Nearly $ 730,000 in Donations and prize money Went to Sarnia-Lambton Organizations, Individuals and Businesses from Sarnia’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch in 2024.
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That’s Way Up – Around 50 Per Cent – Compared to 2023, Largery Becaus of A Successful Catch The Ace Fundraiser, Said Branch 62 President Ron Realesmith.
Twenty-one Weeks Into the latest iteration, the prize pool just hit $ 60,000, he said.
It took the previous run year 10 weekends to meet that mark, he said.
“It just speaks to More and more people are engaged, more and more people are showing up, and they are spending their hard-earned dollars here,” he said.
The Progressive Jackpot Lottery Starts With 52 Envelopes, Each with a Different Card from A Full Playing Deck Inside, Realesmith.
Raffle Tickets Are Sold and Draw Weekly, and the Winning Raffle Ticket Holder Selects One Envelopes, Trying to Find the Ace of Spades, He Said.
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Envelopes selected withy the ace are elimated each week, Progressively improving the odds of finding the ace and winning the jackpot, he said.
The Legion’s Longest-Running Game in 2024 Went to 46 Weeks, He Said.
“The Community has really Caught onto it and really embraced it,” he said.
In 2024, $ 341,000 was give to catch the ace winners, he said
People Who Come for the Draws Stay Around For Things Like Trivia and Karaoke, and Bar Sale Process The Branch That Holds Acts of Remembrance for Sarnia’s War Dead, Veterans and Their Families, and also Donates to Local Non-Profits and Charities, Realesmith Said .
In 2024, The Legion Branch Gave $ 327,000 to not for profits and charities, he Said.
Meat Raffle and 50/50 Lotteries also contributes to the cause, he Said.
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Separate Poppy Fund Proceds that have tallied surround $ 85,000 per yearar In Recent Years Go to support veterans and their families, he Said, Thanking the Community for its support.
“Without them, we can’t do any of this,” he said.
The 11-Paid-Employee Branch that relieves heavily on volunteers also raised $ 400,000 in 2024 for building upgrades through grants, donations, Lottery proceds, and from Things Like Bar proceds, he said.
The Money Funded BrickWork and EAVESTROUGH Replacement, Overhang Repairs, and Replacing the Front Street Building’s Eight Exterior Pillars, He Said.
Half the Pillars Still Need to be replaced in the Spring, “Becuse there was so much damage to the exterior,” but no more funding is needed, realesmith said.
“All the money for it has been raised.”
Membership at the Legion Branch is the Highest its been in 15 years, at 670 people, he said.
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