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Greater Vancouver, BC, April 28, 2022 — Greater Vancouver Habitat for Humanity, launches first ever 50/50 raffle, with winners receiving 50% of the pot! This is the first of three draws in 2022.  Multiple chances to win and support local families.  Tickets start at just:

  • 5 for $10
  • 30 for $20
  • 150 for $40

Spread the word…Tickets are on sale now! Visit www.habitatgv5050.ca!

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The first winner will be announced June 1! YOU or someone you know could be a winner!

Climb aboard the 50/50 train and help us take our partner families to new heights!

Half the money raised from the campaign goes towards completing 19 Habitat homes in Mission and commencing 42 homes in Coquitlam – while the other half goes to one lucky winner.

Who you help:

Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver brings communities together to help families build strength, stability, and self-reliance. We take working families out of over-crowded, over-priced, unsafe, and unhealthy situations and move them into a home that will propel them forward. We mobilize volunteers and community partners to donate time, product, and cash donations to build homes. Don’t miss your chance to WIN BIG and together, we can help break the poverty rental cycle! 

Habitat for Humanity homes provide a safe, stable, and affordable place to live for hardworking low to middle income families in our community. Families are given a Hand Up not a hand out, helping them become independent and self-reliant.

Together, we can make a significant difference in creating a world where everyone has a safe and affordable place to live! For more information, visit the Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver website.

  • No Senior Members of Habitat for Humanity, Greater Vancouver or Board Members are eligible to win.

Thank you for your kind consideration and support.


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Buy tickets now for the BIG BC Lotto 50/50!

Vancouver, BC, April 28, 2022 —Help support youth in your community. Play BIG BC Lotto 50/50 to help Big Brothers Big Sisters, and you could win BIG!

The jackpot is currently over $13,000!

Today is YOUR lucky day. Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations across BC are hosting the third Big BC 50/50 Lotto. Get your 50/50 tickets now!

Tickets are 3 for $25, 8 for $50, 20 for $100.
The more you buy – the more chances you have to win.
Draw date: Friday May 13 at 12 p.m.
Odds are 1 in 16,600!

Tickets are 3 for $25, 8 for $50, 20 for $100.
Draw date: Friday May 13 at 12 p.m.

BigBrothers BigSisters believes that creating connections between a caring adult and a youth facing life’s challenges ultimately helps them reach their full potential. Mental Health challenges are at an all-time high for youth.  Big Brothers Big Sisters is on the front lines helping youth and their families navigate the mental, economic and educational impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Research shows that a $1 investment in mentorship has an $23 return on society – that is a BIG reward.  

Your support gives young people the chance to have a caring mentor in their lives and realize their full potential. Buy tickets now and support local communities in a BIG way.

Visit www.bigbclotto.ca to buy your tickets!

 

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BC SPCA Lottery:
Hurry for 30 cash prizes and huge 50/50 pot!

BC, April 27, 2022 — Don’t miss your chance to win one of the many cash prizes in the BC SPCA Lottery for animals in need. One $30 ticket gets you a chance at 30 cash prizes totalling $140,000. And for just $10 more you have a chance at the massive 50/50 pot, currently at more than $620,000!

The Lottery is already more than 80% sold  –  time is running out to get your tickets!

The bonus 50/50 pot is already more than $620,000 and growing. What would winning mean for you and your loved ones?

For seven vulnerable kittens, the Lottery is already changing their lives. After their mother went missing, these sweet, helpless kittens are receiving critical care in their first weeks of life from the BC SPCA. You can see one of them being bottle-fed here.

Every ticket you purchase ensures that essential funds are there for animals in need, no matter how long they need care!

Calendar tickets start at just $30, and you can increase your odds with our three-pack or six-pack ticket packages. 50/50 tickets start at $10 and must be bought together with your Calendar tickets.

50/50 six-packs are SOLD OUT so make sure to get your single ticket or three-pack while you can! Lottery sales end on May 13 at midnight. Hurry, your tickets await!

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

 

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Your chance to win BIG for Mental Health

VANCOUVER, BC, April 26, 2022 — Purchase your tickets for Coast Mental Health Foundation’s 50/50 raffle in support of people living with mental illness and you can win up to $120,000.

