Tickets for the Annual Christmas Giveaway in Inkster are now on sale.
Every year, the giveaway provides groceries, clothes, food and toys to 100 Inkster families in need for the holiday as the group has been doing for decades.
This year the event, organized by the Inkster Legends of Basketball, will offer three grand prizes, including a family package to see the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters along with a $50 dinner card; a family package for two nights at the luxurious Mackinac Island Bayshore Resort along with a $50 gas card and four tickets to see the Detroit Pistons play the Milwaukee bucks Feb. 20, 2020, which also include a $50 dinner card.
All proceeds go to the Inkster Christmas Giveaway which provides groceries and gifts for at least 100 needy families in the city.
Tickets are priced at $10 and this year there are more than 25 prizes to be awarded including tickets to the Detroit Music Hall; a night on the Princess Cruise Ship; a birthday party blast for 15 at the Romulus Athletic Center; tickets to the Henry Ford Museum; a case of steaks, multiple gift cards for meals at some of the best-known restaurants in the area; a one-night hotel stay; three haircuts and event a $150 professional teeth whitening at a local dental center.
The drawing for all the prizes will take place during an event set for 5 until 8 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Booker Dozier Inkster Recreation Complex, 2025 Middlebelt Road in Inkster.
Tickets and more information are available from Director Fred Smiley, (734) 890-2478; Larry Spencer, (313) 520-8144 and Daniel Orr, (313) 715-6700.
Details about the prizes are available at www.inksterlegends.com.
