St. Francis announces winner of $10,000 ticket

Grand Island- Nick Faller of Hampton, NE was the big winner of CHI Health St. Francis Foundation’s annual Ticket to Win raffle drawing on June 5. Faller’s ticket was drawn for the $10,000 cash grand prize during the free social event held at the hospital. 

The hospital’s premiere fundraiser also awarded a $5,000 cash prize to Gil and Mary Kuntz from Grand Island. In addition, ten $500 cash card prizes were awarded to Tammy Morris, Megan Goplin, Deb Lehl, Janet Stiles, Mary Lou Kuntz Brasee, Marcy Schirmer, Mike Stoppkotte, Karen Riley, Larry Hadenfeldt and Tesia Gust.

Half of all proceeds from Ticket to Win provides life-saving equipment and training to emergency first responders for unbudgeted items in Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick and Greeley counties–over $548,251 since its start. 

This year, the remaining half of all proceeds will be directed to the state-of-the-art CHI Health St. Francis Education Simulation Center. A resource for St. Francis clinicians, area emergency medical personnel and the community, the training center will feature an adult and an infant high-fidelity manikin. The computerized manikins mimic human physiology and are used to recreate real-life trauma scenarios providing learners with an opportunity to practice and refine clinical skills by performing a wide range of critical life-saving tasks.