2005 News Releases

For immediate release - February 14, 2005

The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Announces Winner of 2005 Ottawa Hospital Lottery's Valentine's Day Bonus Draw

(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) - The Ottawa Hospital Foundation today announced Mary-Anne Buske from Navan (ticket number 004031) as the lucky winner of the 2005 Ottawa Hospital Lottery’s Valentine’s Day Bonus draw. Ms. Buske has won a beautiful $4,887 diamond ring from Howard Fine Jewellers.

This is only the second week of the 2005 Ottawa Hospital Lottery featuring more than 4,400 prizes, worth over $2.7 million, to be won. The Ottawa Hospital Lottery is the region’s richest, with the lowest odds of winning for any hospital lottery in Eastern Ontario.

This year’s grand prize is a dream home worth more than $1 million. The second-place winner can choose a $150,000 country home or $100,000 in cash. Other prize highlights include six Ford vehicles; 24 sun-soaked vacations, including nine cruises and 15 all-inclusive vacations; more than $145,000 in jewellery; an East African Safari; five home furnishings shopping sprees worth $20,000 each; Cisco Systems Bluesfest passports; and much more.

The next important date for the 2005 Ottawa Hospital Lottery is Friday, April 22, the ticket sale deadline for the early bird draw, featuring a $66,000 first-prize package that includes a 2005 Ford Mustang GT convertible, groceries for a year, and a vacation package. Tickets are priced at $100 and only 45,000 will be sold. More than 10,000 have been sold so far.

Proceeds from this year’s Ottawa Hospital Lottery will help fund a number of improvements in patient care at The Ottawa Hospital, including doubling the size of the emergency departments and the intensive care units, and the construction of 17 state-of-the-art operating rooms.

Orders can be placed by mail using the order form provided in the brochure; by telephone at (613) 783-9550 or 1-800-853-6955; in person at the Civic, General, or Riverside campuses; or at any of Ottawa’s major chartered banks. Complete prize information, lottery rules and details on how and where to order your tickets will also be available at www.ottawahospitallottery.com.

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