The Medicine Hat Kinsmen Club is putting out the warning that low ticket sales may turn their biggest fundraiser of the year into a bath of red ink.
With a little more than half the tickets sold for the annual Dream Home Lotto, and only four days left before ticket sales close, the club is making an appeal to Hatters to help.
"This funds all of our public skating and public swimming," said Kinsmen Club president Jamie Graham.
"If we don't make any money off of this, not only to we have to cover the losses on the house, but the money it would have generated, we're out that as well."
"There are a lot of social groups that come to us for money," said Graham.
"We got hit with the recession too. We're hoping to get through it, survive it, and keep funding the projects we pay for."
Funds raised go toward providing free recreation time in Medicine Hat and Redcliff, plus other commitments, including some operating funds for the South Ridge YMCA, among others
The home is located at 16 Links Place in Desert Blume Estates. The cul-de-sac lot overlooks the golf course and is move-in ready.
Pictures of the modern-styled bungalow can be viewed at www.mhkinsmen.ca and people can drop by the house on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. or on weekends from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Built by Casa De Ville, the home is valued at $540,000. Tickets are $100 each or three for $250. They can be bought at the home or at Sobey's, Co-op grocery locations, MacKenzie Drugs and Richardson's Jewellers.
The Kinsmen will continue selling tickets through Sunday, and then make the draw on Wednesday.
The club is also hoping to set the record straight about comments from Hatters that they hear each year during the lotto.
"There's always a myth that you have to live in the house for a year (before it's re-sold), and that's not true," said Graham.
"We also hear a lot that people buy tickets online or through the mail. That's not us... That's the Calgary Kinsmen club."
"That's one of our biggest competitors unfortunately
Source http://www.medicinehatnews.com/
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