Lethbridge dream home shown off at STARS Lottery launch

LETHBRIDGE – Alexandra Powell says it signifies the new and better life she now lives.

The Calgary woman writes down all the year’s accomplishments and buries the note at the site near Priddis where she nearly lost her life as a 16-year-old in 2008. She was thrown from a vehicle in a rollover, and was unconscious, lying in a snowbank when rescuers found her.

“When STARS had found me, they had gotten me to the hospital in such an amazing fashion, and for me to be standing here today,” Powell said at the Lethbridge launch of the 2017 edition of the STARS lottey. Powell now has two diplomas and is the proud mother of a seven-year-old boy. She’s also worked to raise awareness about impaired driving through MADD and the P.A.R.T.Y. program.

Powell explained without STARS, a lot of accident survivors wouldn’t be here today, which is why she was on hand for the annual launch of a lottery that nets STARS Air Ambulance $11 million each year. That’s enough to cover the cost of operating one base, according to STARS Chief Financial Officer Jeff Quick.