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JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS Marie and Kirby Fontaine kiss at a news conference where they picked up a $50-million cheque for picking the winning numbers in a 2009 Lotto Max draw in Winnipeg.

Lottery winners from Sagkeeng First Nation went back to their old stomping grounds in Winnipeg to share their wealth this afternoon.

Marie and Kirby Fontaine showed up at Rossbrook House with a cheque for $100,000 for the drop-in centre for kids and youth in the inner city that they visited as kids.

"We’ve got staff still from that time when Kirby and Marie would’ve been associated" in the late 1970s and early 1980s, said Phil Chiappetta, co-executive director of Rossbrook House.

Marie reminisced about playing baseball and the girls who were involved with the team. She said she notices changes to the centre.

"They’re just very down to earth and were asking about the kids and what we’re doing lately," said Chiappetta, who noted that the Fontaines left a Christmas party at Rossbrook House Monday afternoon as soon as media showed up.

This is the third year they’ve made a major donation to Rossbrook House and other Winnipeg charities, he said.

The couple, who won a $50-million Lotto MAX jackpot in 2009, reportedly dropped off cheques at other charities Monday including the Christmas Cheer Board and Siloam Mission. The Fontaines’ surprise visits to charities with generous donation cheques have become their Christmas tradition.