The 2022 Hospice Dream Home is the most valuable house offered in the 12-year history of the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society’s signature fundraiser lottery.
The six-bedroom, four-bathroom family home – located at 4185 Mears Court – has been appraised at $950,000 and includes five high-end appliance and new furnishings provided by Ashley Furniture.
“It’s a true, true family home,” society executive director Donna Flood said at the official opening of the home on Thursday. “You’ll love it when you see it.”
The more than 3,000 sq. foot home was built by North Nechako Homes, and has four bedrooms and a laundry room upstairs, and a two-bedroom basement with a separate entrance that could be set up as a legal suite. The home also features an office on the main floor and a spacious ensuite bathroom and walk-in closet attached to the master bedroom upstairs.
The home is open for tours and lottery ticket sales from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Tickets remain $100 each, and can be purchased at the home, at the society office at 1506 Ferry Ave., online at www.hospicedreamhome.ca or by phone at 1-800-419-7604. A maximum of 13,999 tickets will be sold, and the draw will be held on Dec. 16.
The lottery is the biggest fundraiser for the society, Flood said, which only receives 70 per cent of its funding from government to operate the Rotary Hospice House in Prince George. The society’s other programs, including supports for people suffering long-term health impacts from COVID-19, are funded through the support of the community.
This year the society is also holding two Hospice at Home 50/50 raffles. The tickets are $25 each, and winners will be drawn on Sept. 30 and Dec. 31.
Funds raised by the 50/50 draws will support the society’s Hospice at Home program to support people who choose to die at home, Flood said.
“It can be really hard and really scary,” Flood said. “We want to give people the option to die at home, with supports.”
The program will help palliative patients with pain management treatment and other care, along with supports for family members.
“When we care for someone, we don’t just care for that person – we care for their family, their friends. It’s about caring for everybody,” Flood said. “We can only do what we do because of the support of Prince George.”
