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Time is running out! Get your tickets ahead of this week’s draw.

New Westminster, BC, March 28, 2022 — It’s final days for Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 lottery. You could win big while supporting BC’s most seriously ill and injured patients.

The jackpot is rapidly rising, and every ticket bought increases the pot even more!

Will you be the next winner?

Help Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 jackpot reach record levels! Their last winner took home a prize of $52,750. You could be next when they draw on March 31!

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

Deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday March 30, 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 Foundation

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, the hospital has participated in the social and economic changes of British Columbia since 1862. Today, Royal Columbian is one of British Columbia’s busiest hospitals, serving a population of close to two million people. It is 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. It provides the highest level of care to the most critically ill and injured from throughout the province.

Revolutionizing Patient Care

The ‘crown jewel’ of Royal Columbian Hospital’s $1.49 billion redevelopment – a new Acute Care Tower – is increasingly taking shape since construction started in 2021.

The vision is to create a world-class hospital: a state-of-the art facility that provides uncompromising care and remarkable patient experiences. With a larger footprint and the introduction of cutting-edge technology, Royal Columbian will continue to respond to the needs of patients in their most urgent, life-altering moments.

A transformation in critical care

Royal Columbian’s redevelopment will create a 60-bed Critical Care Unit on the fourth floor of the new Acute Care Tower to increase capacity. This unit will serve all of Fraser Health and at the moment includes 28 Intensive Care Unit beds, 17 High Acuity Unit beds, and 15 Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit beds. Additionally, the fourth floor will include a 17-bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, which will care for critically ill non-surgical cardiac patients, and seven additional medical surgical beds.

A transformation in emergency and trauma care

The new Acute Care Tower will house a larger Emergency department with 75 state-of-the-art treatment bays – increasing total space by more than half. It will include four trauma bays and a new Imaging Unit, strategically placed within the Emergency Department to drastically speed up access to diagnostic procedures. Also, one operating room will be purpose-built and always available for trauma patients, to help avoid interrupting scheduled surgeries.

A transformation in interventional care

The creation of an interventional super floor in the Acute Care Tower with multiple interventional suites will equip the hospital with advanced, state-of-the art imaging technology that allows for absolute precision. This floor will house eight interventional suites that will be universal, meaning that if needed, any suite could be used for either interventional cardiology or radiology. At opening, three suites will be used for interventional cardiac procedures and five suites for interventional radiology.

A transformation in care for families

With an entire floor devoted to both maternity and neonatal intensive care, along with a new pediatric department, there will be a significant emphasis on family-centered care in the Acute Care Tower.

It will house a new 48-bed Maternity department, with most rooms slated to be single-patient rooms to allow families the opportunity to bond in a private and dignified setting. The new NICU will feature 24 single-patient rooms designed to support babies who require specialized one-to-one care. The new pediatric unit will provide every child and family with their own private room with an ensuite washroom and a sleeping area. These changes are not only designed to increase capacity and efficiency; they will also allow for increased privacy, patient dignity, and family bonding.

A transformation in surgical care

Royal Columbian’s surgical program will benefit from the addition of eight operating rooms in the Acute Care Tower, with three more outfitted for future use. Three ‘hybrid’ operating rooms of more than 860 net square feet will be equipped with state-of-the-art imaging technologies — allowing surgeons to use real-time imaging to diagnose, treat, and evaluate patients quickly, improving the speed and quality of care for complex cases and trauma patients. In addition, three cardiac ORs will open as part of Royal Columbian’s role as the health region’s emergency room for the heart.

This transformation is one example of how you can help by purchasing your tickets. Get your tickets today. Support our healthcare heroes and help to provide care to those in need.

Discover more about the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

*open to BC residents only, must be 19+ to play, BCLC Licence #130662. Actual odds of winning are dependent on the number of tickets sold. Know your limit, play within it.

