You are a successful dermatologist in Orlando, founder of Associates in Dermatology, a Central Florida practice with nine locations, happily married to a beautiful woman, a father of two – what else would you actually ask more of life, right ? Dr. William Steele, was already a very happy and successful man when in 2009 he happened to pick the lucky numbers in a $189 million Powerball drawing and won him the largest single lottery jackpot in Florida history. US lottery
“We are pretty much living our dream already,” he told reporters at the time. He also promised to use his windfall to open a charitable foundation.
On Saturday October 22nd at the Famous Faces Masquerade Ball which is a benefit gala for Shepherd’s Hope charity, Steele did his magic again and won. This time, he held the winning raffle ticket for a grand prize of $10,000.
“He wasn’t in the room at the time of the drawing, but everyone at his table just laughed,” said Shari Vander Wiede, director of development for Shepherd’s Hope. “I went up to him afterward, rubbed on his arm and said, ‘I want some of that.’ ”
Who would not want a piece of that incredible luck? And if by rubbing his arm there is a way of transferring luck from one person to the other, she would not be the only one to do so, in fact he would have a queue waiting some of that luck. Of course winning the raffle is never compared to winning largest jackpot in the state, but still, what are the chances? And even more interesting, what are the chances of having lady luck knock your door more than once?
Steele, who is a regular supporter of the charity, immediately donated all of it back. Lottery results
Thanks to this $10,000 contribution, Shepherd’s Hope, a group of volunteer-powered medical clinics for the poor collected a total of $185,000 from its annual gala.
With this net donation Shepherd’s Hope will be able to attend 18,000 patient visits this year, this organization seeks to help residents that are living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty limit, uninsured and ineligible for government health-care programs.
“All I can say to Dr. Steele,” she added, “is bless his heart.”
According to records, the good doctor kept his word on starting the William A. Steele Foundation. Steele now at 58 is also reported to be retired from his former practice.