Foundation News
Hope Afloat donates $2,300 to Cancer Care at St. Joseph’s
Teammates of the Hope Afloat Canada's dragon boat team present a cheque for $2,300 to the Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation on Friday, Oct. 28. Proceeds from their annual Tag Day go to the Cancer [...]
Caring Spirit: Dr. Woods & Operating Room
Dr. Tom Woods (second from left) and his Operating Room team were recipients of a Caring Spirit award for excellent patient care following two hip replacements this past Spring. Congratulations are in [...]
Caring Spirit: St. Joseph’s Laboratory Team
Staff members from the Laboratory Department at St. Joseph's Hospital celebrate their Caring Spirit Award for delivering excellent patient care. The Laboratory Department at St. Joseph's Hospital has been given a Caring Spirit Award for providing exceptional [...]
Caring Spirit: Medical Day Care at St. Joseph’s Hospital
The Medical Day Care team at St. Joseph's Hospital were recipients of a Caring Spirit Award for excellent patient care. Congratulations to the staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital’s Medical Day Care who were recognized [...]
Back to school, back to making a difference
Brooklyn Elementary classmates Adria (left) and Brynn hold some of the stuffed animals they donated to kids at St. Joseph’s Hospital as part of their Grade 5 Design for Change School Challenge last May. [...]
‘Who cares about a bed?’
Alphena Franklin-Amor, a Resident in The Views, admires her view from her bed in Oceanview (McKinnon Photography). “Look at this view,” Alphena Franklin-Amor said from her bed as she looked out over Comox [...]
How your recycling improves Comox Valley healthcare
On hand to celebrate the funding of a new TheraGlide chair for The Views, St. Joseph’s Residential Care facility, are (from left) Emterra North Island Operations Manager, Dave Ross; Mayor of Cumberland, Leslie Baird; [...]
Walk for Hearts raises record amount for cardiac care
The Comox Valley chapter of the First Open Heart Society's president Anne Poole presents a cheque for $7,500 to Katie Maximick from the Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation. The money raised at this year's Walk [...]
St. Joseph’s dear dahlia man
Lorne Millar (aka “The Dahlia Man”) has been bringing his basket of flowers to St. Joseph’s Hospital twice a week for 28 years. Here he is seen with some of the hospital’s front desk [...]
Comox Legion buys beds for Residential Care
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 160 President Dave Kelly (left), Jasia Cocking, President of the Branch 160 Ladies' Auxiliary (second from right) and Poppy Chair John Paulin (far right) present a cheque for $5,000 to Michael [...]
26th Annual Golf Classic raises record-breaking $52,500
Committee members from the 26th Annual St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Golf Classic present a cheque to the Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation (formerly St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation) and Jane Murphy, President & CEO of St. [...]