The Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation has announced its Monthly Lottery tickets are available beginning Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the BUH Foundation office.
Tickets can be purchased for $110.00 each and only 1,300 are for sale. They can be bought at the BUH Foundation Office in the hospital, or in Gratefully Yours Gift & Food Shop located in the hospital’s main lobby. They can also be obtained by calling the BUH foundation office at 306 446 6652.
The Monthly Lottery will feature 158 draws over the next year. Two preliminary draws will take place including the Previous Purchaser draw for $1,000 on Thursday April 13 (with a 5pm deadline on April 7), and an Early Bird draw for another $1,000 prize on April 21 (with a 5pm deadline April 13).
Afterwards monthly draws will take place beginning April 28 an running until the final draw Friday, March 30, 2018. Thirteen prizes will be awarded every month, with a top prize of $1,000, second prize of $600, third prize of $400 and ten additional prizes of $200 each. In all $4,000 worth of prizes will be awarded each month.
Proceeds go to the purchase of a BiPAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure) Machine for the Respiratory Therapy Department at BUH. As well BUH Foundation is hoping that ticket buyers will consider a donation towards the purchase of two OZil handpieces for the Cataract Program at BUH, a handpiece that breaks down the cataract and removes it from the eye. For donations of $10 or greater, a charitable tax receipt will be issued.
