Thank you to the Nanaimo City Soccer Club for their generous donation! The club members raised $859 as well as collected stuffed toys and books for the Paediatric Department at NRGH through their annual Boxing Day and New Year’s Day charity matches. The toys will be enjoyed by many and the funds will be used towards needed equipment. Thank you Emily, Maren and Dahlia for helping make the very special delivery!
Photo: Tara May, Hospital Foundation & AnnaRita Best, Soccer Club
Thank you to the RCMP Veterans’ Association, Central Vancouver Island Division for their generous $500 donation! The funds will be used towards our campaign to build a new surgical suite for the Endoscopy Department at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Once built, the new suite will help reduce wait times for colonoscopies, a vital procedure for the prevention, detection and treatment of colon cancer.
Photo: Janice Krall, Chief Development Officer, Hospital Foundation; Rick Steele, RCMP Veterans’ Association
Thank you to the Nanaimo Theatre Group for making the Hospital Foundation their charity of choice for their preview performance of Cinderella! Yesterday, a packed house enjoyed a brilliant performance of a modern twist on this classic tale. We are grateful to the organizers, actors, volunteers and all who bought tickets to raise $3,027 in support of the Hospital Foundation and Nanaimo Regional General Hospital! The funds will help build the new surgical suite for the Endoscopy Department at NRGH.
Photo: Wendy Karpuik, Actor; Sheila Coultish, Executive Producer; Vera Kahan, Producer; Nikita Towe, Co-Director; Natasha Ballantyne, Co-Director
Thank you to the Save On Foods Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival for their generous $10,000 donation! The funds will go towards our campaign to build a new surgical suite for the Endoscopy Department at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. To date, they have donated over $525,000 to the Hospital Foundation. Incredible!
Photo: Janice Perrino, CEO, Hospital Foundation & Heiko Behn, Dragon Boat Festival
Watch the video featuring Dr. Daniel Jenkin, General Surgeon, to learn why the new surgical suite for the Endoscopy Department at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is so urgently needed for our community. We need to raise $1 million this Christmas to reach our goal and build this addition to the hospital which is vital in the fight against colon cancer. The more donations we receive, the more lights that will be lit outside the main entrance to NRGH. Please donate today. Thank you!
Coin Drive for Charity on now until December 26th in support of paediatric care at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital! Take your spare change to Woodgrove Centre and all funds collected will be donated to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation and used towards medical equipment and patient comfort items to help care for the hospital’s littlest of patients. Visit www.woodgrovecentre.com for all their holiday activities.
Thank you to Cross & Company for their generous $2,500 donation! The funds will be used towards our campaign to build the new surgical suite for the Endoscopy Department at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Jared Cross, owner of Cross & Company, has a very personal reason for making the gift. His father received a colonoscopy at NRGH during which polyps were found and removed before they could turn into cancer. The new surgical suite will reduce wait times so our loved ones, like Jared’s father, can get this potentially life saving procedure sooner and closer to home.
Photo: Janice Perrino, CEO, Hospital Foundation, Jared Cross & Kennedy Baker, Cross & Company
Thank you to Abreast of Life dragon boat team for their generous $5,500 donation. To date, they have donated over $50,000 for healthcare in our community!
Their latest gift will help build the new surgical suite for the Endoscopy Department at NRGH. The new suite will help reduce wait times for colonoscopies, a vital procedure that can save lives. Used for diagnosing serious illnesses such as colon cancer, the sooner our loved ones can get a colonoscopy, the sooner they diagnosis and treatment.
Photo: Janice Perrino, CEO, Hospital Foundation, Brenda Dutton, Patricia Boychuk, Bonnie Rowley, Karen Thompson, Lucie Gosselin, Rosemary Lysak, Susan Lanziner
Thank you to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC & Yukon Branch for their generous $10,000 donation!
Approximately 180 patients each year use the services of four Kidney Dialysis Units located at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, within the greater Nanaimo area, Port Alberni and Cumberland.
The $10,000 grant will fund the purchase of new medical equipment to provide even better care for dialysis patients in our region. The new temporal thermometres will be more reliable in reading body temperatures. The new blood pressure monitors will replace aging machines that are not reading as accurately as they should due to age.
Randy Spensley, second from left, is a kidney transplant recipient. As a dialysis patient himself for four years, he knows first hand the importance of medical staff having the most up to date equipment to care for patients. Due to the care and support he has received, Randy is doing extremely well. And as an Engagement Officer – Community Initiatives with the Kidney Foundation, he is helping raise awareness about kidney disease, resources available and organ donation.
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