Your chances to win the 2020 Prince George Hospice Dream Home are now officially secured.
"Never in a million years did we think we were going to find ourselves here," Prince George Hospice Society’s Dream Home Coordinator Sandra Klimm said in a Facebook update this morning (Sept. 29).
"Today is day 91 and just 90 days after starting our dream home lottery, we have this to share."
Klimm then holds up the tickets remaining whiteboard, which says 'Sold Out.'
"We are officially sold out of dream home tickets, she continued. There are no more dream tickets left!.
"We are sold out three months into our lottery, halfway through, an absolute record. You guys have been incredible. Thank you so much to the home builder, the sponsors, the media, everyone that bought a ticket, all of our staff, the volunteers.
"Again, on behalf of this team here, thank you so much. We needed you guys and you came through a hundred per cent. We are so so grateful."
The Dream Home, located at 3955 Larisa Ct. in the Nechako View Subdivision, is valued at more than $700,000.
The rancher-style home features five bedrooms plus an office, four bathrooms, five brand-new appliances and about 3,390 sq. ft. of spacious modern living.
Local resident Lauraine Biech also won $150,000 Friday evening (Sept. 25) in the first 50/50 raffle draw 10 days after all 12,000 tickets sold out.
However, if you want another chance at winning that kind of money, there’s going to be a second 50/50 draw.
“We are going to start at zero and hopefully go all the way up to $150,000 again,” says Klimm, adding that tickets for the second draw are now available online.
The next lucky $150,000 winner will be unveiled on Dec. 18, six days before the new owners of the 2020 Dream Home are announced on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).
Fifty additional 50/50 tickets will be won on Oct. 23 in the third of four early-bird draws, while an inflatable boat package, worth $3,550 in value, will be given away on Nov. 20.
Tickets for the 50/50 draw cost $25 each and the ticket for the Dream Home itself is $100, but remember, all of the profits go towards benefiting the Prince George Hospice Society.
Funding goes towards:
- Grief and Grub for Guys - a program to support men through their grief
- Childrens' Grief program - children grieve many losses, such as loss through divorce, foster care, pets and people, we help them and their parents learn to move through it
- Caregiver program - we offer care and support for family caregivers. Caring for a loved one that is ill or dying can be difficult for isolating, we offer championship and support to help them out through it
- Grief programs - we offer grief support to people in a way that works best for them. One on One, Group Zoom Meetings or COVID safe groups
- Our hospice backyard tent - we provide a COVID safe space for families to visit hospice house or anyone in the community to use for a celebration of life gathering
- Hospice house - a sell out means we are able to keep our beds open for people at the end of life to receive the care and compassion that our staff provide
- with files from Hanna Petersen, PrinceGeorgeMatters
