“D” DAY ARRIVES FOR OSHAWA OPTIMIST CAR RAFFLE SELLERS AFTER EIGHT MONTHS AND 10,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS

OSHAWA, Dec. 22; Finally after eight months of tireless worked hours  which rose to over 10,000 manhours worked the wait is now over. It’s “D” day at the Colonel  R.S. (Sam)  McLaughlin Oshawa Armouries Sunday afternoon with the announcement of the winning ticket holdere for a General Motors 2009 Pontiac Vibe will be raff;eoff. Included in the package is a $1,500.00 gift card donated by Wal*Mart SuperCentre in South Oshawa.

On the weekend sales finished in flurry covering two dates at Walmart SuperCentre and ended yesterday at Price Chopper located within the Lake Vista Plaza. Weekend bank deposit into the Credit Union Lottery accounted total to $1,372.93 in net dollars.

Optimist Car Rasffle chair Jimmy Shaw saluated his dedicated, overworked volunteers for a job well done. Oshawa City council saluated the local service club whose mandate is “Friend of Youth and Community supportor” donated a box at the ultra modern GM Centre in downtown Oshawa to witness the OHL Major Junioe “A” festuring the Owen Sound Attack and the hometown favourites the Oshawa Generals.

Upwards to 12.000 tickets where sold to clinics from all Canadian provinices, a variety of U.S.A. states, Great Britian, Germany, France, Russia, Hungary and Mexico.

Oshawa native 19 year old Canadian Army Medic Kasey McBride a graduate from the local cadet program with be the draw master. It is expected the draw will held at approximatelt 2l30  pm. Other scheduled to appear at this prestigious event will be his worship Oshawa Mayor John Gray, Ontario Optimist Cenon governor Tom McLaughlin and his wife Carilyn, Thomas Motors sales manager Ed Winnerick, and Lt. Colonel Robert Brown.

A calvade over 100 cars will be delivering 14 days of food and three new toys for each family child to insure 2009 will be memorable festive year. Over 16,000 pound of food has been purchased from the sale of raffle tickets. This marks the 26th consecutive year the Optimist Club of Oshawa members have donated Christmas Hampers and toys to needy Oshawa families.

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