THUNDER BAY - The Fort William Rotary Club and a number of local politicians were under the bright lights as they held their Canada Day draw at the Marina.
Mayor Bill Mauro announced that Jessica Chunick is the lucky winner of a 1,790 square-foot Dogwood Crescent cab-over style home, worth more than $590,000.
"I just got off the phone with Jessica, she was pretty excited," said Stephen Margarit, president of Fort William Rotary Club. "She's never really won anything this big, so it's a pretty great feeling telling her she won."
Margarit said the 33rd annual draw sold 14,000 tickets and raised over $435,000 for local and district charities.
The Fort William Rotary Club is a charity allocation organization that provides seed money for community projects.
With 2019's total, the charity has raised over $6 million in 32 years.
Chunick will have the chance to keep the Sherwood Estates residence, or sell the house within the first year.
"We always are happy when they keep the house," Margarit said.
