UPDATE: (5:24 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10): A man from Spencer has become the grand prize winner of the “Do it for Babydog: Save a life, Change your life” Vaccination Sweepstakes.
Gov. Jim Justice and Babydog presented the golden $1.588 million check to Wally Board.
Board was at his family business, Board-Depue Realty in Roane County when the check was awarded to him. The prize amount of $1,588,000 was inspired by Gov. Justice’s “Beat 588…Bad” initiative; a push to vaccinate more West Virginians.
The grand prize was just one of more than 50 “Do it for Babydog” sweepstakes prizes announced by Gov. Justice today.
UPDATE (3:19 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10): The latest custom-truck winner of the “Do it for Babydog: Save a life, Change your life” Vaccination Sweepstakes is a woman from Vienna.
Gov. Jim Justice and Babydog gave Megan Landsberg the keys to the truck. Landsberg works as an adjunct professor of music at Marietta College in Ohio, but lives across the border in Vienna, West Virginia.
The $1.588 million winner will be announced later in the day.
UPDATE (1:36 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10): A West Virginia pharmacy worker is the winner of the $588,000 as part of the “Do it for Babydog: Save a life, Change your life” Vaccination Sweepstakes.
Kara Waldeck, of Charles Town in Jefferson County, was visiting Southridge Golf Range and Larobi’s Pizza in Charleston for her grandfather’s birthday. It was at the golf course where Gov. Jim Justice and Babydog surprised her with the check.
Waldeck works at Walgreens Pharmacy in Shepherdstown. Among her job duties over the past several months, she has worked administering doses of COVID-19 vaccines to West Virginians.
The prize amount of $588,000 was inspired by Gov. Justice’s “Beat 588…Bad” initiative; a push to vaccinate more West Virginians.
More winners will be announced later in the day.
UPDATE (11:31 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10): A healthcare worker from Beckley is the latest winner of a custom-outfitted truck as part of the “Do it for Babydog: Save a life, Change your life” Vaccination Sweepstakes.
Gov. Jim Justice awarded Paul Swartz of Beckley one of two trucks in the last drawing. Swartz works as a dietitian at Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley.
More winners will be announced later in the day
UPDATE (9:13 a.m. on Tuesday, August 10): Below is a preliminary list of winners from the final “Do it for Babydog” vaccine lottery drawing:
| “DO IT FOR BABYDOG” PRIZE WINNERS – AUG. 10, 2021 $1.588 million Lottery Winner Wally Board, Spencer $588,000 Lottery Winner Kara Waldeck, Charles Town Custom-Oufitted Truck Winners Paul Swartz, Beckley Megan Landsberg, Vienna College Scholarship Winners Cheylan Cummings, Gary Ashley Goots, Bridgeport Lifetime Hunting License Winners Joan Blankenship, Lerona Jessica Farley, Reedsville Travis Moreland, Bunker Hill Sharon Pinardo, Shady Spring Steven Zubrzycki, St. Albans Lifetime Fishing License Winners Donald Bryant, Davin Karen Richards, Hedgesville Ronald Richards, Minden Kimbra Stamper, Millwood Dallas Williams, Elkview Custom Hunting Rifle Winners Vesta Linda Burgin, Beckley Dale Heinritz, Harrisville Patricia McCoy, Oceana Dreama Messinger, Ranger Christopher Rozycki, Morgantown Custom Hunting Shotgun Winners Linda Ashworth, Ashton Edith Browning, Weston Michael Durgan, Charleston Richard Timko, Moundsville Joyce Underwood, Grantsville State Park Weekend Getaway Winners Martha Bryant, Point Pleasant Phil Burleyson, Tunnelton Linda K. Cipoletti, Cross Lanes Alexander Coburn, Sinks Grove David Dulaney, Colliers Jo Flynn, Craigsville James Howard, New Haven Torie Jackson, Pennsboro Ernest Johnson, Edmond Edna LeMasters, Huttonsville Alexandra Lengyel, Weirton Angela Lovejoy, Powellton Jeffrey Lowe, Wallace Larry Ludwick, Salem Rory Marant, St. Marys Raegan Marshall, Weirton Sarah Meeks, Sistersville Elizabeth Mitchell, Franklin Jason Moore, Philippi Martin Poole, Vienna Charles Rosser, Bridgeport Jerry Rush, Moorefield Bulah Sharrock, Bluefield Linda Tracy, Slaty Fork Jacqueline Wilson, Clarksburg |
UPDATE (12:31 p.m. on Tuesday, August 3): Gov. Jim Justice has extended the registration deadline for the final “Do it for Babydog” vaccine lottery until midnight on Sunday, August 8.
UPDATE (11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 2): Governor Jim Justice announced an extension of the final “Do it for Babydog” registration deadline. Those who still wish to register for the final drawing have until midnight on Monday, August 2 to do so.
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice will announce winners of the state’s final round of the “Do it for Babydog” vaccine lottery Thursday, August 5.
The winners for this round of the lottery will be drawn on Tuesday, August 3. According to the lottery website, officials with the State of West Virginia will contact those who win. Additional requests for information may be necessary to claim a prize, and that information will need to be verified before the winner can receive their prize.
For the sixth drawing, Justice announced several of the winners early in the morning and then traveled around the state with Babydog to Greenbrier County, Kanahwa County, and Webster County to surprise the $1,000,000 and custom truck winners.
Prizes for this week’s drawings include a $1,000,000 cash prize, two custom outfitted trucks, two full four-year scholarships to any public institution in the state, 25 weekend getaways to West Virginia State Parks, five lifetime hunting licenses, five lifetime fishing licenses, five custom hunting rifles and five custom hunting shotguns.
The deadline to sign up for this final drawing is midnight on Monday, August 2.
