Father & Daughter Win Grand Prize in Ocean
Institute’s Laguna Beach Million Dollar Home Raffle
Winning Ticket Pulled Saturday; Pair Will Choose Between Laguna Beach Home and One Million Dollars in Cash
DANA POINT, CA, November 8, 2010 –
The Ocean Institute is pleased to announce that Andy Martin and Patricia
Coleman (father and daughter) of Yorba Linda have won the Laguna Beach
Million Dollar Home Raffle’s Grand Prize, a Laguna Beach home or $1 million in
cash, winner’s choice. The pair’s ticket was pulled at the Institute’s Grand
Prize drawing on Saturday, November 6.
“Congratulations
to our newest millionaires, we’re very excited for you!” remarked Bill Steel,
Ocean Institute’s Raffle Chair. Andy Martin is a retiree who has purchased tickets in the home raffle
each year as a way to support the Institute. Martin and his daughter will have 16 days to choose between
the Laguna Beach home and the $1 million cash.
One hundred
ten winners were selected on Saturday; other top prize winners included Ann Worthington of Capistrano Beach, who won a new Prius or $15,000; David Ramirez of San
Juan Capistrano, who won a dream vacation or $10,000; Robert Haskell and Joshua
Jones of San Clemente, who also won a vacation or $10,000; and Jordan Bannigan of Newport Beach, who won a Wyland painting or $5000.
“We’re
grateful to all who have purchased tickets in the home raffle,” added
Steel. “As always, the real
winners are the tens of thousands of school children who benefit each year from
the Institute’s programs.”
Other
prizes awarded included dozens of cash prizes, South Coast Plaza certificates
and Quiksilver/Roxy Gift cards, Anaheim Hilton
hotel/Disneyland getaways, Apple iPads, Hobie surfboards and beach packages, and Nirve beach cruisers.
The
Laguna Beach Million Dollar Home Raffle is the only home raffle in the State of California this year to give away
the advertised Grand Prize. All the other raffles failed to meet their required minimum number of
tickets sold as specified in their rules. Planning is underway for the 2011 raffle. To be included on the mailing list, or to be part of this
community event, please visit www.ocean-institute.org or
call (949) 496-2274.
Founded in 1977, the Ocean Institute is a
non-profit organization dedicated to ocean preservation through education,
setting the standard for educational excellence and serving as a leading resource
for universities, museums, teachers and all others seeking to increase their knowledge of the ocean. The Ocean Institute is open to the general public on
weekends, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Cost: $6.50 adults, $4.50
children (ages 4-12), Ocean Institute members free. Unique maritime and ocean-themed items are available in the
Chambers Gallery everyday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Institute address: 24200 Dana
Point Harbor Dr., Dana Point. Website: www.ocean-institute.org. Phone: (949) 496-2274.
2008 Business of the Year –
The Dana Point Chamber of Commerce has selected the Ocean Institute as Dana
Point’s “Business of the Year.” The award recognizes the positive contribution the Ocean Institute has
made to the Dana Point community.
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