Updated: Winner picked for Prince George's Hospice Dream Home

Jessie Calliou is the winner of this year's Hospice Dream Home draw.

This year's home is located at 7327 Foxridge Dr.

The annual fundraiser offers $940,000 in prizes in total, including several Early Bird draws.

Proceeds go to support the Prince George Palliative Care Society's hospice programs, making up about 40 per cent of the society's annual funding.

With 15,000 tickets sold at $125 each, the dream home has been a massive boost to the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society’s funding.

Calliou is a supporter of Hospice programs.

“It was fun to see the end of the season," said Alicia Fitzpatrick, who works in fund development at the Hospice Centre. "It's always a wonderful day when we are able to pull a winner from one of our supporters.”

The dream lottery is the biggest draw for funding for the Rotary House annually and one of the biggest reasons that the society can keep support for local families consistent.

If you are looking to support the program further or are looking for another chance to win, don't worry, the Hospice Society isn't done yet.

“Our lottery is not quite over," said Fitzpatrick. "We are still running our second 50-50, and the draw will take place in the new year on Jan. 31. This 50-50 is in support of our home hospice program. It is the first of its kind in Canada. It's not funded by any government, it only operates because of our community support and donations. So that second 50-50 is hoping to get up to a $500,000 jackpot when they're taking half, meaning that somebody could walk away with a quarter of a million dollars on Jan. 31.”

In addition to the dream home lottery, Hospice also operates two local thrift stores in Prince George.