New Westminster, BC, January 5, 2024 — The joy of giving continues beyond the holidays! Treat yourself to the chance to win over $56,000 while supporting the health and wellbeing of your community. Don’t miss the festive fun of the January edition of Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 lottery.
Why participate in the RCH Foundation lottery?
A huge jackpot: The last winner unwrapped a $81,095 gift! Imagine what you could do with that kind of life-changing money! You or your child’s full tuition? A brand new car? A break from the winter darkness on a tropical vacation?
Community spirit: RCHF’s 50/50 Lottery brings people together, fostering a sense of community and shared purpose. Through ten magical lotteries, they’ve proudly awarded over $600,000 in prize money.
Support an amazing cause: Remember, each ticket isn’t just a raffle entry. With every ticket purchase, you are not only increasing your chances of winning but also directly supporting a cause close to our hearts. The other half of the jackpot goes toward helping Royal Columbian Hospital provide exceptional critical care to some of the most vulnerable individuals in the province.
So, in the end, everyone experiences the magic of winning!
Buy Your Tickets
Act fast, tickets are on sale now! Just select the number of tickets you’d like to purchase. Ticket packages available are:
- 10 for $10
- 75 for $25
- 350 for $50
- 700 for $80 (Best value: limited quantity available!)
The more tickets you buy, the greater your chances of winning! Don’t wait, you only have until Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 11:59:59pm to purchase your tickets.
Your Impact
In mid-April 2020, New Westminster resident Olga Angus turned a remarkable 108-years-old. It’s an anniversary that is one for the record books worldwide, because of a life-saving cardiac procedure seven years earlier at Royal Columbian Hospital.
In 2013, at the age of 101, Olga underwent a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), a minimally-invasive procedure that is performed at only a small number of hospitals in the province, including Royal Columbian.
“She was getting shortness of breath and some dizziness,” recalls her daughter Marilyn Negrin. “She was tired, tired all the time. That’s unusual for her. She was always active. Even at 101, she still lived in her own home and was able to do a lot of her own housework.”
When aortic stenosis occurs, usually in older adults, it prevents the aortic valve from fully opening. Most patients who need treatment undergo open heart surgery to replace the valve with an artificial one.
But people who are considered high-risk are instead offered TAVI, which delivers a new valve by threading a catheter up from the groin artery to the heart without the need for a large surgical incision. Because of Olga’s age, Drs. Albert Chan and Tim Latham decided TAVI was her only option.
“In general, when we assess someone about the candidacy of TAVI, we look at their expected longevity,” explains Dr. Chan, an interventional cardiologist. “We usually want to see patients free of other terminal illness and to have a life expectancy of at least two years in order to benefit from the valve procedure.”
Record-breaking
Because Olga was otherwise in good health, the cardiac team felt she was a good candidate and could recover quickly. The former elementary school teacher became the oldest TAVI patient at Royal Columbian, and she is now believed to have lived longer than anyone else in the world who has undergone the procedure.
A day after the procedure, Olga was up again and was back home after the third day.
“I can remember mom asking the doctor at one of our checkups whether the procedure was going to prolong her life,” says Marilyn. “They explained to her at that time that it would not so much prolong her life, but that it was going to give her a better quality of life. But little did we know how well she’s done over all these years.”
Olga Angus celebrating her 108th birthday in 2020, becoming the world’s oldest known former TAVI patient.
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Win Big
Buy your tickets now to get ready for the holiday thrill! And tell your friends – the more participants we have, the bigger the jackpot, and the more joy we can spread at our hospital.
Your participation brings warmth to our hearts, helping us continue our mission of making a difference in the lives of those we serve.
Join our 50/50 Lottery today and be a part of something magical.
Ticket Sales Close: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Draw Date: Thursday, January 25, 2024
Tickets available to British Columbia residents over 19 years of age
