Mont St. Joseph Home held its first annual ball drop fundraiser this afternoon with proceeds going towards new bath tubs. (Dawson Thompson/paNOW Staff)

By Dawson Thompson

Community fundraiser

Mont St. Joseph Home holds first annual golf ball drop fundraiser

Sep 12, 2021 | 5:11 PM

Mont St. Joseph Home achieved something many golf courses have never witnessed, four hole-in-ones in one afternoon.

The long term care home held its first annual golf ball drop fundraiser on Sunday, raising funds to help replace six bath tubs for their residents.

The Prince Albert Fire Department helped them with the fundraiser, lifting 1,960 golf balls 75 feet in the air and dropping them.

Each golf ball was $10. In total, the long term care home was able to raise just over $19,000.

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There were three prizes for the closest three golf balls to the hole. Unexpectedly, four golf balls landed inside the hole, meaning there is an extra winner.

First prize, which is either a one year membership at Kachur’s Golf Club or $1,000 goes to Scott Henbury.

Second prize, is a propane patio heater for Reid Folmer and the third prize, which is 10 hours in the golf simulator at Cooke Municipal Golf Course goes to Kyle Brataschuk.

The fourth and final prize of $100 will go to Hailey Kapacila.

Jessica Gale, foundation development coordinator said they plan on hosting many more of these fundraisers in the future.

“We are hosting hopefully our first annual golf ball drop raffle,” Gale said. “All of the proceeds we raise from the ball drop will go towards our tub replacement campaign, we are working on right now.

“We need to replace six special access tubs in our home, they are past their due time. We make sure everyone in our home is well taken care of.”

Alex Paul, deputy fire chief of the Prince Albert Fire Department said the weight of the golf balls was around 800 pounds. They did a test run in June, to make sure everything would go smoothly today.

“This is a great opportunity to be a part of the community and help out where we can,” Paul said.

The long term care home is planning on completing all the fundraising efforts for the special access tubs by the end of the year. Next year, they will be fundraising for a new item at the home.

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