffle
posted (December 29, 2017)
The Rotary Club of Belize has become well known for its Grand Christmas Raffle and this year was no different. The prize is always big - but so is the buy-in - tickets usually go for a hundred dollars each!

But there's a good reason for it. The big prize this year was a brand new Ford Ranger off the dealer's lot. The winner went to pick it up today and 7News was there. Dion Robinson told us that somehow he just felt that he would win:.

Dion Robinson, Rotary Club Raffle Winner
"Buying the ticket at the time no I just did it as a form of donation to Rotary but for the last couple days when I knew the drawing was coming up I felt that I was going to win it. This morning I gave my wife the phone when the drawing was about to play. I said hold my phone they are going to call us right now and they did."

"I always wanted a brand new truck so I don't have worry about breakdowns and stuff like that so it will be very beneficial for me. I always wanted to get a truck to take things around, to get things done and now I have a truck to do so."

Yvette Burke, Rotarian
"Belizeans who were able to afford to contribute to our cause or were able to do so giving $100 knowing that only one person's name would be picked. That is a wonderful thing because that way Belizeans can participate in a grand way and give us sufficient funds to sponsor other projects."

The funds raised from the raffle will go to the Gift of Life and other Rotary Projects.

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