Lions announce $10,000 giveaway winners

Published 10:17 pm Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Dalton Lions recently help its annual $10,000 Cash Giveaway/Steak Dinner at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center. There were a record number of attendees.

Wiley Adkins and Dennis Mock were the lucky winners. Since they were both in attendance they chose to split the grand prize of $10,000 and the runner-up prize of $1,000 and each took home a check for $5,500. Everyone enjoyed steaks cooked and served by Jason Dimmlich and his staff of volunteers from Outback Restaurant in Dalton.

There were other cash prizes awarded: Kim Cady, Ed Eller, Tabitha Crider and Carmen Shuler won $250 each. There were other door prizes awarded to those who attended.

“Dalton Lions Club would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to the people of Dalton and Whitfield County who bought a ticket and participated in our giveaway,” said Lee Oliver, project chairman.

The club uses the proceeds from the Cash Giveaway and other fundraising projects for a number of charitable projects, including the purchase of eyeglasses for under privileged school children and indigent adults in Dalton and Whitfield County. The Dalton Lions Club provides more than 250 pairs of eyeglasses for people in Dalton and Whitfield County each year.

“It would be virtually impossible for the Dalton Lions Club to be able to supplement or contribute to the many organizations we support without the untiring efforts of the people of Dalton and Whitfield County and the generous support of businesses like Outback Restaurant and the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center,” said Oliver. “It is simply priceless to watch a child see the blackboard at school for the first time or provide a hearing aid to a senior adult who hasn’t heard his or her grandchild call their name,” said Oliver.

“The Dalton Lions Club is extremely indebted to our supporters and will continue to always look for ways to show our sincere gratitude. To everyone who purchased a ticket to our cash giveaway or donates when we are collecting money at Wal-Mart and other places in Dalton, we want to say thank you very much,” said club president Paul Johnson.