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Play Catch the Ace KW and You Could Win over $12,000

Kitchener Ontario – May 31, 2022 – Catch the Ace – Rotary of KW* – Progressive Jackpot over $12,000 and growing.

Get your tickets before 11:59 p.m. Wednesday June 1 for a chance in the weekly draw. You must have a ticket for the current draw to be eligible to win the growing Progressive Jackpot of over $12,000 plus the weekly draw prize.

Tickets are 3 for $5, 10 for $10 or the best value 60 tickets for $20 and are only available online.

The lottery is supported by the work of five Rotary clubs in Kitchener and Waterloo, proudly serving the community for nearly 100 years. The net proceeds of the lottery go to support the KidsAbility Centre for Child Development. Every ticket you purchase makes it possible for KidsAbility to provide life-changing therapy, programs, and technology for thousands of children and youth to reach their communication, physical, social and behavioural goals in Waterloo Region and Guelph-Wellington.

It’s because of supporters like YOU that a child receives the help they need to take the first step, hold a pencil, or find their voice to participate fully in the community.

How do you play?
It’s easy!

Visit Catch the Ace KW, select a card and purchase your tickets.

There’s only one day left to get your tickets for this week’s draw and a chance to win over $12,000!

Catch the Ace – Rotary of KW is a joint project of the 5 Rotary Clubs in Kitchener and Waterloo. The lottery license #1225210 is held by the Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund.

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $895,000?

Ontario, May 31, 2022 — You Could Win BIG for as Little as $10.

It’s shaping up to be an exciting week for Catch the Ace in Ontario! The Progressive Jackpot in SickKids Catch the Ace is now over $890,000 and will continue to grow until Thursday 6:00 p.m. There’s no limit to how big it can get, so get your tickets today – this could be your lucky week.

For as little as $10, if you have the winning ticket and your envelope has the Ace of Spades, you will win over $895,000. Last week’s winner didn’t find the Ace and still won more than $34,000! There are only 22 envelopes left and you never know when the Ace will be found – so don’t miss your chance to win this huge jackpot.

Visit sickkidsace.ca to get your tickets by 6:00 p.m. on Thursday and start dreaming of what you’ll do if they call you this week.  

More than $5.9 Million has been won by Ontarians playing SickKids Catch the Ace. There is much more to come  – play today and you could be the next big winner!

Play SickKids Catch the Ace online. It’s a simple and great way to support SickKids.

☑ Visit SickKids Ace – buy your tickets and select your lucky envelope
☑ Follow the prize growth until the draw deadline of 6:00 p.m. Thursday night
☑ If Your ticket is drawn – you WIN 20% of Weekly Sales
☑ If Your lucky envelope contains the Ace of Spades – you also WIN 30% of all campaign sales
☑ Feel good knowing that 50% of all ticket sales go to help build a new SickKids

This week’s deadline is 6 p.m. THURSDAY! Don’t miss out. Order today!

For more information visit SickKids Ace

PRIVACY POLICY | SICKKIDS CATCH THE ACE

SickKids LL#RAF1225735. Charitable Registration #10808 4419 RR0001. Please play responsibly. Ontario Problem Gambling Hotline 1-866-531-2600 or visit ConnexOntario.

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With Your Help Dreams Can Come True

 

VICTORIA, BC, May 30, 2022 – Over the past two decades Help Fill A Dream and Golf For Kids have built an incredible partnership recognizing that every day kids have the opportunity to Dream, but it’s not every day that those Dreams are fulfilled. Your support will ensure that all of their Dreams come true!

ONE WINNER will take home THOUSANDS on June 21, 2022.Tickets are on sale now!

Funds raised from our 50/50 For the Kids will go to support children like Amy, allowing them to experience the magic of having their greatest Dream come true. From vital pieces of equipment, to foreign trips, to meeting a celebrity: Dreams are as unique as the individual child. Golf for Kids has been supporting Help Fill A Dream for over 20 years.

Help Fill A Dream

Since 1986, Help Fill A Dream has been supporting families from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands whose lives have suddenly changed due to their child’s diagnosis with a life-threatening or critical condition. To date, they have supported over 3,500 Island children in 87 communities. While filling Dreams can be life changing, day-to-day support provided through the Family Assistance Program offers families a lifeline. Picking up the practical and financial worries allows parents to focus on the most important thing: the health of their child. Thanks to community generosity, Help Fill A Dream has never had to say no to a request from a child who qualifies for its support. It is critical that this continues.

