By Petal Barclay-Smith
It will be no hard candy Christmas this year for the delightful winners of the Wesley Hall Junior School (WHJS) PTA Annual Christmas Raffle.
Rather, it will be all nice and dandy for first prize winner, Ebony Dorant who was beaming with smiles having won a 40” Toshiba LCD Television.
Dorant, who was jumping up and down with glee, after receiving the news, said she would be looking her favorite shows of Gossip Girls and The Vampire Diaries on big screen for the Holidays.
Meanwhile, a delightful Mark Layne would not have to dig deep in his pocket to buy groceries for the Holidays. He copped the second prize of one fully packed barrel of groceries and toiletries, compliments DMI Shipping and Gunter Shipping.
Other prize winners were: Elita St. Hill of Howell’s Cross Road, St. Michael; Ann Eastmond of Wilkinson Road, St. Michael and Sharon Boyce of Horse Hill St. Joseph. They won the $250 shopping voucher, Broad Street Men; a small appliance bundle compliments Dacosta Manning and $200 shopping voucher compliments Becool Beauty Supplies respectively.
President of the WJHS’ PTA, Shone Gibbs said the proceeds from this year’s raffle would go towards purchasing the school’s Pan Band.
Gibbs noted, “We are committed to investing in the musical aspect of the school which has a very rich legacy by launching a Pan Band. We have already sourced and identified the equipment which would cost us in excess of $15 000.”
While the PTA has a vision of seeing the school represented in NIFCA 2011 with the Pan Band, the president said due to the current economic meltdown, funds from the raffle fell short by some $5 000, as the target was $15 000. Gibbs is however thankful to the public and sponsors for their continuous support over the three years.
He added, “We want to thank the public that continue to support the raffle in these tuff times. We had some privileged sponsors over the years, Becool Beauty supplies, Broad Street Men, ShopSmart, DaCosta Manning, Gunter Shipping and SBI Distribution. We look forward to working with them next year as we are committed to making the raffle bigger and better.”
Ticket numbers drawn were: 01014; 09504; 02728; 13687; and 05892 respectively.
Ebony Dorant is beaming with smiles as she received the first prize of a 40” Toshiba LCD Television won from the Wesley Hall Junior School PTA Annual Christmas Raffle. She is congratulated by president of the school’s PTA Shone Gibbs.
