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Mendoza Ford raffle raises $120,000 for Vermilion Parish schools
MAURICE, La. (KLFY) -- Today, Mendoza Ford hosted the 6th annual car raffle to help raise funds for the Vermilion Parish School Board.
Participants of the raffle had a chance to win a 2024 Ford F-150 4x4 truck along with seven other prizes including a $500 reward, spray in bed liner, $250 reward and so much more.
The raffle had over 12,000 tickets sold which equated to over $120,000 that goes to funding for the schools of the parish.
Superintendent Thomas Byler hosted a Facebook live to announce the winners and expressed on social media how ecstatic he was for this year's turn out and is looking forward to what the schools can accomplish with this funding.
"We want to thank all of you who supported Vermilion Parish schools...So we truly appreciate all that you've done to help this event go on." Byler said with gratitude on Vermilion Parish School System's Facebook.