2004 News Releases
For immediate release - April 28, 2004
THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES EARLY BIRD WINNER OF
THE 2004 OTTAWA HOSPITAL LOTTERY!
(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) –The Ottawa Hospital
Lottery today announced Sergine Carrière (ticket number
022973) as the lucky winner of the 2004 Ottawa Hospital Lottery
Early Bird draw. Ms. Carrière has won a fabulous prize
package worth $81,301 including an all expenses paid trip
for four to Cuba, a 2004 Ford Thunderbird convertible and
Ottawa Senators season tickets.
Representatives of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation also drew
the names of another 1200 ticket holders. The winners will
get an additional lottery ticket, giving them an extra chance
of winning a country home, jewelry or cash! The final draw
for prizes including the grand prize – a home worth
one million dollars, OR a $713,000 plus $250 000 in cash –
will take place on May 19. A complete list of Early Bird winners
will be published in this Friday’s Ottawa Citizen and
Le Droit. The names of the winners will also be posted on
The Ottawa Hospital Lottery Web site.
The final ticket deadline for The 2004 Ottawa Hospital Lottery
is midnight on April 30. Tickets can be purchased 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 tickets will also
be available at the lottery Web site, www.ottawahospitallottery.com.
Proceeds will help fund a number of improvements in patient
care at the Civic, General and Riverside Campuses of The Ottawa
Hospital, including:
• Doubling the size of the emergency departments and
converting them into state-of-the-art facilities
• Doubling the number of beds in the intensive care
units of the Civic and General Campuses
• Adding 17 new, state-of-the-art operating rooms
• Purchasing vital diagnostic equipment such as CT scanner
right in the emergency department
For more information, visit The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Web site at www.ohfoundation.ca.
For more information, please contact:
Carl Martin
Vice-President, Communications & Marketing, The Ottawa
Hospital Foundation
Tel: (613) 798-5555, ext. 17840
Cell: (613) 762-3432
camartin@ottawahospital.on.ca
Danielle St-Aubin
Director, Communications & Marketing, The Ottawa Hospital
Foundation
Tel: (613) 798-5555, ext. 12972
dstaubin@ottawahospital.on.ca
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