You could win cash and make a difference in someone’s life here on Southern Vancouver Island

Victoria, BC, March 28, 2022 — Purchase a 50/50 ticket today and help transform lives by working with United Way to ensure everyone in the Southern Vancouver Island community has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Your support creates positive change from Victoria to Sooke to Sidney and the Southern Gulf Islands.

Kay’s Story:

“Can you imagine what it’s like to be months in your little apartment? Not able to go out, not able to get what you need?” says Kay. “I’m thinking about a neighbour down the way who just cried when her young people came by to deliver it and just said I can’t believe it, she was just so touched.”

For seniors like Kay, COVID-19 has forced upon them increased isolation in a world that had already become increasingly lonely.

Thanks to the More than Meals program supported by United Way, seniors are getting healthy meals delivered to their homes. Not only that – they are getting critically important social visits and connections with the outside world.

Purchase a raffle ticket and make a difference in someone’s life:

See here below how much your support helps:

Tier 1: Supporter
$25 pays for a nutritious meal delivered and a social connection for two isolated seniors.

Tier 2: Champion
$100 helps a child or youth access counselling support to address mental health concerns.

Tier 3: Community Hero
$500 provides more than 1,000 individuals with critical job search support to be able to provide for their families and themselves.

With your support, United Way will address many other needs in the community. Last year, the local charity helped over 125,000 individuals on Southern Vancouver Island to build better lives. That is almost 1 in 4 people in the region helped by a United Way initiative or funded program.

You can make so much good happen! Support today!

Odds: 1 in 18,750 (total tickets for sale.)

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Know Your Limit, Play Within It.

Time is Running Out
Less Than Two Weeks Left!

NANAIMO, BC, March 25, 2022 — The final weeks to purchase a Nanaimo Hospice Dream Home Lottery ticket are upon us. Nanaimo Community Hospice Society is thrilled to share their largest fundraising initiative to date. It does not matter what is happening in the world, death, dying and grieving does not stop, and those in need require caring and compassionate support and resources. Nanaimo Hospice is facing an all-time high in demand for their programs and services. Hospice relies heavily on the support of donations from those near and far, as the funding they receive only covers approximately 25% of their operating costs. With your support, Hospice can ensure that they can continue to provide the free services and programs for those who are dying, caregiving and grieving during these extraordinary times.

It’s hard to imagine a more beautiful setting than The Foothills in Lantzville to construct a Dream Home. The challenging topography of the lot provided the opportunity to showcase thoughtful design, nestling the home into the bank while taking full advantage of the sunning, panoramic view.

This Dream Home Lottery is a partnership and an opportunity to combine quality craftsmanship and compassion while creating community. 100% of the proceeds from this lottery will allow Nanaimo Community Hospice to expand its current programs and establish a foundation that will support the future build of a stand-alone, residential hospice that is desperately needed in our community.

The odds of this Lottery are what dreams are made of, with only 25,000 tickets available – this $1.7-million home could be yours for only $100. Alongside of the Dream Home Lottery, there is a 50/50 Draw, with the pot over $360,000 and growing!

Be sure to purchase today, draw for both Dream Home and 50/50 on April 8, 2022

Dream Home Lottery Tickets:
Single Ticket for $100
5-Ticket Pack for $400

50/50 Tickets:
Single Ticket for $25
5-Ticket Pack for $100

The draw date is fast approaching!

New Westminster, BC, March 22, 2022 — Take part in Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 lottery and you could win big while supporting BC’s most seriously ill and injured patients

With a jackpot flying past $45,000, how high will Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 lottery climb by its draw date?

Will you be their next winner?

Help Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 jackpot reach record levels! Their last winner took home a prize of $52,750. You could be next when they draw on March 31!

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

Buy tickets today! Tickets must be purchased on the lottery’s website.

About Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation

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.

Revolutionizing Patient Care

Royal Columbian Hospital is undergoing one of the most ambitious hospital redevelopments in Canadian history. This redevelopment goes beyond rebuilding a hospital. It is transformational. This multi-year, multi-phase $1.49 billion redevelopment will revolutionize the way we deliver care to our patients by creating a world-class, state-of-the-art hospital that provides uncompromising care.

