Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer
GOLDEN SPRING, St Andrew:"I FEEL good! I am happy because I just finished my house and I really needed a stove," Angella Allen told The Gleaner, having taken the top prize in the Nestl? Community Fest raffle held at the Golden Spring Community Centre, St Andrew, last Saturday.
Even though she had arrived home quite some time before, with no intention of heading back out, upon getting the phone call, Allen gladly left her mother in charge of the small shop she operates in New Garden, a community near to Golden Spring, and chartered a taxi to take her back to the venue she had left hours before.
The caller wanted to know if she could get back to the community centre before 8 o'clock, intimating that her small gamble in the day might have paid off in a big way.
As the vehicle zipped along the road, she recalled how the emcee had kept stressing that by purchasing at least $500 worth of Nestl? products, one would get a chance to enter the Nestl? Community Fest raffle. The prizes were a pressure cooker, a microwave oven, and the really big one, a four-burner gas stove, but Allen knew she had no chance of winning anything. So with nothing to lose, she bought six cans of Suppligen for the shop, hung around and chatted with friends for a while before heading back to relieve her mother.
Back at the venue, Allen quickly identified herself, and upon being called on stage, just couldn't believe when DJ Sparks advised her that she had, in fact, won a four-burner gas stove. Not until it was in her house and she was checking out the stove with her mother and son did it really sink in.
Pointing to the timing of the win, just after the completion of her house and now looking to furnish it, the shopkeeper related that having heard about the community fest well in advance, she had planned to visit but could not stay long to really enjoy the event because Saturday was usually one of the more brisk business days.
The short visit paid off, however, and she is looking forward to the next Nestl? promotion and will most definitely be there.
knowledge of cooking
Allen was just one of many winners on a day when residents of New Garden, Golden Spring, Boon Hall, Stony Hill, Lawrence Tavern, Temple Hall, Glengoffe, Unity, Border, and Mount James turned out for the culmination of Nestl?'s Knock at Your Gate competition.
Residents competed in netball, football, basketball, sprint races, dominoes, and arm wrestling, among other events. The MAGGI Mobile proved a big hit with householders who were impressive with their knowledge of cooking and nutrition, for which they won Nestl? products.
Stephen Summers, sales manager at Nestl? Jamaica, attributed the mobile's growing popularity to the fact that many times, participants surprised themselves upon recognising how much they actually knew about the different food groups and other aspects of proper meal preparation.
The knowledge exchange, he explained, was in keeping with the company's islandwide promotion aimed at creating shared values by educating customers about proper nutrition, health, and wellness. He said it was important that Jamaicans be able to make informed decisions in respect of how their hard-earned cash was spent in order to ensure they got maximum value.
Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130713/news/news4.html
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