Tickets start from just $10 for one, $25 for 3, $50 for 10, or $100 for 25.

When you play the Coast Mental Health Foundation 50/50 Raffle, people living with mental illness here in BC always win and you could take home up to $120,000, too!

You will provide urgently needed support for people living with mental illness right here in BC.

Your tickets could help provide essential services like meals to people in BC who need them.

Every year, Coast provides almost half a million warm, nutritious meals.

Having access to affordable, healthy, and nourishing food, is the baseline humans need for survival. But many people living with mental illness aren’t able to meet this basic need.

When people are hungry, nutrition is the last consideration.

The effects of a poor diet can add to problems vulnerable people already face, like weakened immune systems, diabetes, and vitamin deficiencies. This makes them open to other infectious diseases like COVID-19, and it makes it harder for them to recover.

Basic services like these are a critical resource for people living with mental illness. You can help.

You will have the chance to take home up to $120,000 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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Enter now to win!

Vancouver, BC, April 25, 2022 — Your next to chance to win with Vancouver Opera is in 72 Hours! Get your ticket for Vancouver Opera’s Spring Lottery by Midnight on April 27, 2022, and you’ll be entered in an Early Bird Draw for Two Chances to Win $1,000.

The Grand Prize is your choice of a 2022 Audi A4 40 2.0T Komfort Quattro 7SP S Tronic or you can take home $56,413!

The 2022 Audi A4 is the whole package. It expertly blends a fun-to-drive nature with a forgiving ride, giving it sports sedan moves with a luxury-car demeanor, all in a compact size! Perfect for all your summer adventures!

Vancouver Opera is so much more than their main stage performances. They provide musical educational opportunities for students to learn through music and how to create their own works. They support emerging artists, by offering opportunities to learn with industry professionals and practice their craft. They help those living with mental illnesses find ways to express themselves and connect with others through music. Your lottery ticket purchase helps support all their initiatives.

Tickets are 1 for $40, 3 for $99, 7 for $196 and 11 for $297

Tickets for the BONUS 50/50 DRAW are also on sale.
50/50 winner takes home half of the jackpot!
Your share could be up to $22,500!

Vancouver Opera creates extraordinary experiences that engage, inspire, and entertain your community through voice, music, and theatre.

Early Bird Ticket Sales End: Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 11:59 p.m.
Early Bird Draw: Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 3 p.m.

Ticket Sales End: Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Midnight 
Draw Date:  Thursday, June 30, 2022, at 3 p.m. 

Tickets can be purchased by British Columbia residents over 19 years of age.

 

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Help our Heroes – and Win Big

VANCOUVER, BC, Saturday, April 23, 2022 —  Every ticket changes a life.

Get your Hometown Heroes Lottery tickets to win one of 10 Grand Prize options, including $2.2 million cash – and you’ll be supporting those who support all of us, every day.

“Lottery funds go towards purchasing world-class life-saving medical equipment and technology for our doctors to continue to provide specialized medical care for all adult British Columbians,” says Angela Chapman, President and CEO of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation.

Funds raised by the lottery support the Foundation, raising essential funds for specialized adult health services and research at VGH & UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Research Institute, and Vancouver Community Health Services – for all British Columbians.

Every year, VGH performs more than 30,000 surgeries and treats more than 600,000 patient visits. The majority of the hospital’s surgical patients are from outside Vancouver – meaning, your lottery tickets support people across the province – and the VCH system sees over 94,000 emergency room visits every year.

“VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation’s frontline workers and medical teams cannot thank British Columbians enough for their generous support of the Hometown Heroes Lottery throughout the pandemic,” she continues. “For many of our staff, their workload doubled at times as they continued to meet the ongoing medical needs of individuals throughout the province, as well as the additional health emergencies of patients impacted by COVID-19.”

Ticket purchases also support programs of the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund, including burn survivor support services and resiliency programs for fire fighters.

“Lottery funds go towards Burn Fund programs that help burn survivors recover both physically and emotionally,” says Gord Ditchburn, President of the Burn Fund.

