On today’s show, CHMA sits down with Sackville Rotary president Bill Evans, to talk about two milestones for the club’s successful fundraising tradition: The Sackville Rotary Gold Mine.
This Friday, February 14 mark 10 years since the local service club launched the lottery fundraiser, and this past November, the Gold Mine clocked past the $1 million mark in funds raised and given away.
“We take in about $1,500 a week, which is split half with the winner and half with the club to give away,” says Evans. “It is really our sole fundraising mechanism… That’s why we call it our gold mine. It funds everything.”
“Rotary Gold Mine proceeds have gone to everything from the various sports clubs in town, all the schools, the Tantramar Heritage Trust, the food bank, the hospital foundation, the citizens band… you name it, and we’ve helped fund it,” says Evans.
