And while other organizations and groups have seen their high-profile fundraising events cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, lotteries are all but immune to the restrictions and guidelines in place.
That’s why the 14th annual Dare to Dream is currently well underway, featuring a $50,000 cash grand prize or one of three impressive prize packages, a massive 50-50 draw and a handful of smaller draws taking place leading up to the main draw on June 6.
“This year the town has helped organize it since we haven’t had a full-time co-ordinator, and everything seems to be going really good,” said Christa Fortin, assistant administrator with the Town of Mossbank. “We have brand new online sales, we’ve been able to take advantage of a bit of newspaper advertising and Facebook advertising, Instagram and that kind of thing. The calls are coming in and it’s definitely not stopping.”
Only 3,000 tickets are being sold at $50 each, three for $125 or 10 for $400.
The grand prize winner can choose the $50,000 or one of three optional packages: Option #1 with a pair of 2021 Arctic Cat snowmobiles and side-by-side off-road vehicle; Option #2 with a package of John Deere machinery including a sub-compact utility tractor, Ztrack mower and Gator utility vehicle; or Option #3 with a 2020 Case IH FarmAll Series II Tractor.
A VIP cash draw for $5,000 will be held on May 30. That will be followed by a trio of prizes drawn 8 p.m. each evening at the Mossbank Town Hall, featuring a $500 Visa Gift Card on June 3, $500 in Mossbank gift certificates on June 4 and a $500 Temple Gardens Mineral Spa gift certificate on June 5.
Five subsidiary gift certificates will be selected before the main draw on June 6 at 1 p.m. at The Bent Nail Café, including two for $500 from South Country Equipment, and $500 each from Bourassa & Sons, Southland Co-op and Young’s Equipment.
The 50-50 tickets are $20 each, with the prize value up to $30,000 on a sell out.
All in all, not a bad line-up.
“We’ve definitely always had some good prizes,” Fortin said. “We have some good dealers we work with, good farmers and local businesses who are very supportive. And even all the way up to P.A., we get pretty good support for this lottery.”
All proceeds from the event will remain in Mossbank and are earmarked for a variety of recreational projects – in 2019, the boards in the hockey rink were replaced and prior to that funds went to the community’s outdoor pool.
“There’s always something that needs to be renovated or created or built or maintained,” Fortin said. “Recreation is a really big part of this community, and there are a handful of projects we want to see some funding go towards.”
Tickets can be ordered through the toll-free lotto line at 1-866-359-2WIN (2946), through the website at mossbank.ca/daretodreamlottery or by filling out and returning one of the 16,000-plus entry forms found in the Moose Jaw Express.
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