Get your tickets in the 50/50 For The Kids.

Golf For Kids

More than a charity golf tournament, Golf for Kids brings together sponsors, donors, golfers, volunteers, community partners, and community advocates in support of BC kids and their families. Golf for Kids is here to help fund great organizations that do excellent work in support of kids in our communities. Golf For Kids is thrilled to be back with a “live” event on September 10, 2022 at Bear Mountain.

Golf For Kids continues to maximize our community’s generosity into meaningful impact. Golf for Kids works because of the commitment and passion of everyone involved. And it’s more important moving forward this year than ever before.

 

50/50 Sales Deadline: Monday, June 20, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.
50/50 Draw: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 10 a.m.

BC Gaming Event Licence #133212
Play Responsibly. BC Responsible Gambling. 19+ to play

Tickets may be sold and purchased in British Columbia only. Orders will not be accepted via the Internet from anyone outside the Province of British Columbia or any non-residents of British Columbia. Maximum of 147,997 tickets will be sold. The odds of winning are based on the total number of tickets issued by the time of the draw.

QUESTIONS?

Contact: [email protected]

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Hospice Niagara’s 5 Car Draw is Back

St. Catharines, ON, May 30, 2022 — Back for its 14th year, Hospice Niagara’s 5 Car Draw offers more than $225,000 in prizes, including:

  • $10,000 Early Bird Prize (draw date June 20, 2022)
  • Two $7,500 Bonus Draws (draw date July 11, 2022)
  • Grand Prize Draw (draw date August 1, 2022)
    • Toyota Corolla Hatchback or $20,000
    • Honda Civic LX or $22,000
    • Mazda CX-5 Kuro or $35,000
    • Chevrolet Camaro Convertible or $38,000
    • Ford F-150 XLT or $40,000

 Buy Early and Win Even More!

There are 10,000 reasons to buy your tickets early. The Early Bird Prize of $10,000 is not to be missed. Buy early to be eligible for all of the draws.

Tickets are only $25 each and all proceeds stay in Niagara. For an even better deal, bundles of 5 tickets are $100, or get 10 for only $175.

Get your tickets at 5CarDraw.ca 

About Hospice Niagara

Hospice Niagara helps people live well from the time of diagnosis with a terminal illness, at end of life and while grieving a death. This specialized care is provided with compassion and dignity by a team of professionals in homes and the hospice residence, free of cost. The 5 Car Draw lottery is their biggest fundraising event each year.

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Last Weekend Before Summer Dream Bonus Deadline

WINNIPEG, MB, Friday, May 27, 2022 — This Bonus really could be your Summer Dreams come true!

Order your Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery tickets today and get in to win a $76,000 prize draw – just for buying early. Win the Summer Dream Bonus draw and choose one of three prize options:

  • A 2022 Tesla Model 3
  • A 2022 Ford F-150 Electric
  • Or $67,000 CASH

Of course, when you buy early, your tickets will also be automatically entered in the Early Bird draws – for the chance to win a 2022 Jeep Wagoneer, Jayco Jay Flight Trailer, and $25,000 cash, or a 2022 Leisure Travel Vans Wonder and $25,000 cash, or two Mercedes-Benz and $15,000 cash, or $210,000 cash. You’ll also be entered to win the Grand Prize draw – and choose a ‘Dream Home’ package worth over $1.5 million, or $1.25 million cash.

It’s the biggest cash Grand Prize in Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery history!

This is Manitoba’s biggest hospital home lottery of the summer, and it’s your best chance to become our newest millionaire.

UPDATE: The 2022 Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery is approaching 70% sold. Hurry! Last year’s lottery sold out early and this year, tickets are selling fast once again.


UPDATE: The 50/50 PLUS jackpot is almost $1,000,000! Get your tickets and get in to win half this summer’s biggest jackpot. (Max jackpot: $2.5 million.)

Get your tickets for the Extra Cash PLUS as well, with $148,000 in cash prizes and 120 winners – including 116 winners of $1,000 cash each and four winners of $8,000 cash each.


Together, we can all win

Your ticket purchase changes lives. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Manitobans – including children – depend on our hospitals to be there in times of greatest need. St. Boniface Hospital, Health Sciences Centre, and HSC Children’s Hospital serve a combined one million patients annually – and help deliver close to 11,000 babies each year. And all funds raised by the Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery stay right here in Manitoba.

