2009 Nissan Versa Hatchback
Donation: $20 a ticket
Maximum tickets to be sold: 3000
Drawing: February 5, 2009
At the SWIM Celebrity Breakfast
Holiday Inn, Bridgeport
Car Donated by Mario D'Addario - Cadillac,
Nissan, Buick, Pontiac, GMC and William B. Meyer, Inc.
Bridgeport, CT, October 28, 2008 - St. Vincent's SWIM Across the Sound is geared up for its 6th annual car raffle. This year's prize is a fuel-efficient 2009 Nissan Versa Hatchback donated by Mario D'Addario - Cadillac, Nissan, Buick, Pontiac, GMC and William B. Meyer, Inc. of Shelton and William B. Meyer, Inc., a transportation, storage and logistics company headquartered in Stratford.
The drawing will be held on February 5, 2009 at the 13th Annual SWIM Celebrity Breakfast. All proceeds from the raffle will benefit the Mario and Irma D'Addario Hypertension Fund at St. Vincent's Medical Center and the SWIM Across the Sound.
The Mario and Irma D'Addario Hypertension Program at St. Vincent's Medical Center spreads awareness and provides free blood pressure screenings and information to the public every Wednesday at the Westfield Trumbull Mall through the St. Vincent's Wellness Booth. The D'Addario family established the program in 1999.
For 21 years, the SWIM has had a unique niche, providing cancer education, screening and prevention programs at low- or no-cost for the elderly and underserved. In addition, the SWIM helps individual cancer patients on a case-by-case basis with specific needs, such as the funding of wigs and prostheses, medication assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, day-care scholarships, support groups and more. The SWIM's main area of reach is eastern Fairfield County, but outreach programs extend to other areas of Connecticut with the SWIM's Hartford Chapter and annual fund raisers for New Haven County, as well as support for Connecticut's first responders and correction officers with cancer. The SWIM's Teen SmokeStoppers program has reached 100,000 children throughout the entire state to date. The SWIM raised $2.65 million in the 2008 fiscal year and helps more than 20,000 people annually.
Only 3,000 raffle tickets will be sold. Tickets are $20 each.
The tickets make great gifts and stocking stuffers. Get yours now, while supplies last, at the Seton Shop andthe Info Desk at St. Vincent's Medical Center, or call St. Vincent's Foundation at (203) 576-5451.
Media Inquiries: Kristin Jones at (203) 576-6431 or krjones@stvincents.org