“2021 was another extremely challenging year for many, and the Burn Fund also dramatically felt the effects of COVID-19 on our fundraising efforts,” he says. “Over the past 24 months, we have had to put several of our burn prevention programs on hold, but many vital resilience-building programs still needed to operate to support burn survivors and their families. This is just one of the many reasons why the funds that the Burn Fund receives from the Hometown Heroes Lottery are so critical and continue to be incredibly important.”

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.

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


So, what can you win?!

Every ticket ordered for the 2022 Hometown Heroes Lottery will be entered in the Grand Prize Draw, and the winner will choose one of 10 incredible options:

a South Surrey home package (worth over $2.7 million); a Lake Country, Okanagan home package (worth over $2.5 million); a Courtenay home package, at Crown Isle (worth over $2.5 million); a Langley home package (worth over $2.5 million); a North Vancouver home package (worth over $2.5 million); a Sooke ocean-view home package (worth over $2.5 million); or, there are two Vancouver home package options – a townhome at Rowe, near Langara Golf Course and Oakridge (worth over $2.5 million), or a ‘City Home’ at The Hillcrest, near Queen Elizabeth Park (worth over $2.5 million)

Or, take $2.2 million tax-free cash!

Of note, for the first time ever, this year’s Hometown Heroes lottery features two Vancouver home options.

Get your tickets early to ensure you are in for all three Bonus draws and an Early Bird with 51 draws – and over $145,000 in prizes up for grabs.

The Daily Cash PLUS also 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!


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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VICTORIA, BC, April 23, 2022 — The Emerge Stronger Hospitals Lottery, presented by Abstract Developments, is the newest way you can support Victoria hospitals. The lottery includes a 50/50 raffle (one winner takes home half the jackpot) and a prize raffle. You could be the lucky winner of the grand prize: $20,000 cash and airfare for two to anywhere in the world that Air Canada flies.

Your ticket purchase supports the Emerge Stronger campaign, funding over 200 pieces of priority medical equipment. Having new tools on-hand at Royal Jubilee, Victoria General, and Gorge Road hospitals will help Victoria hospitals recover from the lasting effects of the pandemic, reduce patient referrals to the mainland, and invest in innovative technology and research projects. You are helping transforming healthcare for today’s needs and tomorrow’s challenges. This is also a great way for your friends and family to join you in supporting local hospitals—please help us spread the word! Anyone 19+ in BC can purchase a ticket.

Ticket packs can be purchased here starting at just $10 for the 50/50 and $25 for the prize raffle. In addition to the grand prize, you have the chance of winning two fantastic e-bikes as an early bird prize!

Ticket sales for the early bird prize will end on May 9, 2022 at 11:59 PM and the draw will occur on May 10, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Ticket sales for the 50/50 and grand prize will end on June 8, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. and the draw will occur on June 10, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. The winning tickets will be drawn using Random Number Generator software and the winner will be contacted by phone by the Victoria Hospitals Foundation.

Please note that no tickets will be purchased by Victoria Hospitals Foundation staff or its Board of Directors or any employee involved with the conduct and management of the ticket raffle. Rules of play are located here.

Should you need any assistance, please call us at 250-519-1750 or email us at [email protected]. We are happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you to Abstract Developments, Air Canada Foundation and Cit-E Cycles, who have made this lottery possible. We also recognize CFAX 1070, Virgin Radio, CTV Vancouver Island, Black Press Media and Used.ca for their generous support.

Thank you and good luck!

Tickets may be sold and purchased only in BC. Chances are 1 in 165,000 (total tickets for sale) to win the 50/50 prize. BC Gaming Event Licence #132883. Chances are 1 in 26,000 (total tickets for sale) to win the Raffle prize. BC Gaming Event Licence #132884. Know your limit, play within it. 19+ to play. Problem Gambling Help Line 1-888-795-6111.

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Coast Mental Health Foundation’s 50/50 starts today – get your tickets now for your chance to Win BIG for Mental Health

VANCOUVER, BC, April 19, 2022 — Starting today, you can buy your tickets for Coast Mental Health Foundation’s 50/50 raffle in support of people living with mental illness.

Tickets start from just $10 for one, $25 for 3, $50 for 10, or $100 for 25. The anticipated jackpot prize of $240,000 will be split with the winner!

