On September 10th, the Family and Friends Drop the Ball raffle will see up to 50,000 numbered golf balls dropped from a helicopter onto the course at the Midland Golf and Country Club, all in support of Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care and Hospice Huronia. 

Raffle tickets are just $10 each or 3 for $25 and time is running out. Visit www.familyandfriendscharity.ca or scan the QR code to get your tickets, and you could be going home with a brand new Nissan car, a Sea-Doo personal watercraft and trailer, a Starcraft boat, motor and trailer, or one of the many other incredible prizes that are part of this fundraiser. 

“People from all walks of life can find themselves in need of hospice or mental health services. We wanted to keep the raffle tickets affordable to give everyone a chance at these great prizes,” said Gerard La Chapelle. “Sponsors have been so generous in helping us pull together a slate of 30+ outstanding prizes so we’ll have many happy winners and ultimately families and individuals needing help from Waypoint and Hospice Huronia will benefit the most from everyone’s ticket purchases.”

Family & Friends are incredibly grateful to the many local businesses who have supported the Drop the Ball Raffle. Gerard started the original Family & Friends Golf Tournament in 2006 in memory of his wife Gail. “We held a memorial tournament in October 2006, in the snow, and a group of us decided to make it an annual event,” he says. “In 2007 the Family & Friends Charitable Golf tournament officially began and has supported both Georgian Bay General Hospital and Georgian College in the past.”