New local charity hosts first fundraiser

One of Sudbury's newest registered charities is holding its first fundraising effort so it can help provide grief support to families who have experienced the death of a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, or newborn death.

Butterfly Wings Perinatal Bereavement has teamed up with the Laborers' International Union of North America Local 493 to hold a draw to win one of two 2014 Arctic Cat 400 all-terrain vehicles, or a cash prize of $2,000.

Tickets for the draw are $20, and the organization says only 1,500 tickets will be sold.

According to Butterfly Wings Perinatal Bereavement, one in four families in Sudbury will experience a pre- or post-natal death.

Tickets for the draw can be purchased at the office of Total Nursing Care, at 1375 Regent St., at LiUNA Local 493, located at 584 Clinton Ave., and Advantage Physiotherapy, at 428 Westmount Ave. It is also possible to purchase tickets by calling 705-562-4955. The draw will be held March 2 at 10 a.m. at 584 Clinton Ave.