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
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*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.
