2010 media releases
Media Contact: Carla Higgins, Senior Manager Communications & Recognition
Telephone: 250-519-1750 email: carla.higgins@viha.ca
Visions 20th Anniversary Raises $441,205 for Smart Beds for the New Patient Care Centre
November 21, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — The community contributed a record amount of money to health care in Victoria last night, raising $441,205 at the 20th Anniversary Visions gala hosted by the Victoria Hospitals Foundation.
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Victoria Hospitals Foundation Announces New Board of Directors
November 10, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — The Victoria Hospitals Foundation announced today that its board of directors for the 2010-2011 term includes four new members. Rick Anthony (Victoria Police Department), Manjit Bains (Consumer Protection BC), Kim Hesketh (retired, Rogers Broadcasting), and Gordon Macatee (former deputy minister of Health Services) begin their three-year terms immediately. Starr McMichael - who's been a member of the board since 2005 - returns for her second term as board chair.
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Victoria Hospitals Foundation Kicks off Fall Campaign to Raise Funds for Smart Beds for the New Patient Care Centre at Royal Jubilee Hospital
October 21, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — The Victoria Hospitals Foundation launched its Fall Campaign today to raise $715,000 in support of Smart Beds for the new Patient Care Centre at Royal Jubilee Hospital. Smart Beds are sophisticated patient beds designed with advanced technology to facilitate quality care and better patient outcomes.
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Christine Hough-Sweeney and Russ Courtnall Set to Battle on Behalf of The Archie Courtnall Centre
September 23, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — CBC Television's hit series Battle of the Blades returns to the ice this fall! Skating partners Christine "Tuffy" Hough-Sweeney and Russ Courtnall are pleased to announce that they will be skating for the Victoria Hospitals Foundation in support of the Archie Courtnall Centre at Royal Jubilee Hospital.
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Victoria Hospitals Foundation Issues Warning About Fraudulent Phone Solicitors
September 23, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — The Victoria Hospitals Foundation was notified that a resident of Victoria received a call last night requesting a donation to the Foundation in order to provide items for the new Patient Care Centre at Royal Jubilee Hospital. The Victoria Hospitals Foundation would like to clarify that we never solicit donations by phone.
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Victoria Hospitals Foundation to Rake in Funds Through the Shoppers Drug Mart Tree of Life Campaign
September 21, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — The Victoria Hospitals Foundation and Shoppers Drug Mart are partnering in an effort to raise funds to advance women's whole health in Victoria through the ninth annual Tree of Life campaign. The four-week fundraising campaign, running from September 18th through October 15th at over 1,180 Shoppers Drug Mart Stores, will harvest essential funding to support breast health care at Victoria General Hospital.
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Victoria Hospitals Foundation Launches 2010 Spring Campaign
May 12, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — Today the Victoria Hospitals Foundation launched its 2010 spring campaign to raise funds towards the purchase of a $396,000 hematology cell counter for Laboratory Medicine at Royal Jubilee Hospital. This sophisticated medical equipment benefits almost all hospital patients and guides the doctor’s decisions around diagnosis and ongoing treatment of a broad spectrum of patient care from cancer to trauma.
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Sovereign Order of St John Donates $187,000 through the Living Spaces Project
March 11, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — Today the Victoria Hospitals Foundation announced that more than $187,000 has been raised to assist mentally ill clients in Victoria through the Living Spaces project.
To date 191 mental health clients have been helped since the Sovereign Order of St. John, Victoria Commandery, launched its Living Spaces project in December 2007. Through this program, clients entering either VIHA's transitional housing program or receiving services through the downtown Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams are provided with the necessities of life such as beds, pillows, bedding and mattresses which they can keep as they move towards more independent living.
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Canadian Tire Fix-A-Heart Campaign Raises Record Amount for Cardiac Care
February 23, 2010
VICTORIA, B.C. — Shoppers at local Canadian Tire stores gave more than ever through the annual Fix-A-Heart campaign during the 2009 Christmas season, raising $81,000 for the Victoria Hospitals Foundation and making this Canadian Tire's most successful campaign to date. Proceeds from this give-at-the-till campaign support the Heart Health Program at Royal Jubilee Hospital.
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