2011 SHOP Kaiapoi Smiles All Round
2011 Grand Prize Winner Helen Thoruburgh
Helen Thoruburgh of Kaiapoi was amazed to hear that she was the lucky winner of the grand prize $2,000 SHOP Kaiapoi voucher.
At the Kaiapoi Carnival Mayor David Ayers drew Helen’s lucky entry form from a full box of over 3,000 entries at the Kaiapoi Carnival on 3 December. The news spread quickly across town to where Helen was playing tennis. “I couldn’t believe I had won, I never win anything” said Helen. “I was amazed that I had been picked, I had been checking the weekly winners in the paper just in case I won a weekly prize, I never imagined winning the grand prize!”
Helen a Kaiapoi resident since 2007 plans to stay local despite her property located in the red-zone. “Kaiapoi is my home, I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” Helen said.
The SHOP Kaiapoi Competition period ran from 7 November till 2 December bringing plenty of festive cheer to 25 lucky shoppers who walked away with $2,500 worth of prizes.
Enterprise North Canterbury and Kaiapoi Promotion Association worked together on this campaign to encourage Kaiapoi residents to SHOP locally and Canterbury residents to SHOP Kaiapoi. The campaign was paid for by the participating businesses along with a contribution from Ministry of Economic Development.
At the Kaiapoi Carnival Mayor David Ayers drew Helen’s lucky entry form from a full box of over 3,000 entries at the Kaiapoi Carnival on 3 December. The news spread quickly across town to where Helen was playing tennis. “I couldn’t believe I had won, I never win anything” said Helen. “I was amazed that I had been picked, I had been checking the weekly winners in the paper just in case I won a weekly prize, I never imagined winning the grand prize!”
Helen a Kaiapoi resident since 2007 plans to stay local despite her property located in the red-zone. “Kaiapoi is my home, I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” Helen said.
The SHOP Kaiapoi Competition period ran from 7 November till 2 December bringing plenty of festive cheer to 25 lucky shoppers who walked away with $2,500 worth of prizes.
Enterprise North Canterbury and Kaiapoi Promotion Association worked together on this campaign to encourage Kaiapoi residents to SHOP locally and Canterbury residents to SHOP Kaiapoi. The campaign was paid for by the participating businesses along with a contribution from Ministry of Economic Development.
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