Wenner Group
Thank you to the Wenner group for another amazing light display this year. The lights have lifted the spirits of staff and patients alike!
Thank you to the Wenner group for another amazing light display this year. The lights have lifted the spirits of staff and patients alike!
Thank you Coastland Wood employees for their recent gift of $4,798 towards the new ICU at NRGH! This donation is part of Coastland Wood’s employee matching campaign, with every dollar generously matched by the Shields Foundation. To date they have collectively donated an incredible $140,000 in support of our hospital. If your organization is interested…
The new Code Brew Café as part of the lobby renovations at NRGH is now open! The new café will provide patients, visitors and staff with a wider selection of food and beverage options in an open, modern space. Thank you to everyone involved in making this dream a reality! Photo: Clinton King, Code Brew…
The Code Brew Grand Re-Opening is dedicated to Brenda Rositano 1964-2019. Brenda came to work for the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation on June 12, 2000. In her role as the first Manager of our new cafe, Brenda opened up Code Brew and set it up for great success. Brenda’s exceptional work expanded into fundraising…
The Liquor Distribution Branch’s annual Share-a-Bear program has been in operation since 1989. This year we would like to thank the Port Place Liquor Store for donating 78 teddy bears to our hospitals littlest patients! These bears bring so much joy when it’s needed the most! Photo: Amber White, Manager, Annual Giving, Nanaimo & District…
The CODE BREW Kiosk at NRGH will be closed December 12th & 13th to facilitate the opening of the new café. The new CODE BREW Café will be opening on Monday December 14th at 7:00am. Thank you for your support!
Thank you to the Ladysmith Lions Club for your generous donation of $1,000 for the new Intensive Care Unit Nanaimo Regional General Hospital! We appreciate your continued support!
Thank you to Kulwant Kaur & Narinder Parmar for their amazing donation of $2,000! They collect bottles and cans every year to donate to a local charity. This year they decided to donate the proceeds to the new ICU at NRGH! What a great way to give back to our community!
The cardiac project is complete! We will now be able to deliver approximately 95% of pre and post-surgical and procedural cardiac care in our community, increase exams to an estimated 3,000 per year, and reduce wait times by as much as 50%. This project will have a significant impact for thousands in Nanaimo and Oceanside…
Thank you to Western Coast Insurance for their fundraising efforts from both the Aulds Road and Port Place branches, totaling $485.37, going towards the NICU and ICU at NRGH. Their mission is to have a positive impact on the people and pride within the communities where Western Coast Insurance employees live and work. Since its…
Planning for the future is an important part of what we do, and planned gifts from our generous, visionary donors help ensure better healthcare for generations to come. Planned gifts we accept include Charitable Bequests through Wills, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Charitable Gift Annuities, Gifts of Stock and more. For more information about making a planned gift to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation, please click the link below.
As a monthly giving donor, you will help build a future of healthcare excellence over time, benefiting the ones you care for most. Together, monthly donors enable long-term, sustainable planning to support the delivery of better healthcare in our community.
Making a donation in memory of a family, friend or other loved one is a wonderful way to honour their memory, while also making a gift that will keep on giving back to the community through better healthcare. Donations are also a great way to celebrate life’s important milestones such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, retirements and more.
To make a gift of securities in kind, please download this fillable form and instruct your broker to initiate the transfer on your behalf. We sell the shares immediately upon receipt, and send you a charitable tax receipt for the fair market value at the date of transfer.
Cancer Care
Our work continues to support local cancer care in Nanaimo, including specialized pathology equipment to examine tissue biopsies for suspected cases of cancer. We’re also helping to move forward the project around a regional cancer center, keeping patients closer to their support networks. This essential area of care is long overdue, and has affected so many families on the island.
Community and Family Health
This area gives focus to children’s health, family doctor recruitment support with the Division of Family Practice, occupational health, palliative care, senior’s care, and education as well as other support for our nurses. We have already had excellent success in this area, with the recruitment of new doctors, and more on the way. Several key partnerships are already in place, and we continue to pursue additional alliances to expand our circle of impact.
Critical Care
Critical Care includes all acute care – emergency, ICU and HAU, and surgery. In June 2023, the new ICU opened with all the required critical equipment funded by
community donors and has been operating at full capacity since then. We are excited to share that the HAU is on track for expected completion by summer 2025, ensuring that our community has access to the highest standard of care.
Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our community, and a transformational gift from the Windsor Plywood Foundation, we have almost achieved our fundraising goal.
Heart and Stroke Care
This area of care includes a new cath lab and equipment, as well as several recent equipment purchases such as echocardiology machine & TEE probe, cardiac ultrasound, a cardiac stress test system, two wireless ECG machines, an echo stretcher, power chairs for our pacemaker clinic, and a Holter scanning system. Costs were also covered for additional staff training on advanced cardiac life support, and heart dysrhythmia.
Innovation
It is only through innovation that we can ensure we maintain the highest standards of care for our community. “We have always done it that way” is not an acceptable answer for our team. We know that to be a driving force in improving healthcare in Central and North Vancouver Island, we must constantly seek new and innovative ways to pursue our vision.
We continue to press for innovation in the areas of advocacy, laboratory services, medical imaging, medical professional education, and pharmacy, among others.
And once again, mutually beneficial partnerships grounded in the desire to improve healthcare outcomes are key to the Foundation having an impact well beyond our traditional resources.
Mental Health
We continue to seek out ways to improve and expand medical detox, VI scan (Vancouver Island Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect program), and youth wellness outreach. These essential areas are interwoven with other areas of care, and we seek ways to innovate and create greater impact.