Foundation News
TB Vets donates new GlideScope for St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph’s Hospital staff show off the new portable GlideScope purchased for the Intensive Care Unit thanks to a generous grant from TB Vets Charitable Foundation last month. From left to right: Michelle Toole [...]
Totem Riders’ Halloween Howl raises $2,500 (and lots of teddies) for kids at St. Joe’s
Members of the Totem Riders Motorcycle Club present the teddy bears and donations they raised at their Halloween Howl last October for the Maternal Child Unit at St. Joseph's Hospital to Meghan Liddle of [...]
Thrifty’s ‘Pumpkins for Patients’ raises $1,613 for St. Joe’s
Produce staff and manager Jeff Ackinclose (right) from the Crown Isle Thrifty Foods presented a cheque for $1,613 to Katie of the Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation on Nov. 30. $1 from each pumpkin sold [...]
Our Healthcare Hamper
Help fill our Healthcare Hamper this Christmas! Smart tablets with customized, easy-to-use applications for Residents ($6,000) iPods for Music Therapy program ($5,000) Wayfinding Murals ($10,000) PARO Therapeutic Automated Seal to reduce stress and stimulate interaction, [...]
‘Eden’ at St. Joseph’s
A philosophy of care that Celebrates the Human Spirit In many Residential Care facilities across the country, loneliness, helplessness and boredom account for the bulk of suffering among the elderly. While a senior living in [...]
Give Online this Christmas and Getaway with WestJet
Make your annual Christmas donation on-line by Dec. 23, 2016 and be automatically entered into a draw for a trip for two to anywhere WestJet flies! Click Here to Donate
Giving to St. Joseph’s in the Future
With the opening of the new Comox Valley Hospital in the fall of 2017, and St. Joseph’s continuing to provide care with compassion to residents of The Views and Hospice after services move to the [...]
President’s Message for December 2016
Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation Board Members, left to right: Henning Larsen, MarianneDufresne, Patti Fletcher, Brenda Kelm, Robert Mulrooney and Bill Anglin. Missing: Colleen Sawyerand Colleen Hay. Also featured, Jane Murphy, President & CEO of [...]
TELUS donates $4,000 for fetal maternal monitors in the Comox Valley
Comox Valley TELUS employees Jay Clarke, Field Support Manager (far left) and Mack (third from left) present a cheque for $4,000 to Maternal Child staff and Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation vice president Bill Anglin [...]
Avalanche hosting Dab & Donate for mental health
Left to right: Robert Haubrich, Manager of Mental Health, Substance Use and Psychiatry Services at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Devin Moldenhauer, owner of Avalanche Bar & Grill, and Katie Maximick of Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation [...]
Karen’s Gift: a different way to give
Photographer Karen McKinnon is finding out that by default, her philanthropic personality has begun to not only inspire change in others, but to change her as well (McKinnon Photography). Photographer Karen McKinnon [...]