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By Celebrate!, News, Thank You!

We are so grateful to our sweet-toothed community members for raising $44,123.17 for the new Intensive Care Unit at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital by purchasing Tim Hortons Smile Cookies in September! A big thank you to the Nanaimo Tim Hortons restaurant owners for making this amazing donation week possible.
Pictured from left to right: Mandeep Kandola (Brooks Landing), Janice Krall (NDHF), Ryan Cruz and Andy Milne (Westhill Plaza, Tenth Street, and Northfield Plaza), Jeff Blois (Dickinson Crossing and Woodgrove Centre), Lilian Mayne (Rock City Plaza and Nanaimo North Town Centre), Craig McBride (Wallace St. and University District), Christian Aubin (Code Brew Café), and Chelsea Carne (NDHF).

6th Annual Pat Docherty Memorial Tournament

By Celebrate!, News, Thank You!

Wow! We received an unbelievable gift of $103,025 from the participants of the 6th annual Pat Docherty Memorial Tournament! We are so grateful to this generous group for their ongoing support. Over the years, they have given over $241,000 to the hospital! This year’s gift will go toward the purchase of all the medical equipment required in the new ICU. Thank you so much!

By Congratulations!, News, Thank You!

Congratulations to the team at Laird Wheaton GM for winning our 2022 Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Car Dealership Challenge! The team won an awesome advertising prize package by purchasing the most cookies during Smile Cookie week! All proceeds to the new ICU at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Thank you!
Thank you to the prize donors, Nanaimo News Bulletin, Nanaimo & Voyager Magazine, and the Business Examiner.

Thank you, PetSmart!

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Kids visiting the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital when they aren’t feeling well are sure to be cheered up by an awesome stuffie from PetSmart Nanaimo! Since 2018, PetSmart has been holding toy drives and have donated thousands of stuffies to our hospital for sick kids. This photo is just the tip of the iceberg for this year – PetSmart predicts that by the end of this year, they will have donated around 50 bags of stuffies!! Thank you so much!

Thank you, Mid Island Co-op!

By Celebrate!, News, Thank You!

MID ISLAND CO-OP FUEL GOOD DAY September 20, 2022

We are so incredibly grateful to Mid Island Co-op for their amazing fundraiser for us! We are overjoyed to announce that Mid Island Co-op has donated a grand total of $42,342.61 to Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation! proceeds will go toward the purchase of medical equipment for the new Intensive Care Unit at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. THANK YOU to Mid Island Co-op and everyone who bought fuel on Fuel Good Day for making this happen!

 

Mid Island Co-op has supported the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital for over 30 years. They have supported 14 different initiatives at the hospital during that time, including Palliative Care, the Emergency Department build, and the Endoscopy Suite. To the folks at Mid Island Co-op, gift truly has impact on the community we serve. THANK YOU to Mid Island Co-op and everyone who bought fuel on Fuel Good Day for making this happen!

The Peddlin’ Prof peddles past his goal!

By Celebrate!, Congratulations!, News, Thank You!
We are so blown away and grateful to Dr. Trevor Cradduck, the Peddlin’ Prof, for his amazing bike ride fundraiser in support of the new Intensive Care Unit at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital! During August, Dr. Cradduck set himself a goal of riding 500 km and raising $2,000 for the hospital, and he exceeded both with 761 km ridden and $2,750 raised!
 
In addition to his fundraising for NRGH, Dr. Cradduck is a longtime volunteer of the Lifeline (the wearable call button for seniors when they need help, for example if they fall in their home). Dr. Cradduck worked in the Check-In Program, which is a scheduled check-in call service for Nanaimo seniors. He is a former Lifeline committee member and Past Editor of the program’s newsletter, “Seniors Connections” as well as a delivery driver for Lifeline unit install (and sometimes delivery rider if he took his bike). At 86 years young, Dr. Cradduck is an inspiration to us all to keep moving, and keep giving.

The Peddlin’ Prof Raises Funds for ICU

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Dr. Trevor Cradduck is Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Medicine having been a Medical Physicist in Nuclear Medicine, and finished his career at Western University in London, Ontario. However, to us he’s known as the “Peddlin’ Prof.”
In 2016, Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto initiated the Great Cycle Challenge to Fight Kid’s Cancer. Cyclists set their own challenges in terms of distance to ride throughout the month and a goal of money to raise. Dr. Cradduck joined this venture in 2018 and has ridden each year, keeping himself fit and raising money for a good cause. He has since redirected his funding to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation, and we couldn’t be more grateful! Funds raised will support the purchase of all the state-of-the-art critical care medical equipment in the new Intensive Care Unit at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
This year, at age 86, Dr. Cradduck has set his distance goal at 500 km to be ridden over the month of August. During his first five days of riding, he put an incredible 129 km under his wheels! He feels confident he will meet the target he set himself.
To make a donation in support of the Peddlin’ Prof’s fundraiser for the ICU at NRGH, please visit https://nanaimohospitalfoundation.com/donate/ and enter “Trevor’s bike ride” in the comment box. Thank you!

Thank you, Hub City Lions Club!

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Thank you to Nanaimo Hub City Lions Club for their wonderful gift of $5,000 towards Nanaimo Regional General Hospital’s Palliative Care Unit.
Palliative Care is such a special place in our Hospital, for our friends & family. Thank you again to Nanaimo Hub City Lions for honoring this area of our Hospital and the exceptional healthcare providers that serve our community.

Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation Funds Youth Wellness Van

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Thanks to generous financial support from the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation, a mobile service for youth wellness will soon be hitting the road.

The new Youth Wellness Van will offer sexual health information, birth control, pregnancy testing, STI testing, immunizations, harm reduction, mental health and substance use supports, as well as referrals to other health providers for youth up to age 25.

Read More: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/stories/nanaimo-district-hospital-foundation-funds-new-mobile-service-youth-wellness