From labour and delivery to palliative care… we are here for you, for life.

Funds raised from this year’s lottery will go directly toward improving patient care, funding research, and purchasing specialized equipment and technology, which will benefit all the patients that visit our hospitals annually – and all our doctors, nurses, staff, and health care heroes who work so hard for our province and all Manitobans.


HOW TO ORDER

Order online at Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery

Order Now

By Phone: 204-254-9131
Toll-Free: 1-844-654-4677

Tickets can be purchased in-person at London Drugs at St. Vital Centre, Red River Co-op Food Stores, and Main Street Pharmacy, as well as select Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Winnipeg, Selkirk, and Portage la Prairie. 

Tickets cost 1 for $100 / 2 for $175 / 4 for $300 / 8 for $500

  • 50/50 PLUS tickets are 2 for $20 / 10 for $40 / 30 for $60 / 60 for $80
  • Extra Cash PLUS tickets are 2 for $20 / 5 for $40 / 15 for $60 / 40 for $80

50/50 PLUS and Extra Cash PLUS tickets can only be ordered with your 2022 Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery main ticket(s) on the same transaction.


License Numbers: LGCA 1517-RF-36652, LGCA 1517-RF-36699, LGCA 1517-RF-36738

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Buy your Canuck Place 50/50 tickets today for your chance to win big!

Vancouver, BC, May 27, 2022 — Purchase your tickets today for the Canuck Place 50/50, presented by RE/MAX Agents of the Lower Mainland, to support Canuck Place Children’s Hospice and give yourself the chance to win big! Someone is going to take home half of the jackpot: will it be you?

Tickets are 3 for $5, 7 for $10, 50 for $20 or 150 for $50. The winner will split the anticipated $500,000 jackpot with Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Your ticket purchase will help provide exceptional care for children with life-threatening illnesses and the families who love them in BC and the Yukon. Odds are you will help families in need, buy your tickets now!

 

Your ticket purchase allows Canuck Place children to share in the beauty and joy of music.

Canuck Place is here for the journey. Music therapy at Canuck Place serves many purposes, from memory making, to expressive therapy, to creating an accessible way for children and families to have fun and connect. It is an important part of the care provided at Canuck Place, allowing both children and families to express emotions, connect with others, communicate nonverbally, and manage distressing symptoms in a safe, creative place.

Thank you to our sponsors

 

About Canuck Place Children’s Hospice

Canuck Place is British Columbia and the Yukon’s only pediatric palliative care provider for children with life-threatening illnesses and the families who love them. Our team of physicians, nurses, counsellors, therapists, staff, and volunteers provide medical respite care, pain and symptom management, a provincial 24-hour clinical care line, art, music, and recreation therapy, end-of-life care, grief, loss, and bereavement counselling in our Vancouver and Abbotsford hospices and in communities across BC and Yukon. All at no cost to the families.

We are here with love, care, and guidance when and where families need us the most. Your ticket purchase today will help make this care possible.

Ticket Sales End: Wednesday, June 8 at midnight PDT
Draw Date:  Friday, June 10 at 11:00 a.m. PDT
Tickets can be purchased by British Columbia residents over 19 years of age.

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Heroes Bonus Deadline: Midnight, Tonight

VANCOUVER, BC, Friday, May 27, 2022 — When you order early, there’s so much more you can win!

Why wait? The Heroes Bonus Deadline is Midnight, Tonight (Friday, May 27) – and every ticket ordered will be entered to win a prize draw worth over $26,000:

  • Choose a 2022 Mazda 3 Sport GX MT
  • Or a $25,000 Midland Appliance package, plus $5,000 cash
  • Or $24,000 cash

Every Hometown Heroes Lottery ticket ordered today will also be entered in the Summer Bonus draw (worth over $31,000), the Early Bird draws (51 winners; worth over $145,000) and the Grand Prize draw (with 10 options, including a $2.7 million home package – or $2.2 million cash).

UPDATE: Tickets for the 2022 Hometown Heroes Lottery are already over 80% sold, and the 50/50 PLUS jackpot is over $1.7 million.

Last year’s lottery sold out early, and this year’s lottery is on-pace to sell out early once again!


The Hometown Heroes Lottery is B.C.’s most affordable hospital home lottery. Tickets start at just 3 for $75.

