SEVERAL lucky patrons of Toolsie Persaud Limited were on Friday awarded their prizes from the company’s Grand Mashramani Promotion, which ran from February 1 – 22.Customers Leroy Lewis, Sean Clarke and Hubert Urlin won the top three prizes in the promotion, while 10 other customers also benefitted from consolation prizes of two movie tickets each to Caribbean Cinemas, to see any movie of their choice.

The prizes were handed over yesterday at a brief presentation ceremony at the company’s hardware store on Lombard Street, Georgetown.

Leroy Lewis will be taking his lovely wife on a trip to the beautiful Arawai Resort for winning the all-expenses paid trip, plus spending money.

The win came as a surprise to Lewis, who had filled out his coupon just a few days prior, barely shopping in time to make the deadline. He was especially honoured since this is the first time he has ever won anything in a promotion.

The promotion saw customers being issued coupons for every $50,000 that they spent in the store.

The second place prize was a 32” HDTV Samsung Television, while third place was a microwave oven.

An elated Clarke, smilingly clutched his flat screen TV, as he spoke of his plans to make use of it at his business in the interior.

“It come in useful for my camp in the interior. I does come here suh and buy thing to go in the interior, I gah dredge in the bush. I was surprised because I never win nothing nowhere so when I hear they call me, I was so surprised,” Clarke beamed.

Urlin’s microwave was so big he could hardly cart it around. The prizes were handed over by representatives from the company, who said that the company really wanted to give back something to their customers.

“Mashramani was the motive for TPL to reward some of its customers. Management hopes that the Guyanese would be proud of their rich cultural heritage and will work together to truly accomplish our motto of ‘One People, One Nation, One Destiny’,” the representative said.

TPL has been serving the Guyanese public for over 65 years.