Thank you to St. Stephen’s United Church Women in Qualicum Beach for their generous $250 donation! The funds are supporting the new $1.5 million Endoscopy surgical suite at NRGH. Learn more about the campaign here: bit.ly/NRGHENDO
Quality of life is an important part of patient care. The Hospital Foundation is committed to helping make residents as comfortable as possible. The smallest things can make a difference in patient quality of life like this aquarium at Trillium Lodge in Parksville. The little schools of fish bring a smile to the lodge residents as well as staff and visitors.
Thank you to Public and Private Workers of Canada – PPWC Local 8 for their $250 donation for our campaign to build a new Endoscopy surgical suite at NRGH! We are grateful for their ongoing support of vital projects such as this one. When complete, wait times for important procedures such as colonoscopies will be reduced and more people will get the care they need closer to home.
Thank you to Alice Wager for the donation of beautiful, handmade blankets and cover pads. They will add a splash of colour and joy in the paediatric department!
Photo: Janice Perrino, CEO, Hospital Foundation & Alice Wager
Thank you to the Nanaimo Quilters’ Guild for their donation of beautiful quilts for VISCAN (Vancouver Island Suspected Child Abuse Network). These lovely quilts will provide comfort for Vancouver Island’s most vulnerable children.
Photo: Janice Perrino, CEO, Hospital Foundation and Bonnie Dormuth, Quilters’ Guild
Thank you to the Mid Island Rose Society for their generous gift of $1,000 for our colonoscopy campaign! They raised $3,800 in just four hours at their annual plant sale with proceeds supporting a number of local charities. All the plants sold at the sale are cultivated by their members and are of such good quality that people return year after year to buy them!
Photo: Bev Hoar, Treasurer & Barbara Samarin, President
Thank you to PetSmart Nanaimo for donating another two huge bags of Teddy Bears! Patient comfort is an integral part of patient care and recovery. The stuffed toys comfort young patients when they are hurting most and provide elderly patients with dementia a welcome distraction.
Thank you to COBS Bread on Metral Drive for their donation towards our campaign to reduce colonoscopy wait times!
Did you know? If you mention Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation at the time of your Cobs Bread purchase, they’ll donate 5% of your purchase to us! They also have a donation box which customers can use to get rid of their loose change, also in support of the Hospital Foundation. Thanks Cobs!
Photo: Mike Humphries, Franchise Owner and Zara, employee
Due to the generosity of many donors, the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation was able to commit to over $3.8 million in funding to NRGH and the other care facilities it supports in the last fiscal year! The donations help fund medical equipment, patient comfort items, staff education and large projects such as the cardiac expansion at NRGH and Oceanside.
Read about some of the highlights over the past year on our news feed.
Thank you also to Dr. Rudston-Brown who was our guest speaker at our recent donor event where the photo was taken. He spoke about the importance of access to colonoscopies, why they are integral to our long-term health and the impact the new procedural suite in the Endoscopy Department at NRGH will have once it is built. Read about the colonoscopy campaign here.
Photo: Janice Perrino, CEO, Hospital Foundation; Dr. Blair Rudston Brown, Chief of Staff, NRGH; Sarah Sheridan, Temporary Director – Special Projects Surgical Services, NRGH; Moira Jenkins, Vice Chair, Hospital Foundation Board; Marci Ekland, Site Director, NRGH; Dr. Ben Williams, Executive Medical Director, GEO 2
Thank you to Coastal Community Credit Union Bowen Community Branch for the donation from their recent Jeans Day fundraiser! Coastal Community Credit Union has been a long-time supporter of the Hospital Foundation and healthcare in our community.
Photo: Cindy Koutecky, Branch Manager; Rebecca Taylor, Director Community & Media Relations, Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation; Karen Ross, Assistant Manager