A LUCKY grandmother will be swapping Hindley Green for the Dominican Republic after making the winning bid for the holiday of a lifetime in a charity auction.
Jean Hilton scooped the all-inclusive five-star trip when she offered £1,000 earlier this month in an auction event for Wigan and Leigh Hospice.
The 64-year-old will be taking her brother Bob Rothwell from Leigh on holiday with her.
Jean said: “I got a phone call from the hospice and I was screaming and running around the kitchen and I couldn’t talk for laughing.
“It’s somewhere we’ve never considered going because it’s so expensive – winning is like something out of a dream.”
Her bid will boost the hospice’s Counting on Care appeal, which hopes to raise £60,000 towards the cost of modernising the inpatient unit.
During their two-week trip, Jean and Bob will stay at the Luxury Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado Don Pablo in the resort of Cayo Levantado.
To find out more about the hospice’s appeal and the lottery, visit wlh.org.uk.
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