Tickets for the Queneesh 7th Generation Indigenous Education Club Raffle
Special thanks to volunteers Betty Davidson and Freida Home who each sold numerous books of tickets, and to the volunteers who helped at our Seedy Saturday booth.The raffle brought in $2,025 for Kus-kus-sum. We are very appreciative of Queneesh School’s commitment to helping us “Unpave Paradise” over the past couple of years, they have been involved in multiple fundraisers and learning activities.
Winners were drawn March 12, 2020.
Raffle Winners:
1st – Cathie Talbot (Drum)
2nd – Robert Eberle (Whale metal art)
3rd – Rod Heitzmann (Wool bag)
4th – Dawn Robertson (Dream catcher)
5th – Ellen Rainwalker (Andy Everson print)
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