Lorna Hewitt of Sisters didn’t expect a few hours in front of a sewing machine would produce nearly $127,000 in addition to the face masks she was making.
After being laid off from her job at a restaurant, Hewitt found part time work at a local grocery store. It was there she got the idea to make facemasks for her co-workers.
“They liked them so much, they started giving me some money for them,” Hewitt said. “So, I started selling them, because my boss couldn’t order any more, there was a shortage.”
Hewitt said using money from making facemasks, she bought a Keno 8-spot ticket from the Sister’s Main Line.
“I don’t play a lot, but thought I was doing something to help, maybe I would win,” she said.
When she found out she won $126,789 on a Keno 8-spot ticket, she said she felt guilty.
“I was making the masks with fabric I already had, and I just happen to get in at a good time,” she said.
Her first stop after claiming her prize at the Oregon Lottery headquarters was Joann Fabrics in Salem for more mask-making supplies.
“My masks are popular, and I want to keep making them – and maybe some other things,” she said.
Hewitt claimed her prize after making an appointment with the Oregon Lottery. The Oregon Lottery offices are still closed pending guidance from Gov. Kate Brown.
Source: Oregon Lottery