Coast Capital Savings Donates Teddy Bear
Thank you to Shannon Wright and Nicole Gervais of Coast Capital Saving for their Teddy Bear donation! The toys will provide comfort to children receiving medical care at the hospital.
Innov8 Digital Solutions Donate to Cardiac Care
Thank you to Innov8 Digital Solutions for their generous $2,000 donation for cardiac care at NRGH!
O.R. Nurses Trained in Advanced Cardiac Life Support
The operating room is a critical care area. On rare occasions very sick patients require advanced cardiac life support while in the O.R at NRGH. At minimum, the O.R. is staffed with 1 anaesthesiologist, 1 surgeon and 2 O.R. nurses. When a cardiac arrest occurs, the anaesthesiologist, who is trained in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS),…
Quality Foods Endowment Grows to $262,000!
Thank you to Quality Foods for their generous $15,000 donation to their Community Health Endowment! Established in 2008, the Quality Foods Community Health Endowment has grown to $262,000 and the interest generated is used to purchase medical equipment for Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Oceanside Health Centre in Parksville. Thank you Quality Foods!
Toy “R” Us Canada & Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada Continue Their Support
Thank you to Toys”R”Us Canada and Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada for the $2,000 donation from the Toys ‘R’ Us grant program! The funds will be used to purchase Teddy Bears which provide great comfort to children who visit Nanaimo Regional General Hospital for medical care. The Hospital Foundation is very grateful to be a recipient of this generous partnership.
Fairwinds Golf Shop Wins Award!
Congratulations to Fairwinds Golf Club – Golf Shop for being awarded Regional Golf Shop of the Year for Vancouver Island! They received the recognition at the PGA of British Columbia’s annual awards ceremony. Fairwinds has been the host golf course of the Foundation’s annual Golf for Life Charity Classic and we are very grateful for their…
Hallowe’en House Scares up Donations
Thank you to Melanie and Keith Kirk who raised $975 through their Townsite Halloween House! The funds raised will go towards cardiac equipment at NRGH!
Mid-Island Woodworkers Guild support NRGH.
The Mid-Island Woodworkers Guild, supporters of the Hospital Foundation, is participating in the Woodworking Showcase from November 5 to November 30 at the Nanaimo Arts Council. The beautiful rocking horse, made by Douglas Davies and Tony Dobson, will be on display and the proceeds of its sale will be donated to the Hospital Foundation.
Parksville Quilters Guild continues to create and donate.
A big thank you to the Parksville Quilters Guild for their generous support! Over the past year they have donated an incredible number of items – 45 comfort quilts to the Chemotherapy Unit and 33 to the Renal Unit and to Neonatal Intensive Care – 303 knit hats, 115 flannel wraps, 30 flannel receiving blanket…
Cardiology Team helps create Video
We had a great time shooting some video with the incredible cardiology team at NRGH. Watch for the video later this month!