The Union County Lions Club Annual Reverse Raffle fundraiser time is here again. The 2024-25 year has been a busy one for your Lions Club. They presented the Poet Voices Concert, their annual low-cost Fresh pecan sale, the free spaghetti dinner, the Mark Martin and Ralph Shick UCHS Scholarships and the free Vision Clinic held at the high school on May 10.

But they need your help. Purchase a raffle ticket for $10 from any Lions Club member (or from Debbie Sylvia-Gardner at the weekly Union County Farmers Market) and you will be donating to help your Lions Club give back to our community. The monies you donate help fund the free eye exams, glasses and hearing aids for Union County residents.

In a reverse raffle, all the tickets are pulled out one by one until there are only three tickets left. The third-to-last ticket wins $500. The second-to-last ticket will win $1,000. And the last remaining ticket is the grand prize winner of $2,000.

A maximum of 3,000 tickets will be sold, and the drawing is on Saturday, June 28. You need not be present to win. Tickets can be purchased from any Union County Lions member, including Pastor Kathy Chesney (865) 566-3289, Ronnie Mincey (865) 278-6430, Debbie Sylvia-Gardner (865) 603-5081, or Shirlee Grabko (865) 310-6874.