The Knights of Columbus Council 1626 previewed the 2017 Annual Charity Raffle with two local Special Olympic athletes in a sweet ride.
Sam Windross and Trevor Knight joined Knights of Columbus 1626 ticket sales coordinator Rob Burke and Grand Knight Paul Gamble at Bayfield Ford Lincoln on Thursday where they posed for a promotional photo with a brand new convertible Mustang.
A Mustang is one of several cars up for grabs in the draw along with the grand prize of $200,000.
Other smaller cash prizes are also available and tickets are $5.
The annual Ontario-wide raffle ticket sale starts next week, May 8 - 13, at Georgian Mall.
As in previous years, Bayfield Ford Lincoln has loaned the Mustang to park at the mall for the week while KoC sell tickets
A portion of the proceeds will be going to Special Olympics Ontario and coaches couldn't be more grateful.
"Amazing. It's great that we get the support. We really rely on it. The athletes are proud of what they do and it costs a lot of money to travel and compete so it really helps out," said Kathy McCarroll, Trevor's mom, who coaches.
"It's amazing to see this amount of care from the community and to see the input from Bayfield Ford," said Sam's dad Paul Windross, also a coach.
Some of the money raised will also be donated to the Arthritis Society.
