Prize Draw 2009

Great Train Trip Giveaway

The hugely successful Great Train Trip Giveaway was held in 2009 with the lucky winner receiving a voucher for a VIA Rail train trip for two! The draw and presentation took place at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2009, at the Rivers Train Stationette, where giveaway winner, Dennis Basso of Deloraine, and his wife, Marlene, will board the VIA Rail Canadian train traveling first class to Vancouver. The Bassos will take their trip sometime before the end of August 2009.

Rivers Train Station Restoration Project co-chairs, Ralph Sprenger and Donna Morken, load the 984 tickets sold (just 16 shy of the 1000!) into the draw drum.

Filling the Draw Drum

Rivers Train Station Restoration Project co-chairs, Ralph Sprenger and Donna Morken, load the 984 tickets sold (just 16 shy of the 1000!) into the draw drum.

VIA Rail passenger train arrives right on time for the draw!

The Train Arrives

VIA Rail passenger train arrives right on time for the draw!

A crowd gathers as passengers get on and off the train — all awaiting the official draw.

Awaiting the Draw

A crowd gathers as passengers get on and off the train — all awaiting the official draw.

Happy VIA passenger, Julie Matthies, is delighted to make the draw.

Picking the Winner

Happy VIA passenger, Julie Matthies, is delighted to make the draw.

A most pleased and satisfied committee enjoys a cup of hot coffee in the stationette following the draw. Everyone is thrilled with the response and support given to The Great Train Trip Giveaway and the restoration project. Looking forward to presenting Mr. Basso with his ticket!

After the Draw

A most pleased and satisfied committee enjoys a cup of hot coffee in the stationette following the draw. Everyone is thrilled with the response and support given to The Great Train Trip Giveaway and the restoration project.

The Great Train Trip Giveaway winner Dennis Basso (l) of Deloraine, Manitoba receives a voucher from Rivers Train Station Restoration Project co-chair Ralph Sprenger (r) for a train trip for two! The presentation took place at the Rivers Train Stationette, where Mr. Basso and his wife Marlene will board the VIA Rail Canadian train, traveling first class to Vancouver. The Basso's will take their trip sometime before the end of August.

And the Winner is…

Great Train Trip Giveaway winner Dennis Basso (left) of Deloraine, Manitoba, receives a voucher from Rivers Train Station Restoration Project co-chair, Ralph Sprenger (right), for a train trip for two!

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