When
Doris Mock of Jacksonville got a phone call telling her she'd won the $25,000 grand prize in Gannett's Wish and Win Holiday Sweepstakes contest, she was a little wary.
"My first instinct was that this was a scam," she said. "I said, 'Yeah' … but I was suspicious."
So Mock, who works part-time as a greeter at the Marshalls department store on Normandy Boulevard, did her research — on the Gannett marketing manager who contacted her, and the paperwork sent to her to sign. She began to feel better about the call.
But the thrill didn't really start to hit her, Mock said, until the Jan. 22 presentation celebrating her win at Carpet One Floor & Home, the contest's local sponsor. The oversized check, flowers and balloons all helped. Then, several days later, the actual check arrived at her house.