Jane Lewis of Butler places a ticket in a raffle item box for the Caring Angel Program Basket Auction at Butler Memorial Hospital.

The 2020 Caring Angel Basket Raffle and its accompanying 50/50 raffle raised more than $80,000 for the Butler Health System Foundation program.

The benefits from the annual fundraiser will be divided between family services at BHS and a charitable fund drawn upon for emergency room visits by children ages 17 and younger who don't have the insurance or resources to pay for the visit.

The raffling off of the 50 baskets, which had a combined value of $20,000, raised about $50,000 in ticket sales. The 50/50 raffle sold another $30,000 worth of tickets.

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