Don’t forget to get your tickets for this year’s two extra games: the Daily Cash PLUS returns for 2022 with 105 days of winning and $310,000 in total cash prizes – and the 50/50 PLUS jackpot could reach $2.4 million. Winner takes half.

Last year’s 50/50 winner took home $1,103,932. This year, it could be you!


Every ticket changes a life

They’re there when you need them… now it’s your turn to be there for them.

BC’s Hometown Heroes come to the aid of people in life-threatening situations every day. From rescue to recovery, BC’s front-line workers and first responders – our fire fighters, along with the doctors, nurses, and health care teams at Vancouver General Hospital – are always on duty for critically ill and severely injured British Columbians. When you need help, these heroes respond.

Your Hometown Heroes Lottery ticket purchases support VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, raising essential funds for specialized adult health services and research at VGH and UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and Vancouver Community Health Services for all British Columbians. Ticket purchases also support programs of the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund, including burn survivor support services and resiliency programs for fire fighters.


HOW TO ORDER

Get your tickets online at Heroes Lottery 

By Phone: 604-648-4376
Toll-Free: 1-866-597-4376

Tickets are also available for purchase in-person at London Drugs stores throughout British Columbia.

Tickets cost 3 for $75 / 7 for $125 / 21 for $300 / 40 for $500

  • 50/50 PLUS tickets are 2 for $15 / 6 for $30 / 20 for $60 / 40 for $80
  • Daily Cash PLUS tickets are 2 for $25 / 6 for $50 / 12 for $75

50/50 PLUS and Daily Cash PLUS tickets can only be purchased if a 2022 Hometown Heroes Lottery main ticket has been purchased.

Where a prize winner has an option(s), they will choose one prize option; the other options will not be awarded.


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Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation's 50/50 is Back!

New Westminster, BC, May 27, 2022 — It’s back! Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 lottery has returned for it’s 5th and most exciting lottery yet. Get your tickets today and you could win big while supporting BC’s most seriously ill and injured patients

How high will Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 5050 climb?

With a guaranteed jackpot of $10,000, the sky’s the limit for how big the prize can get!

Help Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 5050 Jackpot reach record levels!  Michael W., the winner of their last jackpot took home a prize of $53,265. You could be next when they draw on June 30!

Tickets are 10 for $10, 50 for $20 and 250 for $40 (Best value)!

Deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday June 29, 2022 at 11:59:59 p.m. Enter now for a chance to win big and help Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. The lucky winner gets half the final jackpot!

Buy tickets today! Tickets must be purchased on their website.

About Royal Columbian Hospital:

From the beginning, Royal Columbian Hospital has stood at the heart of health care in British Columbia. Created by visionary pioneers to provide compassionate care to those building a new province, we have participated in the social and economic changes of British Columbia since 1862. Today, we are one of British Columbia’s busiest hospitals, serving a population of close to two million people. We are a regional referral hospital for cardiac, trauma, neurosciences, high-risk maternity and neonatal intensive care. No other hospital in the province provides all of these services, at this level of care, on one site. We provide the highest level of care to the most critically ill and injured from throughout the province.

Mental Health is more important now, than ever!

Feelings of anxiety are common with the stresses of everyday life, and the challenges of the past two years have put additional strain on many who are already feeling overwhelmed. It is no wonder that one-in-five British Columbians are affected by mental health challenges or illness in any given year. There are times when we need more support than our friends, family, and community can provide. Grateful patient Miranda Tymoschuk knows first-hand that Royal Columbian Hospital is a place for that support.

Miranda was born at Royal Columbian Hospital in 1996 and diagnosed with a rare condition in her leg which caused it to grow abnormally. The Tymoschuks were told that Miranda would have to undergo a series of surgeries to lengthen and straighten the bones in her leg. Then, at 5-years old, her dad passed away suddenly from a heart attack. With little family to rely on, Miranda’s mom was left alone to care for three young children, including Miranda with her significant health challenges.

Did you know up to 80% of ill or injured children experience traumatic stress reactions following a life-threatening illness, injury, or painful medical procedure?

Miranda went through her first surgeries when she was eight-years-old, and the second set when she was 12. After, she was eager to be a “normal” kid so she tried to ignore the abdominal pain and other symptoms that developed. As it worsened, Miranda saw many doctors and after years was finally diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, with additional complications. Just before Christmas Eve 2012 she became extremely unwell and was admitted due to a serious infection originating in the gallbladder. Sick and in unbearable pain, it was a very scary and lonely Christmas for the Tymoschuks.

