April showers may bring May flowers, but for these three winners, it was nothing but sunshine!

As April was a three pay period month, we had three lucky 50/50 ‘Won’ Vancouver Staff Lottery winners: Marisa Bisegna, a Homecare Physiotherapist at South Health Unit; Dorinda Dokupil from Medical Imaging; and Zoë Krickan, MIU & ER Psychiatric Nurse at Lion’s Gate Hospital’s HOpe Centre.

Congratulations to our three lucky winners who received around $6,600 each.

So what are they going to do with the cash? Here’s what our winners had to say:

Marisa

What a wonderful surprise it was to get the phone call at the end of a busy Friday that I had won. It was probably the best Friday I have had at work ever!  The money will go into the bank for now and I will probably plan a trip somewhere I have always wanted to go.

Dorinda Dokupil

Dorinda

I thought someone was pranking me when I got the call about winning the 50/50 lottery. I am very pleased to win and it couldn’t have come at a better time. My daughter is studying Health Sciences at SFU and I will use my winnings to help fund her education. She hopes to work in a hospital one day and I think it’s only fitting the money goes toward this goal. I truly appreciate this gift and will spend it wisely!

 Zoë

Zoë Krikan

I was in disbelief when I received the call saying that my number had been drawn and asked at least three times for the person on the other end of the phone to repeat the dollar amount! I think I even mentioned how they were the best part of my day, as I wrapped up to head out for a week of holidays.

I am planning to use some of the proceeds to take a short trip with my husband to celebrate our recent 20th wedding anniversary.

The next 50/50 Staff Lottery is May 27

What are you waiting for? There are two (or three) chances to win every month (depending on the corresponding pay periods) and you only need to sign up once to participate. The more tickets sold means the larger the winnings for staff and more funding for the Foundation. To date, $79,000 has been donated thanks to our staff.

Complete the 50/50 Staff Lottery sign up form available here  and email it back to VCHStaffLottery@vch.ca.

Have questions?

Many can be answered by reading our Q and A page.

Good luck!

Know your limit, play within it