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VANCOUVER, BC, October 13, 2026 — The countdown is on! There are just five days left to get tickets for the Win Big, Give Big! Coast 50/50.

If the jackpot reaches $50,000, one lucky winner could take home $25,000, with the other half helping support life-changing mental health programs and services.

The bigger the jackpot, the bigger the impact.

Buy Coast 50/50 Tickets

HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FIND CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY

Every Coast 50/50 ticket does more than offer a chance to win. Ticket purchases also help support programs and services that create opportunities for people living with mental illness to recover, thrive and build meaningful lives.

That includes Coast Mental Health’s Young Adult Program, where young people living with mental illness can find belonging, healing and community in a safe and supportive environment.

Through activities including arts, outdoor activities and Brain Training, young people have opportunities to connect with others, build confidence, explore their interests and develop skills that can support their recovery.

Safe and supportive spaces give young people the opportunity to explore, grow and share openly – and support from the community helps make programs like these possible.

FIVE DAYS LEFT – DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE

There are only five days remaining to get Coast 50/50 tickets before sales close on October 18.

Ticket packs are available:

• 3 tickets for $10
• 10 tickets for $25
• 40 tickets for $50
• 150 tickets for $100

Half the final jackpot will go to one lucky winner, while the other half will help support Coast Mental Health programs and services.

Every ticket is a chance to win, and a chance to give back!

Don’t wait until it’s too late.

Buy Your Tickets Today

Ticket sales close October 18, 2026.

Gaming Event Licence #175649. Participants must be 19+ and a resident of British Columbia.

VANCOUVER, BC, October 10, 2026 — As Mental Health Awareness Week comes to a close, it is a reminder of the difference that connection, opportunity and compassionate support can make for people living with mental illness.

There are now only eight days left to get Coast Mental Health Foundation 50/50 tickets and a chance to take home half the jackpot, while helping support life-changing mental health programs and services.

Every ticket is a chance to win, and a chance to give back.

Buy Coast 50/50 Tickets

CONNECTION CAN CHANGE A LIFE

An encouraging and supportive companion can make life’s challenges a little easier for someone living with mental illness.

Coast Mental Health’s Peer Support Program connects people with one-on-one support from individuals who bring their own lived experience to the work. Over the past 16 years, donors have helped more than 450 people train to provide this life-changing support.

Junior Bali joined Coast as a Peer Support Specialist two years ago and now supports residents at seven Coast buildings across Vancouver.

Whether helping with everyday tasks or simply sharing conversation over a walk and coffee, Junior brings empathy, creativity and encouragement to his work.

As one client shared:

“Junior has been a vital part of my recovery… I am starting to feel myself again.”

Your support helps make programs like Peer Support possible, creating opportunities for people living with mental illness to find connection, belonging and hope on their journey to recovery.

ONLY EIGHT DAYS LEFT TO GET YOUR TICKETS

Half the Coast 50/50 jackpot will go to one lucky winner, while the other half will support mental health programs and services that help people move forward in their recovery.

Ticket packs are available:

• 3 tickets for $10
• 10 tickets for $25
• 40 tickets for $50
• 150 tickets for $100

The bigger the jackpot, the bigger the impact.

With only eight days remaining, now is the time to get tickets for a chance to Win Big and Give Big!

Buy Your Tickets Today

Ticket sales close October 18, 2026.

Gaming Event Licence #175649. Participants must be 19+ and a resident of British Columbia.

VANCOUVER, BC, October 5, 2026 — This Mental Health Awareness Week is an opportunity to recognize the importance of mental health and the difference that compassionate, community-based support can make for people living with mental illness.

Across British Columbia, people living with mental illness need more than clinical care alone. Having a safe place to live, opportunities to connect with others, meaningful work and access to ongoing support can all play an important role in recovery and building a meaningful life.

Through the Win Big, Give Big! Coast 50/50, British Columbians can help support this work — while getting a chance to win half the jackpot!

Buy Coast 50/50 Tickets

THE JACKPOT IS GROWING – AND SO IS THE IMPACT

Coast Mental Health Foundation’s 50/50 has a jackpot goal of $50,000. If the jackpot reaches its goal, one lucky winner could take home $25,000, with the other half supporting life-changing mental health programs and services.

Ticket packs are available:

• 3 tickets for $10
• 10 tickets for $25
• 40 tickets for $50
• 150 tickets for $100

The bigger the jackpot grows, the greater the potential impact for people living with mental illness.

Every ticket is a chance to win, and a chance to give back.

Buy Your Tickets Today

Creating Opportunities for Recovery

For more than 50 years, Coast Mental Health has helped people living with mental illness find opportunities to recover, thrive and contribute in their communities.

Coast provides community-based programs and services that complement the health-care system and help people move forward in their recovery. This includes housing, support services, employment and education opportunities, and programs that help build connection, confidence and independence.

It’s an approach built around something simple but powerful: helping people find a place to live, a place to connect and a place to work.

This Mental Health Awareness Week, purchasing a Coast 50/50 ticket is one way British Columbians can help create those opportunities while getting a chance to win big.

Win Big. Give Big. Make a difference.

Get Coast 50/50 Tickets

Gaming Event Licence #175649. Participants must be 19+ and a resident of British Columbia.

VANCOUVER, BC, October 1, 2026 — Coast Mental Health Foundation’s 50/50 is back, giving British Columbians the chance to win big while helping people living with mental illness find the support, opportunities and community they need to thrive.

