Woodlawn Regional Park in Estevan is holding a fundraising lottery this year as a way to make up for the funds lost by not hosting Beach Bash this summer.
The park, which won Reader’s Choice Best of Estevan Awards for the top campground and the top park, is holding a lottery for the first time. Brand-new cars are among the prizes offered.
“The beach bash was done as a fundraiser and we won’t be bringing it back, consequently we needed to raise money elsewhere,” said Joanne Schulte, the park business manager. “The beach bash didn’t bring in a whole lot of money but we wanted to do something to keep our funds in place so could maintain our services and that is where the idea for a lottery came from.”
The prizes that people can win are a 2018 Grey Wolf Trailer, 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan, 2018 Prairie Time Avenger trailer, a dream vacation, a 2018 Ford Escape, 2018 ST Heritage motorcycle, 2018 Chevy Equinox and a 2018 Fiat Abarth.
The winners will be announced on June 19 at the Estevan Fair. Tickets are available at Senchuk Ford, Power Dodge, Murray GM, Estevan Motors, Minard’s Leisure World, Henders Drugs and the park office.
“Our internal plan is we want to do some capital projects in the park, so in the long-term we wanted to do a splash pad. The money raised might go into something like that, but it depends on the outcome of the lottery as well,” said Schulte.
“Anyone over the age of 18 can purchase a ticket and win. Additionally the cost of those tickets are one for $20, three for $50 and eight for $100. We have 4,995 tickets for sale and they are on sale right now,” she added.
Woodlawn Regional Park is planning to officially open during the May long weekend and is looking forward to a successful year, with funds from the lottery going towards making the park better for the community of Estevan.
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“That is the million dollar question in regards to how much money this lottery is going to make for the park. We simply don’t know and won’t know until our ticket sales are over,” said Schulte. “Our goal is to sell all the tickets and give away an amazing prize. We are hoping for the best possible outcome.”
