Mint Hill man wins $250,000 buying Christmas groceries, plans to start nonprofit
A Mecklenburg County man won $250,000 while buying groceries for Christmas, and he wants to use his winnings to help others.
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Michael Rosenbrock works in international shipping. He said he stopped at the Food Lion on Blair Road to get groceries and buy a 20X The Cash scratch-off ticket.
“I’m hosting the family this year,” Rosenbrock said. “I wanted to make sure I picked everything up early. I’m making ham, meatballs, stuffing, the whole shebang.”
He didn't scratch the ticket until he got home.
I didn’t think I won anything at first,” said Rosenbrock. “It’s a good thing I always enter my tickets into the second-chance drawings or I would have thrown it away. I couldn’t believe it when I realized I won $250,000.”
Rosenbrock claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $176,876.
He plans to use the money to start a nonprofit, which he said is a dream of his.
“There are so many things that we take for granted,” Rosenbrock said. “Clean water, food to eat, a roof over our head. Doing nonprofit work is something I’ve always wanted to do.”
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