RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will announce the second two winners of the Summer Cash Drawing and Summer Cash 4 College Drawing on Thursday, July 15 at 3 p.m.

The drawings are part of the state’s Bringing Summer Back campaign to encourage North Carolinians to get a COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible to prevent the spread of the virus.

What:

Summer Cash Drawing and Cash 4 College Drawing Winners Announcement

Who:

NCDHHS Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D.

When:

Thursday, July 15, 2021
3 p.m.

Where:

Emergency Operations Center
Joint Force Headquarters
1636 Gold Star Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607

Media:

Open to credentialed press in-person and virtually. Instructions to dial in are below. A live stream will also be available online at www.ncdps.gov/news-conference. Web stream in English and Spanish.

Reporters can register to dial in here: https://myaccount.maestroconference.com/
conference/register/40S6TGK989PLW7UY

• Enter your name and news organization

• The line will open at 2:45 p.m.

• After remarks conclude, the Q&A will begin

• Press 1 to be put in the queue to ask a question

• If you are called on to ask a question and have a follow up, please press 5 during or immediately following the answer

Winners for the $4 Million Summer Cash and Summer Cash 4 College Drawings will be drawn every other Wednesday through Aug. 4. The first drawing took place June 23, 2021. The third drawing will occur on July 21 and the winner will be announced the following week. All winners will be announced once they are verified.

North Carolinians 18 and older who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine will be automatically entered into drawings for a $1 million cash prize. Youth between ages 12 and 17 who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be automatically entered to win $125,000 towards post-secondary education.

Executive Order 219, which has concurrence from the North Carolina Council of State, authorizes the drawings.