Some 75 lucky GCIU members won a total of $20,000 in cash prizes in the 2001 raffle to raise money for the Political Action Fund.

At the drawing for the raffle prizes during the February General Board meeting, GCIU Vice Pres. Lawrence Martinez thanked all the locals and members in the United States and Canada who participated in the political fund raising event.

"Every contribution that locals and members make, whether it's money or time donated for political education, canvassing, telephone banks, and register-and-vote drives, helps to take another step toward electing worker friendly candidates to federal, state, provincial and local offices," Martinez said.

The top 10 locals selling the most $5 tickets for the raffle were: Philadelphia 14M; Toronto 500M; Buffalo 261M; Seattle 767M; Chattanooga 197M; Evansville 571M; St. John's 441S; Newark 8N; Milwaukee-Madison 577M; and Denver 440M.

Prizes will be distributed to the following winning members:

$1,000

Sarah M. Vargas, 527S; Joan Bond,517M; Norm Selthun, 255C; Brian Battistus, 8N Linda Ely, 527S.

$500

Wagner Branco, 8N; Blas Zlatunich, 583M; Bob McCrea, 14M; Steve Kitzman, 619M; Tony Iannarino, 147B; Michael Barei, 4C; Eric Delworth, 8N; Debbie Martin, 500M; Keith Parsons, 441S; Scott Herzog, 14M.

$250

Paul Benn, 100M; Joe Bauer, 546M; NY Stereo Union, 1SE; Josh Bleuhs,197M; GCU 100M, 100M; Bobbie Keegan, 285M; Larry Morris, 197M; James Brush, 235M; David Gravitt, 197M; Mike Huggins, 17M; Pam Frampton, 441S; Robert Farmer, 14M; Charles Johnson, 14M; Judi Bute, 440M; GCU261, 261M; Michael Kealey, 4C; Nick Norton, 519M; Bill Charpe, 517M; Anita Turman, 197M; Melvin Kendrick, 197M.

$125

Lisa Smith, 197M; Mike Dadswell, 100M; Roland Steip, 500M; Walter Fook, 500M; Dan Mulhall, 3N; Chris Watts, 500M; Mike Sullivan, 137C; A. Townsend, 14M; Judy Craig, 137C; Kevin Hylind, 14M; Harry Buckman, 767M; Joe Kreppel, 261M; Tim Lindline, 14M; Kevin Toomey, 3N; Jerome Poisson, 517M; Jack Brown, 14M; Robert Gallagher, 493M; Del Fisher, 767M; Bruce Barth, 505M; Steve Kitzmann , 619M; Bill Shifty, 14M; Nina Kentworthy, 17M; Dorina Binda, 3N; Kevin Toomey, 3N; Paul Harding, 14M; Gary Daniels, 14M; Theodore Kittle, 137C; Frank DiLisio, 3N; Nicholas Ruggiero, 2N; Andrew Foster, 255C; Blache Abeyta, 583M; John Rector, 14M; Francis Agius, 517M; Ronald Martin, 502M; Art Dilworth, 8N; Dean McGonigal, 493M; Linda Caines, 500M; Pierre Gaulhier, 509M; Adan Nazario, 14M; William C. Winans, 546M.