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Lotto-winner volunteers give back to community, benefit children and donkeys
Date: 16th July 2010 Time: 22:15:50 GMT + 1
Twelve British Lotto winners, together with staff from lottery operator Camelot, came together on 13th July 2010 to help build a new outdoor area for the Elisabeth Svendsen Trust (EST) for Children and Donkeys. The Trust provides riding therapy for children with special needs and disabilities. Its goals are to "bring enjoyment and pleasure into their lives and to give them the satisfaction that comes with the achievement of learning riding skills".
The new outdoor area for the Trust's centre at Eccup, Leeds, includes a garden and an orchard. Cathryn Williams, the centre's manager, said "We were so pleased to welcome these brilliant volunteers, who have been an enormous help in creating our Rainbow Garden.
"The garden is an allotment area that is accessible for children with disabilities and will provide a fun, hands on activity for them to enjoy alongside their riding therapy sessions."
Some of the lottery-winner volunteers won their lottery prizes as individuals; others as part of a syndicate. The prizes ranged from 1.2 million all the way up to 18.2 million, and had been won between 1998 and 2009. Some are involved with other good causes, and all appreciated the opportunity to benefit those in need.
Speaking about the experience, Norman Harris, who was part of a syndicate that won 18.2 million in 2005, said, "It's just putting something back into the community, really."
Said Jackie King, who won 14 million back in 1998, "I like to give something back. I am privileged to have won the Lottery and it's nice to give something back.
Source: Yorkshire Post
"The garden is an allotment area that is accessible for children with disabilities and will provide a fun, hands on activity for them to enjoy alongside their riding therapy sessions."
Some of the lottery-winner volunteers won their lottery prizes as individuals; others as part of a syndicate. The prizes ranged from 1.2 million all the way up to 18.2 million, and had been won between 1998 and 2009. Some are involved with other good causes, and all appreciated the opportunity to benefit those in need.
Speaking about the experience, Norman Harris, who was part of a syndicate that won 18.2 million in 2005, said, "It's just putting something back into the community, really."
Said Jackie King, who won 14 million back in 1998, "I like to give something back. I am privileged to have won the Lottery and it's nice to give something back.
Source: Yorkshire Post
