Mingaletta raffle for heart surgery
The Mingaletta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation in Umina is organising a raffle to raise money for a member in need.
Local resident Ms Linda Lorimar has been a foster mother for the Department of Community Services for many years as well as a member of Darkinjung, Eleanor Duncan and Mingaletta.
She has a daughter named Kylie Leslie who has a five-month old son Riley.
Riley will undergo surgery at Westmead Children's Hospital on July 29 to treat two holes in his heart.
All money from the raffle and donations will go towards assisting the family financially for the operation.
Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 per ticket or three for $2 from the Mingalette office.
A basket of kitchen goods will be raffled off as the main prize and will be drawn after NAIDOC week.
The Mingaletta office is located at 277 West St, Umina, behind the library.
Email, 22 Jun 2009
Kerry Eason, Mingaletta ATSIC