When a patient can’t stand, can’t move or can’t wait, the right equipment changes everything.
At VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, your support helps teams act fast — and with precision. Through the VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery, BC’s bravest get the support they need to save and improve lives across BC. Last year, the lottery raised $5.4 million!
“Every ticket purchased helps fund critical medical equipment that leads to more accurate diagnoses, efficient surgeries, and improves access to care,” said Angela Chapman, President and CEO of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation.
“This is the power of plus. This is how you win with BC’s bravest.”
Since its inception, the lottery has raised $60 million for doctors, nurses, firefighters, and front-line workers. Here are examples of the medical equipment your support is helping fund through the VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery:
Your support builds strength
When you buy tickets to the VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery, you help patients move again — safely and with confidence.
The NuStep T6 Pro exercise platform makes full-body exercise possible from a seated position, so patients can build strength and improve heart health without standing. Arms and legs work together. Progress feels steady.
For many older adults, balance is a barrier. Standing can feel unsafe. This platform offers stability, comfort and control with every movement, so patients can focus on recovery — not risk.
It’s simple to use. Resistance adjusts easily. Every patient can go at their own pace to build stronger muscles and improve their range of motion safely.
Thanks to your support, recovery moves forward — faster, safer and within reach.
Precision that saves lives
Your tickets help protect patients at every step thanks to a critical hyperbaric chamber software upgrade.
At VGH, BC’s only hospital-based hyperbaric oxygen treatment centre cares for patients with burns, carbon monoxide poisoning and diving injuries.
Inside the pressurized steel chamber, patients breathe 100% oxygen. The treatment stimulates healing, reduces swelling and fights infections.
It’s precise work. The software upgrade keeps every pressure change exact, so patients move safely between depths and treatments stay on track. Plus, the system now meets the latest global standards.
Without the upgrade, risks increase. Systems can fail, leading to permanent hearing loss, delayed or no wound healing, or death in critical dives.
With it, patients receive the safe, reliable care they need — when it matters most.
Tilt towards recovery
Funded through the VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery, tilt tables give patients in VGH’s burn unit a controlled, safe way to begin their recovery.
The impact is powerful.
Session by session, patients who have been bedridden, experience early mobilization and rehabilitation through the tilt table. Circulation improves. Muscles re-engage. Bones benefit from weight-bearing load.
And most importantly, the path back to standing — and eventually walking — becomes real again.
For patients, this is a step toward discharge and a return to daily life.
This is just one example of the equipment your support makes possible — and there are many more.
Where do proceeds from the VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery go?
From helping patients move, to helping them survive critical care — your support reaches every corner of the hospital.
Look at the life-saving equipment your VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery ticket helped fund last year:
- $2M+ in surgical equipment
- $194,000 surgical fluorescence imaging system helps surgeons avoid complications in complex procedures.
- $203,000 in surgical instruments so more patients receive timely surgery.
- $380,000 in sterilizers to protect patients from infections.
- $442,000 retinal surgery platforms deliver safer surgeries.
- $170,000 in urology cystoscopes that improve access to care.
- $922,000 endoscopes that lead to more accurate cancer detection.
Plus more equipment that saves and improves lives!
Buy your VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery tickets today!
Your last chance to buy tickets is July 10, so buy now.
Take your chance to win our record-breaking Grand Prize draw, where the winner will choose from home packages worth over $2.6 million or the largest cash option ever offered – $2.3 million tax-free cash.
Tickets to the VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery can be purchased online at www.heroeslottery.com, by phone, 604-648-4376, or 1-866-597-4376, or in-person at any London Drugs throughout British Columbia.
Here are VGH+ Hometown Heroes Lottery ticket prices:
- VGH+ Hometown Heroes Main Lottery – Four-pack of tickets for $85, eight-pack for $150, 21-pack for $325, and 40-pack for $550.
- Daily Cash PLUS Game – Two-pack of tickets for $30, six-pack for $60, and 12-pack for $90.
- 50/50 PLUS Lottery – Two-pack of tickets for $20, six-pack for $40, 20-pack for $80 and 40-pack for $120.
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation partners with donors to fuel groundbreaking research, world-class health care teams, and life-saving treatments benefitting everyone in BC. To donate, visit vghfoundation.ca/ways-to-give.
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