CARLYLE — The Carlyle branch of the Royal Canadian Legion made the final draw for its quad and fire table lottery on June 15.
This has been a six-month challenge for the legion. It all started with an idea to raise some additional funds for the branch so it can give back to the community. This was our first-ever lottery of this kind.
It did come with some challenges, getting the licence, members that spend winters where it is warmer, and with our small numbers, we met the challenges head on. With the help of the community, we were able to set up tables at Cougar and minor hockey games, as well with the rural community, we had tables at bull sales in the southeast.
We also had tickets at trade shows, yard sales, and also set up in Home Hardware, King’s Department Store, Carlyle Pharmasave, Arcola Co-op, Southern Plains Co-op’s Carlyle service station and liquor store, Key M Auctions Sales, the Red Barn and the store at Kenosee Lake. We apologize if we missed someone. This all was a big help for us selling tickets. We even had an entrepreneur that bought a ticket for every employee working that day.
We had other legion branches near and far support us. We also had tremendous support of our sponsor, Carlyle RV and Leisure, where we bought our fire table and quad, working with them was nothing short of spectacular.
On April 15 we made the early bird draw for the fire table and the lucky winner was Wendy Rounce. On June 15, the final draw was made for the 750 King quad and Tyler Nister was the lucky winner.
Once again the legion would like to thank everyone for all the support they gave us in buying tickets for our lottery.
