The Oxbow Community Childcare Centre is holding their Christmas Raffle fundraiser once again this year. This will be their second year holding this event.
Due to the pandemic they were unable to hold all their other fundraisers this year.
鈥淲e fundraise all year round usually, with our largest fundraiser being held each year in the spring 鈥� our online spring auction fundraiser 鈥� and then hold raffles, bake sales, barbecues, etc., throughout the year to meet our fundraising goal for each year,鈥� said Kayla Mathison, the director of the centre.
鈥淯nfortunately this year our options were very limited because of the pandemic 鈥� we had to postpone our online spring auction fundraiser to July, weren't able to hold any barbecues or bake sales, and had to turn our annual Christmas paint night event into an online paint event.
This is our second annual Christmas Raffle Fundraiser and we're very hopeful for a good outcome since we were unable to hold a lot of our usual smaller scale fundraisers this year.鈥�
The centre holds a gift card fundraiser in November and then piggybacks off of that one to order extra gift cards for their Christmas Raffle Fundraiser.
鈥淭his year we were fortunate to have the 麻豆视频ern Plains Co-op donate the second place prize as well as had one of our board members donate handmade baby booties towards the prizes. First prize is a gift card tree ($150 in gift cards) plus one pair of handmade baby booties. Second prize is a $100 Co-op gift card and a size large Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, and third prize is a $25 Tim Hortons gift card and mug and one pair of handmade baby booties.鈥� Mathison explains.
On top of this fundraiser, the Oxbow Childcare Community Centre is holding a like and share contest on Facebook to spread word of the Christmas fundraiser with that prize winner being drawn Dec. 21, along with the first, second and third place winners for the raffle.
Tickets for the fundraiser are $5 each and can be purchased by emailing [email protected], calling 306-483-5284, or reaching out to a family of a child that attends the centre. With the centre being unable to have visitors currently, they are accepting e-transfers as well. A picture of ticket stubs and receipt follow with this form of payment.
