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New Tecumseth CatchtheAce.

A community fundraiser supporting local care Week 6 · Friday, August 28

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About the club

This raffle is run by volunteers of the Rotary Club of New Tecumseth. Nobody is paid to run it, and half of every ticket stays in the community.

01 Who we are

Service above self, in New Tecumseth.

The club was chartered in 1955 as the Rotary Club of Alliston, sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Beeton and Bradford. It took its present name, the Rotary Club of New Tecumseth, to reflect the communities it actually serves — Alliston, Beeton, Tottenham and the townships around them.

Members meet on the second and fourth Monday of the month at the Gibson Centre in Alliston. Between meetings they run the events this town knows well: the Potato Festival parade, the fundraising draws, the scholarships and the community projects that quietly need doing.

Catch the Ace is the newest of those efforts, and by some distance the one with the biggest prize attached.

Visit the New Tecumseth Rotary website

Club members around a table at a monthly meeting
02 Where the money goes

Supporting local healthcare

Fifty cents of every dollar raised by this raffle stays here, supporting the organisations below.

Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation

The hospital serving Alliston and the surrounding townships, currently being redeveloped and expanded.

Matthews House Hospice

Hospice and bereavement care for families across South Simcoe, provided at no cost to them.

Community projects

Youth programs, scholarships, the Rotary pool, park improvements and the club’s international service work.

How the proceeds may be used is set by the licence. The licensee reports on the raffle to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, and the accounts are audited annually.

03 In the community

What the money has built

A summer street festival with bunting along the main street
The entrance to a small community hospital
A quiet sitting room with an armchair beside a window
Volunteers handing over boxes of supplies at a doorway
Brick storefronts along a small-town main street
A community soccer field at dusk
A legion hall set out with chairs before an evening draw
Sealed envelopes in a wooden stand beside a face-down playing card

New Tecumseth

Chartered in 1955, still run by volunteers.

The club meets twice a month at the Gibson Centre in Alliston. Nobody is paid to run this raffle — the work is done by members between meetings.

04 Sponsors

Thank you to our community sponsors

Local businesses cover the costs of running the raffle, which is why so much of each ticket can go to the cause.

Sponsor logos to be supplied by the club with permission to use them. Until then these are text plates rather than someone else’s artwork.

05 Reach the club

Meetings

The Gibson Centre

63 Tupper Street West, Rotary Hall (2nd floor), Alliston, ON L9R 1E4. Second and fourth Monday of the month.