£20,000 win for Halifax hero
A HALIFAX hero won £5,000 for themselves and £15,000 towards their chosen charity at the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap race in York.
Ahead of the 2021 Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, York Racecourse and Welcome to Yorkshire gave people in the region the chance to nominate their community heroes and give them a chance to win £5,000 for themselves and £15,000 towards their chosen charity.
John Hendrick from Halifax was nominated for his efforts working in a secondary school all the way through the pandemic. At the beginning, he made 2,000 face visors with a couple of colleagues which were in very short supply nationally. These were distributed to local hospitals, care homes, GP practices & the Yorkshire Ambulance service. He also helped the vulnerable by doing their shopping, which he is still doing now.
John and each of the 22 deserving community heroes were randomly drawn runner in the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap race with John drawing one of the favourites Sonnyboyliston. Sonnyboyliston went on to win the race, meaning John will take home £5,000 cash for himself and £15,000 for his chosen charity, which he is splitting between the Yorkshire Children’s Trust and the Orangutan Foundation.
John Hendrick, Ebor Community Hero, said: “It was an honour just to be nominated and another lovely surprise to be selected, but for Sonnyboyliston to win the race has left me speechless. Last but certainly not least, I feel very privileged to be able to help out two charities, Yorkshire Children’s Trust in Halifax and the Orangutan Foundation, and hope the donations help a little.”
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