Your impact, and the Foundation behind it

What the money buys, where it is installed, and how the Foundation works with the hospital that uses it.

  • 5 hospitals in the Lakeridge Health system
  • 1 in 2 Ontarians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime
  • $1.12M in cancer equipment funded by Win4Cancer since 2021
  • 100% of net proceeds stay in Durham Region

The split

Where the money goes

50% of every dollar spent on 50/50 tickets goes to the winner. The remaining half, and the proceeds of the main lottery after prize and licence costs, fund cancer diagnostics and treatment at Lakeridge Health — Ajax Pickering Hospital.

Licence fees, the prize vehicle and the cost of running the raffle come out of the main lottery proceeds first. What is left is transferred to the hospital foundation account and spent on equipment the hospital has asked for, on a list agreed with the clinical teams before the campaign starts. Nothing goes to a general fund and nothing leaves Durham Region.

Equipment

What has been funded

  • Endoscopy towers and colonoscopes

    Used in the Ajax Pickering endoscopy suite, where colorectal cancers are found early enough to be removed during the same procedure.

    $412,000 2024

  • Digital mammography and breast ultrasound

    Imaging equipment for the diagnostic breast assessment programme, shortening the wait between an abnormal screen and a confirmed diagnosis.

    $268,500 2024

  • Laparoscopic surgical instrumentation

    Minimally invasive instruments for cancer surgery in the Ajax Pickering operating rooms, which shortens recovery and hospital stays.

    $190,300 2025

  • Chemotherapy infusion pumps and safety cabinets

    Equipment for the systemic treatment clinic so patients from Ajax and Pickering receive treatment close to home rather than travelling to Oshawa.

    $155,700 2025

  • Point-of-care pathology analysers

    Faster tissue analysis in the hospital laboratory, cutting days out of the diagnostic pathway.

    $97,400 2023

Figures are the purchase cost carried by the Foundation. Where a purchase was shared with another funder, only the Foundation's share is listed.

The hospital

How cancer care is organised in Durham Region

Cancer care in Durham Region works as one system through Lakeridge Health. The R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre in Oshawa leads the Central East Regional Cancer Program, while the Ajax Pickering Hospital site carries the early detection, diagnostic imaging, endoscopy and surgical load for the west end of the region.

That division of labour is the reason equipment at Ajax Pickering matters beyond its own catchment. A colonoscopy that finds a polyp early, or a biopsy read in two days instead of nine, changes what the regional cancer centre is treating later. The Foundation funds the front of that pathway.

An endoscopy tower and monitor in a hospital procedure room
The endoscopy suite, where colorectal cancers are found early enough to be removed in the same procedure.
Infusion chairs and pumps in a systemic treatment clinic
Infusion chairs in the systemic treatment clinic, so patients are treated close to home.
A digital mammography unit in a diagnostic imaging department
The diagnostic breast assessment room, funded in 2024.
Two members of a hospital care team reviewing a chart in a corridor
Two of the Ajax Pickering care team between cases.

The Foundation

About Ajax Pickering Hospital Foundation

The Foundation is a registered public foundation with the Canada Revenue Agency, charity number 141132662RR0001. It raises money for one hospital site: Lakeridge Health — Ajax Pickering Hospital. It is governed by a volunteer board and its office is inside the hospital, at 580 Harwood Avenue South, Ajax, ON L1S 2J4, Canada.

The Foundation does not deliver clinical care and holds no patient records. Care at the hospital is provided by Lakeridge Health, and patient health information stays with the hospital under Ontario's health privacy law.

Partners in this campaign

Boyer Chevrolet Buick GMC Ajax/Pickering

Main prize vehicle partner and prize delivery location

Lakeridge Health

Recipient hospital system

BUMP, A Division of Canadian Bank Note

AGCO-registered gaming supplier and raffle platform

Legal name
Ajax Pickering Hospital Foundation
Status
Registered charity — public foundation, Canada Revenue Agency
Charity number
141132662RR0001
Office
580 Harwood Avenue South, Ajax, ON L1S 2J4, Canada
Office hours
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Written enquiries
support@win4carcer.ca

Two ways to give

A ticket and a donation are not the same thing

Donations to the Ajax Pickering Hospital Foundation receive a Canada Revenue Agency charitable tax receipt. Lottery ticket purchases do not, because you receive a chance to win in return.

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