Local charity, Hospice Isle of Man needs to raise ?3.5 million a year and is always looking for new and innovative ways of raising these funds.

As part of a new fundraising initiative the charity launched their Juke of Hospice Prize Draw at their recent chocolate ball with the limited draw of 1,000 tickets completely selling out just before Christmas 2014.

The prize draw took place on Saturday 7th February 2015 live at Hospice Isle of Man with a Port St Mary lady, Claire Jennings being the luck winner of a Nissan Juke for 2015.

There were 19 other prizes with full details available on Hospice’s website, Facebook and Twitter feed.

This prize draw was as a result of a continuing joint working relationship between the Athol Garage in Ballasalla and the charity and is the second year that the charity has been supported by the local garage.

David Quayle, Sales Director and co-owner of Athol Garage said: “We have always supported local charities on the Island, particularly Hospice and were delighted that this initiative is raising funds for such a worthy cause and is proving so successful.

Mary Doyle, Head of Income Generation for Hospice added: “We are very grateful to everyone that bought a ticket for this draw and supported Hospice by doing so.” “When I rang Claire she was thrilled with winning and was looking forward to seeing her new car.”

“Hospice Isle of Man looks after the highest number of cancer patients and survivors on the Island so we are grateful to the Manx public for their ongoing support of our charity by supporting this initiative but also their terrific ongoing support.”

“It was also a pleasure to work with David and all the team at Athol Garage again and thank them for their support.”

To find out more about Hospice or ways of supporting your local Hospice visit www.hospice.org.im, like them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/hospice.iom or follow them on Twitter @hospiceiom.
 
Pictured left to right are: Mary Doyle, Claire Jennings, David Quayle and Terri Cook.  Photo courtesy of  John Maddrell.