Captain Peter Kim accepted the $26,000 cheque from the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie. (photo courtesy of the Rotary Club of GP)

By Emily Keller

Rotary club

$31,255 given to food banks through Dream Home Lottery’s COVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund

Apr 6, 2020 | 1:55 PM

The first cheques have gone out from the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie’s ‘COVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund.’

Earlier this month, the Rotary Club announced that during April, 50 per cent of the Dream Home Lottery ticket sales will go into a COVID-19 relief fund. The fund has already grown to $31,255, and that money is being distributed to local food banks this week.

The Salvation Army Food Bank in Grande Prairie will receive $26,000, Beaverlodge’s food bank will receive $970, $940 will go to the food banks in both Fairview and Hythe, $1,280 will go to Sexsmith, and $1,125 will go to Wembley’s food bank.

Kevin Hilgers, Raffle Manager for the Lottery, says in a release that the first cheques are a result of ticket sales from April 1 to the 5, and that they will be doing this again next Monday as well.

“I suspect this amount will grow substantially in particular as we near the April 22 deadline for the final Dream Home draw. The ‘COVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund’ seems to have really resonated with the region. People are responding – there is an uplift in support for the fundraiser, and of course this results into dollars into these food banks”

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