What was most challenging, however, were the nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, and depression that consumed Miranda after being discharged from the hospital. There were moments where she doubted whether it was worth it to keep going. With the chronic pain entangled with emotional pain, it wasn’t long before Miranda became addicted to opiates.

“I was ashamed to be struggling and it took time to ask for help. I was finally diagnosed with PTSD, connected with a great psychiatrist, and started counselling.”

Every day, people all around us – our friends, family members, and colleagues – experience struggles we may not even realize. But you can help Royal Columbian Hospital meet the pressing needs of our communities.   

Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation is incredibly grateful for the support for Royal Columbian’s Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Centre, which opened in 2020. The centre has doubled the hospital’s capacity to care for patients in need of mental health care. Featuring increased patient privacy, access to green space, as well as room for exercise and creativity, the centre has been designed to facilitate recovery.

With the help of the Royal Columbian team, Miranda have gotten her life back. She is now in university and hopes to become a doctor; Miranda’s dream is to help others the way Royal Columbian doctors helped her. She currently works as a peer counselor for youth and fundraises for Royal Columbian and other organizations.

“I feel incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to give back, as I know how much of a difference that made to my story.” – Miranda Tymoschuk


 

Discover more about the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

*open to BC residents only, must be 19+ to play, BCLC Licence #133017. Actual odds of winning are dependent on the number of tickets sold. Know your limit, play within it.

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Time is ticking!
There’s less than 12 hours to get your Coast Mental Health Foundation 50/50 ticket!

VANCOUVER, BC, May 27, 2022 — The deadline to play the Coast Mental Health Foundation 50/50 Raffle, is TODAY at 1:00 pm. Don’t miss out on your chance to win BIG for mental health.

Tickets start from just $10 for one, $25 for 3, $50 for 10, or $100 for 25. Winner takes half the jackpot!

When you play, you help thousands of people work towards more independent and fulfilling lives within the community, off the streets and out of hospital.

For people with chronic mental illnesses, the last year has been devastating. Isolation, change in routine, less access to crucial resources like affordable food, and lack of social interaction, can lead to major set-backs – in some cases, years’ worth of work has been lost. 

You will provide critical funds for people living with mental illness AND you could take home half the jackpot!

The clock is ticking and the Jackpot is growing. Don’t wait another minute.

You will have the chance to take home a cash prize and you’ll bring help and hope to your neighbours.

Tickets start from just $10 – don’t delay, purchase now before they run out.

About Coast Mental Health

As a non-profit organization, Coast Mental Health is BC’s largest provider of community-based services for people living with mental illness. Thanks to supporters like you, we provide the critical link between hospital services and our communities. We are an established leader in our field, known for high quality, innovative programs and research.

Each year, we provide essential services to nearly 6,000 people living with mental illness so they can find their meaningful place in our communities – a place to live, a place to connect, and a place to work.

Thank you for supporting people living with mental illness!


 

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Tickets are selling FAST! Get Yours TODAY!

 

CAMPBELL RIVER, BC, May 27, 2022 — The Campbell River Hospital Foundation’s Annual Because You Care Lottery Tickets are selling fast!  Get your Tickets today to make sure you’re in to win the Grand prize of: $20,000 Cash, 2nd place, two tickets to anywhere in the world that WestJet fly’s  and $1000 Cash,  and 3rd place is 2 nights at Crystal Cove Resort in Tofino and $1,000 Cash.

Your Ticket will help loved ones stay close in times of crisis.

Imagine your loved one needing vital medical care, life-saving surgery, or cancer care.  Now imagine driving more than 200 km to access that care. 

Each day families from North Vancouver Island and the North Coast of BC Travel 4 hours of more to receive medical care at Campbell River Hospital.

During moments of crisis, this travel time combined with finding appropriate accommodation near the hospital can contribute to increased emotional stress and economic stress for both patients and their families. Often time’s people will forgo medical treatment, and when they do visit the hospital their health is at greater risk.

This 10 bedroom home will serve 32 communities and provide a safe, comfortable home away from home for patients and their loved ones seeking medical care that they cannot receive in their home communities.

For more information on how to give your support, please contact us at 250-286-7164.

Thank you to WestJet, The Travel Place/Travel Plus, The Raven 100.7, Peninsula Co-op, and Crystal Cove Resort.


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