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History-Mystery Rallye Wraps Up 2022 Charity Drive

“Your participation in our History-Mystery Rallye made the weekend and our charity raffle campaign a huge success again this year!”  Those were the words raffle co-chairman Tom Anguish expressed to the people gathered together after St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Council hosted a fun-filled road rallye which ran throughout Holliston on a beautiful Sunday, October 9th afternoon. 
The council’s Paul Saulnier put together a road rallye which pitted teams of drivers and navigators following one of five different sets of instructions on a hunt throughout the town finding historical signs and other interesting markers.  This was not a speed event, but rather one which required strictly following the directions on their maps.  Everyone had a lot of fun, which was evidenced by the fact that almost all of the prize money won by the five top teams was returned to the council to be added to their charitable donations.  Now that’s a tribute to what the council’s efforts are trying to achieve!
While the rallye winners were being determined, Grand Knight Al Scaramella coordinated the drawing for the council’s 14th Annual Charity Raffle.  This year’s campaign raised $20,000 which, along with their very successful Golf Tournament held in June, combined for a total of $29,000 for charity in 2022.  This year’s campaigns will benefit pantry shelves, Homes for Our Troops, Tunnels To Towers, the Holliston Senior Center, the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, the Holliston Historical Society, and other smaller charitable donations.  The raffle winners were Stan Smith, Sherri Wales, Jamie Feeney, St. Anthony’s Franciscan Monastery (someone purchased tickets for them), and Tunnels To Towers (someone purchased tickets for the charitable organization).
This year’s fundraising will bring the council’s 14 years of charitable donations to about $285,000.  Tom Anguish thanked everyone who contributed to the great success again this year.  That extends to the knights who put in countless hours selling the tickets and especially to all those who supported the campaign by purchasing tickets.  Al Scaramella simply said that “The end is not in sight.  We’ll keep going until the charities don’t need help any longer.”