The cornerstone of the project – a new Acute Care Tower – will elevate lifesaving care that serves one third of our province’s population in the largest and fastest growing health region in BC.

Our vision is to create a world-class hospital: a state-of-the art facility that provides uncompromising care and remarkable patient experiences. With a larger footprint and the introduction of cutting-edge technology, we will continue to respond to the needs of patients in their most urgent, life-altering moments.

A Transformation in emergency and trauma care

Trauma physicians refer to the first hour after a traumatic injury as the ‘golden hour’ – they are the critical minutes for medical and surgical intervention. When a traumatic incident occurs, the clock starts to tick. Every moment counts – and life hangs in the balance.

The Emergency Department, one of the most highly utilized in the province, is the entry point to trauma care, and both services will receive significant additions during the hospital’s redevelopment. The new Acute Care Tower will house a larger Emergency department with 75 state-of-the-art treatment bays – increasing total space by more than half.

As one of two Level 1 Trauma Centres for adults in BC, Royal Columbian is equipped, trained and certified to deal with large-scale catastrophes. It receives more Air Ambulance patients directly from accident scenes than any other hospital in the province.

In the new Acute Care Tower, the Emergency Department will include four trauma bays and a new Imaging Unit, strategically placed within the Emergency Department to drastically speed up access to diagnostic procedures.

Also, one operating room will be purpose-built and always available for trauma patients, to help avoid interrupting scheduled surgeries.

These additions and improvements will speed up admission, assessment and treatment. The hospital will have more space to accommodate all types of ER patients, and trauma patients can avoid being moved from one part of the hospital to another to get the scans they need.

As well as supporting emergency and trauma care, Royal Columbian’s redevelopment will include an interventional super floor with operating rooms and interventional radiology and cardiology suites, new and larger maternity, pediatric, and neonatal intensive care units, and multiple floors for acute and critical care patients.

This transformation is one example of how you can help by purchasing your tickets.

Get your tickets today. Support our healthcare heroes and help to provide care to those in need.

Discover more about the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

*open to BC residents only, must be 19+ to play, BCLC Licence #130662. Actual odds of winning are dependent on the number of tickets sold. Know your limit, play within it.

50/50 Raffle: Show Your Local Love with United Way Southern Vancouver Island!

Victoria, BC, March 18, 2022 — Show your local love and support United Way Southern Vancouver Island’s 50/50 Raffle. The charity serving 13 municipalities, 11 First Nations and Southern Gulf Islands announced the start of the April/March 50/50 Raffle, and the pot is growing fast! The raffle will end on April 12, and the sales of up to $100,000 will be split in half with the lucky winner.

Take part in the Show Your Local Love 50/50 Raffle today and help fund initiatives, programs and projects that make a significant positive change in peoples’ lives. Each dollar goes a long way in these local United Way’s signature initiatives: More Than Meals for isolated seniors; trauma-informed Little Phoenix Daycare and Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses for families in need; Blue Love campaign for mental health and addictions; and Tools of Equity for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Tickets start at 1 for $10, 5 tickets for $20, 25 for $50. For $100, you can buy 100 tickets. You can make your contribution go even further by adding a donation.

See here below how much your support helps:

Tier 1: Supporter

$25 pays for a nutritious meal delivered and a social connection for two isolated seniors.

Tier 2: Champion

$100 helps a child or youth access counselling support to address mental health concerns.

Tier 3: Community Hero

$500 provides more than 1,000 individuals with critical job search support to be able to provide for their families and themselves.

You can make so much good happen! Support today!

Odds: 1 in 18,750 (total tickets for sale.)

Licence #132473

Know Your Limit, Play Within It.

Don’t Miss Out on This 50/50 Lottery! Feeding Families While Helping Save The Environment.

