St. Francis Foundation’s Ticket to Win Kicking-Off Ninth Year

(left to right): Melissa Griffith, CHI Health St. Francis Foundation Director, Nick Faller, Gil Kuntz, Mary Kuntz and Morgan Rader, Foundation Coordinator at last year’s Ticket to Win fundraiser. Nick Faller of Hampton, NE was the big winner of CHI Health St. Francis Foundation’s annual Ticket to Win raffle drawing on June 5, 2025. Faller’s ticket was drawn for the $10,000 grand prize during the annual free social event held at the hospital. The hospital’s premiere fundraiser also awarded a $5,000 prize to Gil and Mary Kuntz from Grand Island.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — CHI Health St. Francis Foundation Ticket to Win is returning for its ninth year. Ticket sales, for the Foundation’s premiere fundraising raffle, kick-off at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15 in Conference Room 2/3 at the hospital. Raffle tickets, priced at $100 each, will be available at the kick-off event.

The Ticket to Win raffle drawing offers a grand prize of $10,000, a first prize of $5,000, and ten additional $500 cash card prizes. The winning tickets will be announced at the annual Ticket to Win social, a free event open to the community, held at the hospital on Thursday, June 4, starting at 4:30 p.m.

Half of all proceeds from Ticket to Win each year provides life-saving equipment and training to emergency first responders for unbudgeted items in Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick and Greeley counties–over $614,907 has been distributed since its start. 

The remaining half of this year’s proceeds will go toward creating a Baby Bereavement Suite at the hospital. This private suite will allow parents the time and space to grieve following the unimaginable loss of a newborn.

A vision of the Baby Bereavement suite will be shown during the kick-off event.

After the kick-off event, raffle tickets can be purchased in the hospital’s gift shop and Foundation office; or from any board member or trustee. Tickets can also be purchased online at: www.give.commonspirit.org/TicketToWin.

In addition to prize drawings, the annual Ticket to Win social event will feature gourmet appetizers, a silent and live auction and drawings for several must-be-present-to-win door prizes including cash cards for general attendees and gift cards for emergency first responders who are in attendance. 

For more information about Ticket to Win, contact St. Francis Foundation at 308-398-5400 or www.give.commonspirit.org/TicketToWin.