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VANCOUVER, BC, Friday, May 29, 2020 – Got your tickets yet? They’re selling fast!

This year’s Hometown Heroes Lottery is already over 85% SOLD – and the Heroes Bonus Deadline is only 1 week away. Order and you’re in to win a $31,000 draw:

• Choose a 2020 Honda HR-V
• Or, treat yourself to a Midland Appliance package – and enjoy a shopping spree to boost your home’s kitchen, laundry room, outdoor living area and coffee station, with 40 different brands – including Bosch, Wolf, Gaggenau, GE, LG, Samsung, Thermador, Miele and many more – to browse and buy
• Or, take $24,000 CASH

A brand-new ride? A brand-new kitchen? Or cold hard cash? The choice is yours! And that’s not all…

… Because when you get in by next Friday (June 5), you’ll also be entered into the $34,000 Summer Bonus Draw and the $150,000 Early Bird, plus the $2.7 million Grand Prize Draw. And don’t forget to get your 50/50 PLUS and Daily Cash PLUS tickets! Last year’s 50/50 jackpot reached $1,717,095 and the winner took half. And with the Daily Cash PLUS, you’ll get your tickets in 209 draws over 105 straight days of winning – with $300,000 in extra prizes to win.

And more than ever, this year’s Hometown Heroes Lottery is a win-win. Not only are there over 3,200 prizes up for grabs – worth over $3.5 million – but every dollar raised supports VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation and the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn fund. Every dollar raised stays in British Columbia. And, your ticket purchases help patients needing critical, life-changing care – as well as the doctors, nurses, first responders, front-line workers, researchers, and health care heroes those patients rely on.

“In recent weeks, our front line health care staff have devoted themselves to preparing to care for COVID-19 patients,” says Angela Chapman, President and CEO of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. “For years, lottery funds have helped ensure that medical teams in B.C. have the tools and equipment they need to save lives.

“On behalf of the Foundation, I’d like to thank everyone who supports the Hometown Heroes Lottery, allowing our health care heroes to be here for us.”

Now more than ever, our heroes need our support.

Your ticket purchases raise funds for the most urgent hospital needs and support first responder resilience programs. Proceeds also support specialized adult health services and research for British Columbians, and drive innovation and sustainable health care at VGH, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and Vancouver Community Health Services. The Hometown Heroes Lottery also supports programs for burn survivors.

“Your support … has never been more important. Our fire fighter hometown heroes are working so hard to keep their communities safe, while healthcare heroes are in hospitals saving lives,” says Sheila Kern, Executive Director of the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund.

“Not every hero wears a cape. Some wear turnout gear and others wear stethoscopes.”

Get your tickets online at heroeslottery.com
by Phone at 604-648-4376
or 1-866-597-4376
or in-person at London Drugs.

*Due to COVID-19, all prize homes are closed to the public and there are currently no in-person sales at Vancouver General Hospital.

View the homes, photo galleries, and virtual tours on heroeslottery.com

VANCOUVER, BC, Friday, May 22, 2020 – The Welcome Bonus Deadline is Midnight, Tonight! Get your Hometown Heroes Lottery tickets today to win a $29,000 prize – the car, the SUV, or the cash. Which will you choose?

Take your Toyota! Win a 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid or a 2020 Toyota C-HR LE. Or take $22,000 and beef up your bank account with a bunch of cash. It’s a special prize for all the lottery’s VIPs and early buyers – and it’s 1 of 3 Bonus draws for 2020:

Get your tickets today for the $29,000 Welcome Bonus Draw, the $31,000 Heroes Bonus Draw, and the $34,000 Summer Bonus Draw. There’s tons to win – including cars, Midland appliances, La-Z-Boy furniture, or cash. And with the $150,000 in Early Bird Draws, you could win two Tesla Model 3s, a $120,000 package from CWT Vacations, or $100,000 CASH!

Plus, there will be 50 extra Early Bird winners of $500 cash.

Win 1 of 9 Grand Prizes

With this year’s biggest draw, the choice is yours – and there’s an option for everyone!

Take a White Rock home package, worth over $2.7 million… or an Abbotsford Eagle Mountain home… or head to Okanagan with a Penticton home or Kelowna Kestrel Ridge home… or live a dreamy Island life at Courtenay’s Crown Isle golf resort, or SookePoint… or choose an exciting ‘city living’ sub-penthouse condo in Vancouver…

Or choose a 2-for-1 Grand Prize! It’s the best of both worlds with a White Rock Semiah condo, and a Cultus Lake Creekside Mills home – and it comes with a 2020 Audi e-Tron, 2020 GMC Yukon Denali, and $250,000 cash…

Or become an instant multi-millionaire with $2,100,000 tax-free cash! Win the prize of financial freedom. Early retirement, debt-free living, save it, spend it, share it, invest it… it’s up to you.

50/50 PLUS
Jackpot could grow to over
$2.2 MILLION
Winner takes half!
 
Daily Cash PLUS
105 Days of Winning,
209 Winners
$300,000 in Prizes

50/50 PLUS tickets start at 2 for $15. Daily Cash PLUS tickets start at 2 for $25.