With a jackpot goal of $50,000, one lucky winner could take home $25,000, while the other half of the jackpot will support life-changing mental health programs and services in the community.

The bigger the jackpot, the bigger the impact!

Buy Coast 50/50 Tickets

ENTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BIG AND GIVE BIG

Every Coast 50/50 ticket helps build the jackpot while supporting programs and services that help people living with mental illness on their journey toward recovery.

Ticket packs are available:

• 3 tickets for $10
• 10 tickets for $25
• 40 tickets for $50
• 150 tickets for $100

Every ticket is a chance to win, and a chance to give back.

Get tickets today and help build a jackpot that makes a difference.

Buy Your Tickets Today

About Coast Mental Health

For more than 50 years, Coast Mental Health has helped people living with mental illness find the support they need to recover, thrive and contribute in their communities.

Coast provides a critical link between hospital services and community-based care, helping thousands of people each year through housing, support services, employment and education opportunities, and programs that foster connection, recovery and independence.

Funds raised through the Coast 50/50 help support programs and services that give people living with mental illness opportunities to find a place to live, a place to connect and a place to work.

By purchasing a Coast 50/50 ticket, participants aren’t just getting a chance to win — they are helping create opportunities for people living with mental illness to build meaningful lives in their communities.

Win Big. Give Big. Make a difference.

Get Coast 50/50 Tickets

Gaming Event Licence #175649. Participants must be 19+ and a resident of British Columbia.

VANCOUVER, BC, May 27, 2022 — The deadline to play the Coast Mental Health Foundation 50/50 Raffle, is TODAY at 1:00 pm. Don’t miss out on your chance to win BIG for mental health.

Tickets start from just $10 for one, $25 for 3, $50 for 10, or $100 for 25. Winner takes half the jackpot!

When you play, you help thousands of people work towards more independent and fulfilling lives within the community, off the streets and out of hospital.

For people with chronic mental illnesses, the last year has been devastating. Isolation, change in routine, less access to crucial resources like affordable food, and lack of social interaction, can lead to major set-backs – in some cases, years’ worth of work has been lost. 

You will provide critical funds for people living with mental illness AND you could take home half the jackpot!

The clock is ticking and the Jackpot is growing. Don’t wait another minute.

You will have the chance to take home a cash prize 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!

VANCOUVER, BC, May 26, 2022 — Ticket sales end tomorrow at 1 pm! Don’t miss out on your chance to win BIG for Mental Health, get your Coast Mental Health Foundation’s 50/50 tickets now!

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, you provide urgently needed support for people living with mental illness here in BC and you have a chance of winning up to $120,000!

Your tickets can help folks like Jake.

“I don’t know how to describe it,” says Jake, a Coast resident. “But it sure gives you a feeling of relief to have a roof over your head – a home.”

Some folks recovering from severe mental illness benefit from round-the-clock staffing at fully licensed community homes, while others thrive in supported housing or supported independent living.

For Jake, robust supports like 24 hour staffing, daily meals, help with medications, volunteer work and leisure activities, allow him to thrive.

Get your 50/50 tickets today and you can help folks like Jake and you get your chance to take home half the jackpot!

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

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!

VANCOUVER, BC, May 20, 2022 — There’s only 1 week left to get your Coast Mental Health Foundation’s 50/50 tickets!  The jackpot is getting bigger and you don’t want to miss out on your chance to win up to $120,000! Get your tickets now!

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 buy your tickets, you help folks like Michael.

Michael’s been a member at Coast’s Mental Health Resource Centre for over 10 years! As a trusted member of the Coast community, Michael finds purpose though work. He takes on shifts as a front desk receptionist, and manning the store. The shop sells basic food and hygiene items at minimal cost to Resource Centre members.

“I never had a purpose for getting out of bed. But now I have a purpose to get out of bed and do this and get out the house once in a while,” he says.

Get your 50/50 tickets today and you can help open the door to recovery for other people like Michael and you have the chance to take home up to $120,000!

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

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!

VANCOUVER, BC, May 11, 2022 — Don’t miss out on your chance to win BIG for Mental Health, get your Coast Mental Health Foundation 50/50 tickets now! The jackpot is getting bigger and you could still win up to $120,000!

Tickets start from just $10 for one, $25 for 3, $50 for 10 tickets, 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, you provide urgently needed support for people living with mental illness here in BC and you have a chance of winning up to $120,000!

Your tickets can help folks like Wing.

“I feel a sense of gratitude to have this space here for me to work with supportive people. I don’t know where I’d be without this place,” says Wing a former Coast Mental Health client and Peer Support Worker.

Peer support works because it gives specialized training to people who have learned to manage their mental health challenges. Participants understand the struggles that come with experiencing mental illness because they have lived it themselves and have learned to manage it.

Get your 50/50 tickets today and you can help open the door to recovery for other people like Wing and you have the chance to take home up to $120,000!

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

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!

VANCOUVER, BC, May 3, 2022 — Get you Coast Mental Health Foundation’s 50/50 tickets before they sell out. The jackpot is getting bigger and you could still win up to $120,000!

Tickets start from just $10 for one, $25 for 3, $50 for 10 tickets, 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!

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

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

One of the most debilitating parts of living with chronic mental illness and addiction can be the cognitive impact. For many, the ability to carry out simple tasks, to remember, organize, reason and problem solve are severely affected. Thanks to your support, Coast’s Cognitive Remediation program combines  CBT, DBT, brain training and physical exercise to train and re-wire the brain.

This can be life changing and can be the first step toward a more independent and fulfilling life.

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

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!

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!