Those of us on the Sunshine Coast are working together to support each other and to brace for what comes next. The eye of that storm will land squarely on our health care providers at Sechelt Hospital. It is for that reason that the Sechelt Hospital Foundation immediately approved emergency funding to pay for personal protective equipment, supplies and other medical requirements that our heroic frontline doctors and health care staff members need to protect vulnerable patients on the Sunshine Coast.
Our $100K Covid 19 Emergency Support Fund was immediately, and generously, matched by the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary and we continue to receive donations and support from all of you. In fact, just this morning we received a cheque for $10K from a grateful patient who had emergency surgery at Sechelt Hospital very recently. He asked us to put the money where it will do the most good, and we have!
THANK YOU to everyone who has offered their time, contacts and generous gifts to date.
For those who have been asking how you can help, please consider donating right now to ensure we are ready to meet the crisis. At the request of VCH, the Hospital Foundation is coordinating volunteers, gifts in kind and would be happy to hear from you.
Any and all offers of financial and other types of support are greatly appreciated. Please direct your calls or emails to: Jane Macdonald, Executive Director 604-885-8637 or sh.foundation@vch.ca.
For up to date information from the Sunshine Coast Covid Physician Task Force, go to https://www.coastreporter.net/covid-19. You can also sign up to receive emailed updates on the local situation here: admin.scdofp@divisionsbc.ca.
Over the next three years, Sechelt Hospital Foundation will focus on three core areas. We see a community where caring is an action word.
Donor contributions help transform the facilities and secure new equipment to help deliver excellent health care on the Sunshine Coast.
Open to everybody! We are inviting all Sunshine Coast Residents, Visitors, Health Care Staff and Contractors to bid on our select pieces of art.
To stem the potential spread of the Covid-19 virus, the March 28th MedTalks will be postponed.
Every gift makes a difference and stays in our community to support excellence in health care for all Sunshine Coast residents. Donations to Sechelt Hospital Foundation help to:
Since 1995, the Sechelt Hospital Foundation, through the support of our donors, has raised and invested more than $14.5 million in new medical equipment, facility improvements, and staff education.
Medical Imaging at Sechelt Hospital adapts machines for our community’s small (but super brave) patients thanks to Hospital Foundation’s gifts from donors.
Submitted by Angelina Theilmann, Sechelt Hospital Foundation / Coast Reporter March 7, 2020 03:44 PM Foundation upgrades and kid-sizes medical imaging equipment The Sechelt Hospital Foundation has declared Sechelt Hospital fit for the Sunshine Coast’s little superheroes. Foundation executive director Jane Macdonald said generous donations......
Telus Ambassadors help kick off Hospital Foundation’s Annual Gift Campaign TELUS ambassadors arrived at Sechelt Hospital today, to help the Hospital Foundation kick off its annual fundraising campaign. The volunteers will be labelling hundreds of copies of the Foundation’s Report to Community, a snapshot of......
Photos of the new Sunshine Coast Community Outreach van, intended for appointments and group events with members of the Mental Health and Substance Use services and Hospital Foundation team. The purchase of the van was made possible by “Comedy on the Coast” recent sold-out show......
