For the past 18 years, local volunteers with the Neepawa & District Farm & Leisure Lotto have started their spring working the phones to make our community a little bit better. And for those same 18 years, you’ve been on the other end of that phone call opening your heart and your wallet or purse to do the very same.
    The Neepawa Town Office was frantic with activity on Mar. 26 to 28, as a portion of the space was taken over by members of the Beautiful Plains Community Medical Committee. Each year around this time, that group assembles to operate the lottery, whose proceeds help to fund improvements to Neepawa’s medical services. This year’s support will aid in renovations to some office space to assist with the Doctor’s residency program 
    Leisure Lotto Coordinator Mary Ellen Clark noted that it takes an incredibly dedicated group of people to make this local fundraising effort work. She thanked those workers who volunteer their time to make those calls. Clark also thanked those on the other end of the line, for seeing value in supporting them.

  “The money goes to a great place, and we’ve received support from not only around the community, but across the province and even beyond those borders,” explained Clark.