Port Coquitlam, BC March 15, 2022 — The final deadline for The People’s Pantry Lottery is midnight April 1, 2022

The People’s Pantry Food Recovery Society is having a 50/50 lottery to help support their Healthy Hamper program. “Supporting the Healthy Hamper 50/50 is a great way to make a difference not only in a persons or families lives, but also in the environment by keeping good food out of the landfill” says Pam Eberl Executive Director with The People’s Pantry. Last year they prevented 50,519 kg of food going into our landfills and redirected it to people and families in need. This program feeds over 70 families primarily made up of seniors, single parents and at-risk youth. Operators hope to raise $20,000.

Information About The People’s Pantry Food Recovery Society

The People’s Pantry Food Recovery Society builds bridges between food retailers facing excess food and people who are facing food insecurity, focusing primarily on seniors, single parents, and at-risk youth. Additionally, we seek to educate our community about food waste and ways we can reduce food that would otherwise end up in the landfill. We are a registered charity incorporated on May 4 2020, primarily volunteer-based, serving the Tri-Cities.

Serving Our Community Through the Healthy Hampers Program

Our Healthy Hampers Program collects over 1500 lbs of food each week from a variety of food retailers, food wholesalers, and growers. We distribute this food to provide nutritious, varied food hampers weekly to over 75 families or 195 individuals (101 children). Each of our hampers contain perishable food items that cater to the cultural and nutritional requirements of our hamper families. We do not purchase any food items – all of our food is recovered from our food suppliers at no cost to us. There is no cost to join our Healthy Hamper food distribution program. Our hampers weigh between 25-40 lbs and can support anywhere between 1 to 9 people in households. The additional benefit of our operating model is that we are keeping most of the food we collect out of the landfills.

The Healthy Hampers program has been up and running since June 2020 when the effects of COVID were affecting the ability of many people who are economically disadvantaged in our community from accessible healthy, nutritious food. The need for our program has not diminished since that time and our program has grown and expanded as we take on new sources of recovered food, new families (we have a waitlist), and expanded our volunteer base in order to support the increasing demands of the program. Since the beginning, the groups we have supported have also expanded to support other social agencies in the Tri-Cities including Immigration Link, House of Omeed, Soroptomists (replacing their Warm Place program during COVID), New View Society, SD43 and more.

Purchase your chance to win 50% of the Jackpot and help feed the community!

KAMLOOPS, BC, March 17, 2022 — Looking for a pot of gold this St. Patrick’s Day? The Take it to the Bank 50/50 Raffle is growing fast! Last year the Jackpot reached $111,110 and this year’s goal is $500,000! One lucky winner will take home half.

Get your tickets now for your chance to win and support the Kamloops Food Bank create a Hunger Free Community. It’s a win-win!

3 tickets for $20
10 tickets for $50
25 tickets for $100

Your Take it to the Bank 50/50 Raffle purchase helps The Kamloops Food Bank serve over 5,000 individuals, 50 community agencies that make meals and 9 smaller food banks in the region. They offer clients healthy perishable product once per week and operate several programs to ensure the basic need of food is provided to the vulnerable in the community.

The Kamloops Food Bank is a leader in food recovery. Their foodSHARE program recovers close dated product including meat, dairy, produce, bread, and deli from 20 local retailers and distribute it to people. All expired product is given to local farmers for animal feed. They are striving to be zero waste and have divert 3 million pounds of organic waste from landfills each year, which has a retail value of nearly 8 million dollars.

Learn more about The Kamloops Food Bank and how your support helps their vision of a Hunger Free Community.

Time is Running Out!
Purchase your Nanaimo Community Hospice Dream Home Lottery Tickets Now!

NANAIMO, BC, March 16, 2022 — The final weeks to purchase a Nanaimo Hospice Dream Home Lottery ticket are upon us. Nanaimo Community Hospice Society is thrilled to share their largest fundraising initiative to date. It does not matter what is happening in the world, death, dying and grieving does not stop, and those in need require caring and compassionate support and resources. Nanaimo Hospice is facing an all-time high in demand for their programs and services. Hospice relies heavily on the support of donations from those near and far, as the funding they receive only covers approximately 25% of their operating costs. With your support, Hospice can ensure that they can continue to provide the free services and programs for those who are dying, caregiving and grieving during these extraordinary times.

