Hospice Aide, Mother Of 4 Wins Mercedes Benz Raffle

A lucky — and deserving — Levittown woman is the winner of Pickering Manor's annual Mercedes Benz raffle.

Emily Citron could choose between a brand new Mercedes Benz or $25,000. She picked the cash.

The drawing was held Friday.

Citron is a mother of four who works as a hospice aide with Compassionate Care. She visits Pickering Manor residents regularly. She is also going to school to be a social worker, according to information provided from Pickering Manor.

Citron asked a resident if she should purchase a raffle ticket and he said that she should and that he would pray for her to win. She purchased the ticket the morning of the drawing.

"The Pickering Manor staff and board members could not be happier with the outcome of this raffle," officials with the nonprofit Continuing Care Resident Community said in a statement.

Mercedes Benz of Princeton and The First National Bank of Newtown sponsored the raffle. Every ticket purchased goes directly to support the residents at Pickering Manor.

Shirley Blessing, a Pickering Manor Personal Care resident drew the winning ticket.

The second place prize winner was Dan Peterson of Newtown, who gets $1,000.