The final draw was made this morning for Portage la Prairie's Recreation Opportunities For Kids 50-50 promotion.

The winner is Jani Witoski, who shares in the $27,925 in ticket sales.

ROK Executive Director Lynne Parker says that's up $1300 from last year, and tells us how their share will be used.

"We will spend it on registration for kids," she says, "If they need some some equipment for an activity they're in. It'll go toward our programs -- it'll be improving on what we already have for programs, and possibly some new programs we'll be able to create."

She sees the increase in money raised as an indication the community supports what they're doing.

"And they see what we're doing has value," she says, "As the kids are our future, so we need to keep these kids busy -- help them grow -- and the community is telling us they're liking what they're seeing."