Jodee Balisky and Ryan Hoogerbrugge stocking shelves with food at the Sexsmith Food Bank (courtesy of the Rotary Club of GP)

By Emily Keller

rotary club of grande prairie

Dream Home Lottery raises over $250,000 for regional food banks

Apr 23, 2020 | 10:50 AM

The Dream Home Lottery is officially wrapping up ticket sales after raising over a quarter of a million dollars for regional food banks.

This week, the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie will issue their final round of COVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund cheques to regional food banks to a total of $102,140.

The COVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund used half of the money made from all of April’s sales of Dream Home Lottery tickets as a response to the pandemic.

The cheques sent out today to area food banks include:

• $80,500 to Grande Prairie
• $5,160 to Sexsmith
• $4,120 to both Beaverlodge and Fairview
• $3,090 to both Hythe and Wembley
• $2,060 to Peace River

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This money was raised through ticket sales from April 20 – 22. Previously, cheques totaling $31,275 were sent on April 6, $47,575 in cheques were sent out on April 13, and $90,800 was sent out on April 20. A total of $271,790 has been distributed to regional food banks from the Dream Home Lottery ticket sales.

The final draws for the Dream Home will take place on Friday, April 24, at 7:00 p.m. The draws are typically done at the Dream Home and are open to the public, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the home will be closed to the community.

“This is a first. We’ve loved having people crowd the garage to watch the draws,” said Raffle Manager Kevin Hilgers in a release. “However, it just cannot be done this year. Only witnesses, management, executive and gaming authorities (AGLC) will be permitted to attend, using social distancing practices”.

The draws will be livestreamed on Facebook.