There were nearly 30 winners of cash prizes announced for the BUHF's 27th Annual Cash Lottery. (submitted photo/BUHF)

By battlefordsNOW Staff

Cash prize

Unity resident wins BUHF $100,000 Cash Lottery

Nov 12, 2021 | 2:45 PM

A couple from Unity were the big winners of the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation $100,000 Cash Lottery.

Sandy Richards received the call from BUHF Friday morning, telling her that she and her husband Darryl were the recipients of the grand prize of the 27th annual lottery. She said they were both shocked and excited when they heard the news.

“It’s a wonderful day,” she said. “I phoned my kids and grandkids and those calls went pretty good!”

A long-time supporter of BUHF and participant in the Cash Lottery, Richards said it’s been important for her and her husband to support the foundation for many years, given that Unity residents frequent the hospital from time to time.

“Everybody needs health care,” she said. “We’ve both utilized the hospital over the years.”

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At this point, Richards said she and her husband haven’t made a decision on what they will do with the winnings. However, they have a couple ideas.

“We’ll probably put some of it away and then next summer maybe do some renovations,” she said.

(submitted/BUHF)

Shauna McGifford, Fund Developer with BUHF, said it’s always a fun day to announce the winners.

“Some are new purchasers, some have purchased for years, some are former employees within Sask. health region,” she said. “It’s fantastic to see where the support comes from and it’s fun to tell people they’ve won.”

Winners of the $1,000 prizes came from all over.

“We do receive fantastic support from Unity, so we’re excited to give it to the Richards.”

McGifford added that they won’t know the total of what our sales are for a while, as there’s tallying left to take place. In terms of what to expect, she said they’re confident that they did well.

“Based on the number of tickets and percentage of them that we sold,” she said. “Also knowing that our 50/50 went for 53,860.”

“So yeah, we’re happy with that.”

Pearl Munro of North Battleford was the 50/50 winner.

The 27 winners of $1,000 each are as follows:

First Last City Ticket No

• Paul Urlacher North Battleford 5921
• Kenneth Graham Lloydminster 2891
• Marge Coles Battleford 9473
• Mihaela Makaji North Battleford 7657
• Dianne Campbell North Battleford 3996
• Thelma Wakelin North Battleford 4425
• Floyd Desmarais North Battleford 3334
• Sharon Spence Cochin 2804
• Janet Swanson Meota 9367
• Darcy Bissonette Mervin 4605
• Hubert Lavoie Battleford 4154
• Carol Sieben Macklin 228
• Bonnie Sheppard North Battleford 5928
• Crisanto Lozano North Battleford 4198
• Edward Madwid North Battleford 6708
• Ben Hounsell Meadow Lake 6233
• Colleen Vany North Battleford 9634
• Mathew Bauer North Battleford 140
• Joanne Bannerman Livelong 1165
• Donna Sack Battleford 3975
• John Hochbaum Wilkie 7683
• Germaine Vany Cut Knife 59
• Keith Allan Saskatoon 4262
• Isabelle Laschilier North Battleford 12174
• Christine Sabraw North Battleford 5517
• Craig Alexander North Battleford 4265
• Marie Alexander Unity 7596

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