Shireen writes:
We currently rent in Kitsilano with our six-month old child and furry friend. It would be a dream come true to be able to stay in our favourite neighbourhood and have room for our relatives to come and visit!

The house looks fantastic and the location is amazing!!

 From Alan:
I would choose the Kits home because of the location. It is rare to have a prize home in Vancouver.

Darryl told us this:
The house looks fantastic and the location is amazing!!

Susan likes Vancouver:
The reason I bought this ticket was because there was a home offered on the west side of Vancouver

Peg and Gord wrote in:
We’d love to win the Crescent Road estate, but at our age (over 80) we would have to make the difficult decision of house or cash. Win or lose, we’ll continue to support your programme.

John wrote:
THE BEST LOTTERY IS YOURS!   (thanks John – we think so too. –The editors.)

Adrian wrote:
By far the nicest home I have ever seen on a lottery.  I want to support the hospital, but the home is what convinced me to buy tickets.

You must buy your tickets before midnight Friday to be eligible for our $25,000 Christmas Bonus Cash draw.

Some lucky person will win $25,000 on December 17, just before Christmas! Will it be you? Get your tickets quickly.

Buy right now and you’re guaranteed to be in on each and every remaining draw – including the $3.1 Million Grand Prize Estate Home Package or the $2.6 Million Kitsilano Heritage-style Grand Prize Home Package that everyone is talking about!

Remember… this is your final chance for the huge $25,000 Christmas Bonus Cash prize. Don’t miss out. Get your tickets now. There is not much time left to do it.

The Christmas Bonus Cash cut-off is Midnight, December 4, 2009.  The draw will be held at 11 am, December 17, 2009, at VGH.

 JRFM will be broadcasting from our South Surrey Grand Prize Home from 1-5pm. Esquires Coffee House will be on location providing coffee samples.  Do drop in, have a cup of coffee, and wander around this beautiful oceanview estate home.

The same day, Team 1040 (The Moj) will be at VGH from 11am to 3 pm. Check out the 2010 Honda Insight from Carter Honda that will be onsite.  This is one of two cool cars that come with the Kitsilano Prize Home Package.

* The Grand Prize winner will choose one grand prize option; the other options will not be awarded.

Here’s a sample of what we’ve received:

Libby wrote:
I love the Kitsilano home. It is my ideal home and location. To be able to be car free, on major transport links, close to commercial, recreational and educational facilitates is wonderful. I especially like that two families, or a family and grown children can use this and it keep the eco footprint smaller. Great choice of neighborhood and great choice to renovate an older home. I wouldn’t sell it, I would live in it!

 Finger crossed…I’m dreaming about this home!

Peri wrote in too:
We’ve been buying tickets for the house lotteries for so long, I can’t remember exactly when we started, I think it was in the early 1980’s … and has sort of escalated from there to quite a few every year.  We always hope our ticket is “the one”, but we also feel that the money couldn’t go to a better use!  If we did win, we would prompty put our present house on the market and move into that beautiful house in south Surrey – it’s super, when we visited last time, we were looking at the view and there was a fantastic eagle gliding east along the water, we think it was a sign.  This is the 2nd ticket we’ve purchased for this particular home and are feeling really lucky this time.

Coco wrote:
Both lottery homes are equally beautiful.  Kelly and her team did an excellent job. I however am attracted to the Kits home.  It’s quaint, accessible to the beach,shopping, downtown.

Don told us:
This home you have chosen to renovate is by far the most beautiful home any lottery has offered as a prize. This home has so much character with a beautiful view and the lot is old, established and private. P.S. The heritage home is unique as well.

Dane wrote:
Awesome lottery and an awesome cause.

Jennifer said:
I think it is great that a house that is located within Vancouver is an option for this lottery. My Fiance and I live and work in Vancouver and I couldnt imagine living in the ‘Burbs’ even when we do have our first child.

To have that option (over cash) is a really good thing. Plus the home that was chosen has character and there is history there. I think is is great that a home was chosen to refurbish rather than tear down and start new.

Kits is near and dear to my heart and has been an area that I have always envisioned raising a family in. It was the first area I lived in when I moved to Vancouver.

Now hopefully I win so my Fiance and I have a good start to our new life together. Thanks!