Did you know that Nanaimo Community Hospice has a Children & Youth program? They serve clients as young as 3 and offer professional counselling to those children and youth in grief. By supporting the Dream Home Lottery, you are helping provide free resources and support to families and children.

The odds of this Lottery are what dreams are made of, with only 25,000 tickets available – this $1.7 million home could be yours for only $100. Alongside of the Dream Home Lottery, there is a 50/50 Draw, with the pot over $275,000 and growing!

Be sure to purchase today, draw for both Dream Home and 50/50 on April 8, 2022

Dream Home Lottery Tickets:
Single Ticket for $100
5-Ticket Pack for $400

50/50 Tickets:
Single Ticket for $25
5-Ticket Pack for $100

Time is marching on! Don’t wait to get your tickets and help RCH Foundation.

New Westminster, BC, March 14, 2022 —Take part in Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 lottery, and you could win big while supporting BC’s most seriously ill and injured patients.

Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 5050 jackpot is rising fast!
It’s past $30,000 after two weeks. Every ticket sold grows the jackpot even more!

How high will the jackpot climb? Join the first draw of 2022! William J., the winner of their last jackpot took home a prize of $52,750. You could be next when they draw on March 31!

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

Buy tickets today! Tickets must be purchased on the lottery’s website.

About Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation

From the beginning, Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) 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.

Help our caregivers continue to respond to the needs of patients during their most urgent, life-altering moments. Enter now for your chance to win big.

Discover more about the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

*open to BC residents only, must be 19+ to play, BCLC Licence #130662. Actual odds of winning are dependent on the number of tickets sold. Know your limit, play within it.

BC SPCA Lottery back: 50/50 pot up to $750,000 and more!

BC, March 11, 2022 — The BC SPCA Lottery for animals in need is back with a massive 50/50 pot up to $750,000 and daily cash prizes in June. Buying a lottery ticket will change the lives of B.C.’s most vulnerable animals – and could change your own life with one of 30 cash prizes worth thousands of dollars.

Tickets are on sale now and start at just $30.

“We’re excited to be offering $140,000 in cash prizes plus our biggest spring 50/50 yet. With a winner every day in June, there are many chances to win big – and help animals too!” says Tess Repenning, BC SPCA senior manager, digital giving. “We expect our best ticket packages and 50/50 tickets to sell out quickly again this year. Don’t miss out. Get your tickets before they’re gone!”

Tickets for the lottery are $30 each, three for $60, or six for $90. Tickets for the 50/50 draw are $10 each, three for $25, and six for $40. 50/50 tickets go fast, so don’t wait to order!

For tickets and for more information, visit lottery.spca.bc.ca or call 1-855-205-5998.

The impact of your ticket for the animals

When you play the BC SPCA Lottery, you are joining a community of caring animal lovers helping more than 118,000 animals each year. All funds generated by the lottery go towards providing rescue, shelter, medical care, spay and neuter services, adoption, advocacy and educational programs to assist animals in need across B.C. Thank you!

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Time is running out! Get your tickets ahead of this week’s draw.

You could win cash and make a difference in someone’s life here on Southern Vancouver Island

Time is Running Out
Less Than Two Weeks Left!

The draw date is fast approaching!

50/50 Raffle: Show Your Local Love with United Way Southern Vancouver Island!

Don’t Miss Out on This 50/50 Lottery! Feeding Families While Helping Save The Environment.

Purchase your chance to win 50% of the Jackpot and help feed the community!

Time is Running Out!
Purchase your Nanaimo Community Hospice Dream Home Lottery Tickets Now!

Time is marching on! Don’t wait to get your tickets and help RCH Foundation.

BC SPCA Lottery back: 50/50 pot up to $750,000 and more!

The impact of your ticket for the animals