(50/50 and Daily Cash tickets must be purchased in conjunction with Hometown Heroes main lottery tickets.)

Every ticket changes a life

Your Hometown Heroes Lottery ticket purchases support VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, raising essential funds for specialized adult health services and research at VGH & 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.

Support our health care teams on the front lines. We’re all in this together.

Get your tickets online at heroeslottery.com
by Phone at 604-648-4376
or 1-866-597-4376
or in-person at London Drugs.

*Due to COVID-19, all prize homes are closed to the public and there are currently no in-person sales at Vancouver General Hospital.

View the homes, photo galleries, and virtual tours on heroeslottery.com

VANCOUVER, BC, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 – The time is now – if you’re going to get Hometown Heroes Lottery tickets this year, today’s the best day to buy!

Order by Midnight, Friday (May 22) to win the $29,000 Welcome Bonus Draw, and choose 1 of 3 prize packages:

• 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid
• or a 2020 Toyota C-HR
• or $22,000 cash

Hit the open road in a brand-new vehicle – or beef up your bank accounts with some much-needed moolah! It’s a very special first Bonus Draw of the summer for Heroes Lottery’s VIPs and, when you buy early, there’s so much more you can win.

You’ll also be automatically entered into the $31,000 Heroes Bonus Draw – to win a Midland Appliance package, a 2020 Honda HR-V, or $24,000 cash – and the $34,000 Summer Bonus Draw – to win a La-Z-Boy Furniture and Design package, a 2020 Honda Insight Hybrid, or $26,000 cash.

And when you order this week, you’ll be entered into this year’s two biggest main lottery draws: the $150,000 worth of Early Bird Draws, and the Grand Prize Draw, with 9 options – including a $2.7 million White Rock home package, homes in Abbotsford, Vancouver, White Rock + Cultus Lake, Kelowna, Penticton, Courtenay (Crown Isle), and SookePoint, or $2.1 million tax-free cash.

This could be the year you become a multi-millionaire!

And there are even more ways to win – with your 50/50 PLUS and the Daily Cash PLUS tickets. The 50/50 jackpot could grow to a maximum of $2,280,000, and the winner takes half… and there’s the Daily Cash calendar game, with 105 days of winning, 209 winners, and $300,000 to win.

Win Big, Give Back

Every ticket changes a life, whether it’s for critical care for patients, ground-breaking research, or equipment enabling our province’s health care heroes to do their best work saving lives. Hometown Heroes Lottery is there!

From rescue to recovery, BC’s front line workers and first responders – our fire fighters, along with doctors, nurses and health care teams at Vancouver General Hospital – are always on duty for critically ill and several injured British Columbians. When you need help, these heroes respond.

“In recent weeks, our front line health care staff have devoted themselves to preparing to care for COVID-19 patients. They are also ensuring that people can continue to access care to meet their urgent medical needs,” says Angela Chapman, President and CEO, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation.​ “For years, lottery funds have helped ensure that medical teams in B.C. have the tools and equipment they need to save lives​. On behalf of the Foundation, I’d like to thank everyone who supports the Hometown Heroes Lottery, allowing our health care heroes to be here for us.”

Your Hometown Heroes Lottery ticket purchases support VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, raising essential funds for specialized adult health services and research at VGH & 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.

“Your support of the Hometown Heroes Lottery has never been more important. Our fire fighter hometown heroes are working so hard to keep their communities safe, while healthcare heroes are in hospitals saving lives. Not every hero wears a cape. Some wear turnout gear and others wear stethoscopes,” says Sheila Kern, Executive Director of the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund.

Get your tickets online at heroeslottery.com
by Phone at 604-648-4376
or 1-866-597-4376
or in-person at London Drugs.

*Due to COVID-19, all prize homes are closed to the public and there are currently no in-person sales at Vancouver General Hospital.

View the homes, photo galleries, and virtual tours on heroeslottery.com

VANCOUVER, BC, Sunday, May 17, 2020 – Get your Hometown Heroes Lottery tickets today and you’ll be automatically entered into the 1^st Bonus draw of the summer!

Win the Welcome Bonus and choose 1 of 2 Toyotas, or take the cash: Hit the road in a 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid or a 2020 Toyota C-HR or pad your bank account with $22,000. And when you order early, you’ll be automatically entered into all this year’s biggest draws, too – including the Heroes Bonus and Summer Bonus draws, the Early Bird draws (worth over $150,000), and the Grand Prize Draw. Become a multi-millionaire with $2,100,000 tax-free cash, or choose 1 of these 8 incredible home packages:

• A luxurious, modern White Rock home by Marquis Custom Homes, filled with high-end appliances and furniture from LaZBoy Vancouver, with terrific features and rooms like a huge walk-in closet and master bedroom ensuite bathroom and balcony, large backyard with sitting area, patio, and garden, a sauna, bar, gym, and home theatre in the basement, and more! This year’s biggest Grand Prize package is worth over $2.7 million.
• Or choose a hilltop home on Eagle Mountain in Abbotsford, by Palermo Homes – 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and 4,977 square feet. This home comes with furniture and accessories, a 2020 BMW X5 and 2020 Chevrolet Bolt, plus $500,000 CASH!
• Live in the city in a sub-penthouse high above Main Street, Science World, Olympic Village and False Creek, with a $2.3 million condo package at CENTRAL in Vancouver.
• Head for the Okanagan in gorgeous, brand-new home at Kestrel Ridge in Kelowna – with well-appointed finishes, breathtaking lake and mountain views. And it comes with a 2020 Tesla Model S and $1.1 MILLION CASH.
• How about Penticton? Steps from the Marina and Art Gallery, Farmers Market, and spectacular Okanagan Beach, this 2,351 square-foot home is designed to fit any lifestyle!
• If you’re looking for ideal Island living, there are two terrific options – starting with a 2,333 square-foot home at Crown Isle golf resort community in Courtenay, a beautiful brand-new home that comes with furniture, truck and car, 5^th Wheel trailer, Duckworth boat, 5-year golf membership, and $600,000 cash…
• … or a jaw-dropping 3-bedroom home at SookePoint, with a hot and everyday Pacific Ocean views, a 2020 Audi Q7 and $300,000 cash in a $2.3 million Grand Prize!
• If you’d rather have the best of two worlds, there’s also a two-home Grand Prize option: experience the beachy vibes of White Rock with a mountain-view condo at Semiah, and a country home in a gated community at Creekside Mills in Cultus Lake! It’s a $2.3 million Grand Prize, and you don’t have to choose between two homes… you can have them both together!

Over 3,200 prizes to win
worth over $3.5 million

Order now! 3 for $75
It’s the Hottest Ticket in Town

50/50 PLUS
Last year’s jackpot:
$1,717,095

Daily Cash PLUS
105 Days of Winning,
$300,000 to Win!

It’s National Nursing Week! Hometown Heroes Lottery wants to recognize all our health care heroes in British Columbia, in Canada, and around the world who are working so hard to keep us and our communities safe. To the nurses, doctors, front line workers, first responders and dedicated health care teams, we say, Thank You.

Get your tickets online at heroeslottery.com
by Phone at 604-648-4376
or 1-866-597-4376
or in-person at London Drugs.

*Due to COVID-19, all prize homes are closed to the public and there are currently no in-person sales at Vancouver General Hospital.

View the homes, photo galleries, and virtual tours on heroeslottery.com

VANCOUVER, BC, Friday, May 8, 2020 — Your Hometown Heroes Lottery ticket purchases support VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation and the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund, providing life-changing funds for those who need it most. Every year, VGH performs more than 30,000 surgeries and attends to more than 600,000 patient visits. And at BC’s biggest hospital, the doctors, nurses, front line workers and health care heroes are working hard to save British Columbians every day.

“BC’s hometown heroes come to aid of people in life-threatening situations every day,” says Sebastian Sevallo, the lottery’s co-spokesperson. “Our health care workers and first responders are working tirelessly to help people throughout BC.

“When you need help, your heroes respond.”

Every year, a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales in the Hometown Heroes Lottery are allocated to the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burns, Trauma and High Acuity Unit (BTHAU) at Vancouver General Hospital. Lottery ticket purchasers have been long-term supporters of this important unit, providing for equipment and patient care needs.

As the hospital transitioned to create dedicated COVID-19 units, the BTHAU was a prime space to utilize due to access to the ICU and strong infection control mechanisms. For this reason, it has been converted into a dedicated COVID-19 patient unit.

“During these extraordinary times, your Heroes Lottery ticket purchase makes an even greater impact,” says Karen Khunkhun, the lottery’s co-spokesperson.

“Get your Heroes Lottery tickets now, and you could win 1 of 9 amazing Grand Prize options.”

This year’s prize homes are located all over beautiful British Columbia in some of the province’s – and the country’s – most desirable places to live, and some wonderful communities: choose a 5,766 square-foot, 5 bedroom, 6 bathroom home in White Rock, a luxurious build from Marquis Homes; take a 4,977 square-foot Palermo home atop Abbotsford’s Eagle Mountain; live an Okanagan dream in Kelowna’s Kestrel Ridge, or by the lake in Penticton; get cozy on Vancouver Island with a golf resort home at Courtenay’s Crown Isle, or an amazing oceanview home at SookePoint; choose a two-home Grand Prize with the best of both worlds in Cultus Lake and White Rock; or choose our most popular home prize on the doorstep of downtown, with a sub-penthouse condo at Vancouver’s CENTRAL, across the street from Science World and False Creek.

This year’s largest Grand Prize home package is worth over $2.7 million. Or take $2.1 million tax-free cash and become a multi-millionaire in an instant!

Tickets start at just 3 for $75. This could be the biggest win of your life…

Get your tickets online at heroeslottery.com
by Phone at 604-648-4376
or 1-866-597-4376
or in-person at London Drugs.

Due to concerns over COVID-19, public safety guidelines and our commitment to social distancing, there are currently no in-person sales at Vancouver General Hospital or the Hometown Heroes Grand Prize showhomes.

View the homes, photo galleries, and virtual tours on heroeslottery.com