Foundation News
Sunroom Named in Honour of the Patrick and Kushner Family Legacy Fund
Angela Patrick in the new sunroom... a lovely spot to rest and to remember the Patricks for their love and generosity. Photo by Jim Peacock. The John and Angela Patrick and Nellie Kushner [...]
The Future Role of St. Joseph’s in Seniors’ Care in Comox
The Views at St. Joseph’s has a visionary plan for renewing and enhancing seniors’ services in the Comox Valley. Our vision begins with redevelopment of our beautiful, waterfront, Comox property, including construction of a 192 [...]
Lifetime of Devotion
Bernard (Bud) Tarling found himself caring for his beloved wife Joan when her health started to fail a few years ago. In his 90s, Bud really didn’t want to put her in respite but knew for his own health and as recommended by his doctor, he needed to. It was important to Bud that he found a homelike environment that he could comfortably leave Joan for a few days. The Views at St. Joseph’s was that very special place.
New Man, New Outlook on Life
After four much-needed surgeries, plenty of help throughout the rehabilitation process and sticking to his weight loss plan, David Craven is down to a size 36 waist and feeling like a new man. [...]
A New Operating Room for the Comox Valley Hospital
In 2017 a brand new state-of-the-art hospital opened in the Comox Valley. But just because we have an award-winning new facility and can be thankful for the innovative systems in place, does not mean that the work to improve healthcare in the Comox Valley has ended.
2018 Winners of the Staff Scholarships for the Comox Valley Hospital
Pictured with the recipients is Dermot Kelly – Executive Director North Island Hospitals, Cathie Sturam – Site Director Comox Valley Hospital , Bill Anglin – Board Chair Comox Valley Health Care Foundation and Lynn [...]
Community Partner: Comox Valley Better at Home
Comox Valley Better at Home supports seniors in our community by providing several non-medical services to help seniors continue to live in their own homes. In 2018 the Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation provided a grant [...]
RBC Foundation Support of Our Maternity Department
Photo (from left) Colleen Sawyer – Previous Branch Manager RBC Comox Valley, Cathie Sturam – Site Director, Sarah Heighington – Clinical Coordinator – Maternal Child, Lynn Dashkewytch – Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation, Annette Moulaison [...]
97.3 The Eagle Drops off Stuffies at Hospital
The stuffies are from the Variety Radio-A-Thon and will be used in the Emergency Department Pediatrics and anywhere children coming to the hospital need some added comforting!
Fresh Delivery of Stuffed Teddies
The stuffies that were delivered are used in many departments of The Comox Valley Hospital to provide comfort to young children. Thank you to our amazing donor Ron Fortin. He has been doing this for [...]
Our Smile Week So Far!
Tim Hortons and The Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation worked together to help put smiles on faces to those that serve our community in healthcare roles. We are all so grateful to everyone at [...]
Tim Horton’s Smile Campaign is this Week!
During the week of September 17 to 23rd four Tim Hortons restaurants will be selling their iconic Smile Cookies to fundraise for CVHF. Each cookie sells for $1 plus tax, and $1 from each cookie [...]