Philanthropic Jackpot Winners
Winning the jackpot is the dream of most of the lottery players. Some of the lucky players get to fulfill this dream and eventually become multi millionaire courtesy of the lottery games. After winning millions in the lottery most of the jackpot winners immediately turn a leaf on their life and embrace a lavish lifestyle involving extravagant spending.
Most will purchase an expensive sports car or buy a mansion in a leafy suburb. However, not all jackpot winners embrace this lifestyle. Some choose to use the money for social goodwill. This is a list of some of them.
Allen and Violet Large
The two are a couple from Canada who won $11.2 million in the lottery. The 70-year-old couple gave away all the cash in various hospitals and charities in the country. Other than the hospitals, the other recipients of the lottery jackpot included their local fire department, churches and cemeteries. When asked why they chosen that path, Violet replied ‘You will never miss what you never had’.
Ray and Barbara Wragg
The couple from Sheffield, England won over 15 Million dollars from the lottery. They have given away almost all that amount to the Weston Park Hospital and Sheffield Children’s hospital. In addition to that, they sponsored a veteran trip to Italy.
Sheelah Ryan
Shelleah Ryan is a famous philanthropist who won $55.2 million in Florida lotto. She spent the cash, mostly on her foundation that supported efforts to build low cost housing for the homeless. Tragically, she succumbed to cancer just six years after winning the lottery.
True North Community Church Anonymous Donor
In what was a show of religion and gambling pairing up for the social good, an anonymous jackpot winner donated $1 Million dollar to the True North Community Church. The donation was in the form of a Bada-Bling scratch-off ticket that the church later cashed in.
The church used the cash in the completion of the church building project and it funded the church anti-human trafficking campaign in South East Asia among other initiatives.
Money is important for a comfortable lifestyle. The above lottery jackpot have demonstrated that money is something, but not everything. A philanthropic heart may be the thing required for you to be a millionaire while playing lottery online.
