100 Mile District Hospice & Palliative Care Society received a nice gift of $1,032 from The Spirit of Christmas charity campaign hosted by the 100 Mile House Free Press.
Prior to Christmas, customers voted for their favourite charity at 16 businesses in the South Cariboo. In the end, Hospice was the winner with 330 votes and SPCA was a close second with 318.
There were more than 1,600 votes in total.
“It was an excellent response. People really liked it because it kept money local,” says Free Press advertising representative Heather Nelson.
The prize money was donated by the Free Press and was equal to 10 per cent of ad revenue generated by the campaign.
Weekly draws were made from the entries for Chamber Bucks and $100 winners were Sheila Nelson, Nadine Ogden, Billy Feistmantl and Joe Mercer.
The $500 winner was Bruce Stusrud.
