Sommer Maynor Of Cleveland Wins St. Jude Dream Home

Monday, June 29, 2009

Sommer Maynor of Cleveland was announced as grand prize winner of a new house built by Pratt & Associates and valued at approximately $310,000 during Chattanooga’s third annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.

The winning ticket was pulled from 6,765 tickets during a live TV special that aired on Sunday on WRCB Channel 3.

The prize house is located in the Frontgate community of Ooltewah. It was built with support from many local vendors and suppliers, including ProBuild, USA Concrete and JHP Contracting.

Local St. Jude patients drew the winners of 15 other prizes, including a $7,000 Tonga spa courtesy of Rec Warehouse, a 49cc scooter courtesy of Allstate, a $1,000 Target gift card courtesy of Jody Millard Pest Control and a $1,000 gift certificate to Lisa’s Gold & Diamonds.

“We are very proud of the continued success of the St. Jude Dream Home giveaway,” said Jill Cannon of the Chattanooga Dream Home campaign. “We depend on volunteers, local businesses and residents, WRCB Channel 3 and WUSY US-101 to make this event possible and we really appreciate their support.”

The St. Jude Dream Home giveaway raised $676,500 for research and treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis.

St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fund-raising organization. For more information, please visit www.stjude.org.

Winners of St. Jude Dream Home Prizes

Grand prize winner:

Sommer Maynor of Cleveland – St. Jude Dream Home

Other prizes:

$2,500 gift certificate to BI-LO - Alverna Lowe of Rock Springs
$5,000 gift certificate to Walker’s Oak & More Furniture, Inc – Paige Phelps of Dalton
$1,000 gift certificate to Tim Bryant Interiors – Linda Davis of Chickamauga
$1,000 gift certificate to The Blind Lady – Betty Davis of Dayton
Tools & a tool cabinet, courtesy of Allstate – Randy Fairbanks of Soddy Daisy
$1,000 in goods & services, courtesy of Chattanooga Closet Company – Dewey Odom of Birchwood
$1,000 gift certificate to Holcomb Garden Center – Terry Luster of Chattanooga
$1,000 in goods & services, courtesy of A Better You Salon & Day Spa – M. Gipson of Dunlap
Area rug, courtesy of Rug Rack – Thomas Muia of Dalton
Dell Notebook computer, courtesy of Allstate – Mary Alyce Rosenberg of Ooltewah
$1,000 gift certificate to Lisa’s Gold & Diamonds – William Story, Jr. of Chattanooga,
$1,000 Best Buy gift card – Tracy Sodergren of Chattanooga
$1,000 Lowe’s gift card – Donna Crow of Fort Ogelthorpe
$1,000 Target gift card, courtesy of Jody Millard Pest Control – James & Robin Randolf of Ringgold
49cc scooter, courtesy of Allstate – Bill Neeney of Harrison
Tonga spa, courtesy of Rec Warehouse – Robbie Haynie


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