This year’s Rotary Club of Warsop, Shirebrook and District 27th annual Christmas prize draw will raise more than £8,000 for good causes in the area.

Over the past 27 years participating charities, clubs and organisations more than £120,000 willl have been collected.
This year the club has sold 45,000 tickets through around 25 participating organisations — and now it is appealing for more to get involved next year.

A spokesman said: “The process works very simply — organisations buy tickets from our club in monetary values from £20 upwards.

“That would buy you 50 books of 10 tickets with a selling price of 25p each. If you sell all of the tickets you would make £105 for your organisation; if you bought 100 books and sold all of the tickets, you would make £210 and so on.

“The cost of the tickets that we sell to these organisations covers the cost of the printing and prizes that we provide.

“Last year there were around 150 prizes, which varied from hampers to fresh turkeys, chickens, pork pies, chocolates, biscuits, wine, spirits, cases of beers/lagers, small electrical goods, seasonal gift boxes and children’s toys.

“If you feel that your organisation would like to take part next year and raise money for yourselves, we are looking to make it an even bigger event with more prizes.”

Contact Rotarian Geoff Milnes on 01623 844021 or go to www.warsop-rotary.org.uk

The Rotary club’s Santa’s Grotto is at Warsop Christmas Fair on Saturday, 2nd December, from 2-6pm at The Eastwood Community Centre. Warsop; and Morrisons, Mansfield Woodhouse, on Saturdays 9th and 16th December, 10am-4pm.

New members, both men and women, are welcome. Contact secretary Rotn Geoff Snare on 01623 443062 or go to www.warsop-rotary.org.uk