When you play the Coast Mental Health Foundation 50/50 Raffle, people living with mental illness here in BC always win, and you could take home up to $120,000, too!

In 2021, 1 in 4 people in Canada experienced a mental health concern or illness. Getting access to the right services early is crucial for helping folks recover.

When you purchase a 50/50 raffle ticket you help provide urgently needed support for people living with mental illness right here in BC, including affordable meals, peer support, Cognitive Remediation, art therapy, outreach, employment opportunities and so much more.

You will have the chance to take home a cash prize and you’ll help open the doors to recovery for 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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Which Heroes Lottery home would you choose?

VANCOUVER, BC, Friday, April 15, 2022 — The Hottest Ticket in Town is back with 10 Grand Prize options – including two home packages in Vancouver. Take a home or $2.2 million tax-free cash!

Win and choose your favourite: 

  • South Surrey home package (worth over $2.7 million)
  • Lake Country, Okanagan home package (worth over $2.5 million)
  • Courtenay home package, at Crown Isle (worth over $2.5 million)
  • Langley home package (worth over $2.5 million)
  • North Vancouver home package (worth over $2.5 million)
  • Sooke ocean-view home package (worth over $2.5 million)
  • Vancouver Townhome near Langara Golf Course and Oakridge (worth over $2.5 million)
  • Vancouver ‘City Home’ at The Hillcrest, near Queen Elizabeth Park (worth over $2.5 million)

For the first time ever, this year’s Hometown Heroes lottery features two Vancouver home options.

Or, take $2.2 million tax-free cash, and live like a multi-millionaire!

“Lake Country in the beautiful Okanagan is a great place to live,” gushes Heroes Lottery spokesperson Sebastian Sevallo, in one of this year’s home video tours. “With views of Lake Okanagan, it’s just a 25-minute drive to the center of Kelowna. Vinyards, orchards, golf course, and hiking trails are just moments away.

“Winning this prize home means you’ll have access to fantastic lake clubs that include the pool, hot tubs, and an outdoor barbecue area!”

Get your tickets early to ensure you are in for all three Bonus draws and an Early Bird with 51 draws – and over $145,000 in prizes up for grabs.

The Daily Cash PLUS also 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!

Of course, proceeds from each and every ticket purchase benefit your hometown heroes, supporting VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation and the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund.

“The medical teams at VGH, UBC Hospital and many other health care centres under our umbrella – which support all British Columbians – are empowered to offer world-class health care thanks to the generous support of the Hometown Heroes Lottery,” says Angela Chapman, President and CEO of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation.

“Lottery funds go towards purchasing cutting-edge, life-saving medical equipment and technology and puts it in the hands of our specialized health care teams. These funds today help support the future of health care – for all of us.”

Ticket purchases also support programs of the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund, including burn survivor support services and resiliency programs for fire fighters.

“As the pandemic has continued to challenge our fundraising efforts, we want to thank all British Columbians who have purchased tickets for the Hometown Heroes Lottery,” says Jeff Sauvé, Executive Director of the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund. “Over the past two years, we have taken our survivor support programs virtual to continue to serve burn survivors of all ages. We depended on funds raised from the Hometown Heroes Lottery to keep these vital mental health programs running.”

Our heroes are there when you need them. Now it’s your turn to be there for them.


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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Tonight, Tuesday, April 12- Absolute Final Deadline!

Victoria, BC, April 12, 2022 — Only hours remain to get your 50/50 tickets and support United Way Southern Vancouver Island. Together, we can double the jackpot, now at over $12,000, and half of it can be yours!

Make your contribution go even further by adding a donation. Tickets start at 1 for $10, 5 tickets for $20 or 25 for $50. Get yours today!

When you purchase your United Way’s Show Your Local Love 50/50 tickets, you get a chance to win big, while the other half of the proceeds go to help the local community from Victoria to Sooke to Sidney and the Southern Gulf Islands. Help transform lives with United Way to ensure everyone in the Southern Vancouver Island community has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Each dollar goes a long way in these local United Way signature initiatives: More Than Meals for isolated seniors; the trauma-informed Little Phoenix Daycare and the Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses for families in need; Blue Love campaign for mental health and addictions; and Tools for Equity for diversity, equity and inclusion.  

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!

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