PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Lions Club is proud to announce that their raffle on Sunday, November 2nd will be drawn live on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel 115 at 6:30pm sharp. All ticket holders are urged to tune in on that day to view the live broadcast as the winner will be called if that person is available.
This raffle is the first fundraising effort of the Lions Club for the year 2014-2015. The 1st prize is a brand new Ford EcoSport, 2nd prize is a Iphone 5C and 3rd prize is a LG 42" Flat Screen TV. The club's second fundraising effort is the Lion Christmas Bingo Spectacular which will be held on Saturday December 6th at the Festival Village.
According to Sint Maarten Lions Club President Sunil Khatnani, "This raffle was postponed from earlier in the year on Father's Day June 15th. All tickets with that previous date marked on them are valid for the November 2nd drawing".
Tickets can still be bought from any Lions member and also at the Lion's Den, Divico, Van Dorp in Simpson Bay and Madame Estate.
On Saturday various Lions members will be selling raffle tickets at ACE Cole Bay and Cost U Less and the public is urged to get their tickets early as there is a cut off period for ticket sales as all have to be verified.
The proceeds from this raffle and the upcoming Christmas Bingo in December will be put back into the community in the form of worthwhile projects. The St. Maarten Lions Club is a member of Lions Club International which has over 1.3 million members worldwide in over 46,000 local clubs, in over 200 countries.