Just in time for the holidays, our first two winners of the Second Annual Won Vancouver 50/50 Staff Lottery, are Justine Jones and Krista Golden. Justine is the Manager, Regional Scheduling and Timekeeping for Vancouver Acute, and Krista is an Educator with Urgent Care at the UBCH Koerner Pavilion. Each of our winners won over $3,000, and this jackpot will continue to grow as more staff buy tickets!

A very big thank you to all VCH staff who bought 50/50 lottery tickets this past year. Over the 2015/16 lottery season, a total of 26 lucky staff won some extra cash, and together, we contributed $163,384 to the VGH Foundation! The Foundation purchased four ventilators for use at VGH and George Pearson Centre.

A list of all the winners from 2015-16 is available on the Won Vancouver intranet page. Want to see your name on this list this coming year? Make sure you sign up for the 2016-17 lottery – all staff (even if you had tickets this past year) have to register for the new lottery year to be included in the draws. Register today to be included in the next set of draws, just in time to pay off some holiday bills!

So what are our November winners going to do with their cash? Here’s what one of them had to say:

Justine – What does winning the 50/50 lottery mean to you?

Winning the lottery gives me a sense of pride knowing I am contributing toward resources for staff and patients. It came as quite a surprise and very timely, as I’m celebrating my 10^th wedding anniversary in January and some of the money will go towards that as well as Christmas.

Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the Won Vancouver 50/50 Staff Lottery and I wish all participants the best of luck!