Tripp weaves his tale 160 years later
Sarnia woman wins Dream Home
February 15, 2024
Linda Weeres has a big decision to make.
The Sarnia woman’s ticket was the winner of the Bluewater Health Foundations Dream Home Lottery grand prize – a $1.7 million home near Camlachie. The draw was made today.
Weeres can choose to keep the home and its furnishings or take $900,000 in cash.
Gwen Rogers of Sarnia picked up another big prize, nearly $324,000 from the 50/50 draw.
Since its inception, the lottery has raised nearly $10 million for Sarnia-Lambton’s community hospitals, Bluewater Health and Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital. The money raised with the lottery will be used to improve Bluewater Health’s Cancer Care Clinic.
The full prize list will be available at https://bwhfdreamhome.com/
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