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– In parallel with National Volunteer Week, the Victoria Hospitals Foundation (VHF) is honoured to be the recipient of a generous $250,000 pledge made by the Victoria General Hospital (VGH) Auxiliary, an organization staffed entirely by member volunteers. The two-year pledge will support the Foundation’s $11 million Imaging is Power campaign, and specifically two new MRI machines for VGH. “Our members are generous with their time, forward thinking, and have a huge passion for the patient and staff experience—that is why it was critical we support the Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s imaging campaign, and all the good it will do for caregivers and patients alike,” says Cindy McInnes, President of the Victoria General Hospital Auxiliary. “This pledge is a true gift from the community: our volunteers who give of their time of course, but also every visitor that has supported our gift shop. The teddy bear you bought, may have just helped fund new MRI technology for VGH—thank you.” The VGH Auxiliary has been supporting the hospital since 1982 through several initiative, including its in-hospital gift shop and its holiday Poinsettias for Patients campaign that supported the Victoria Hospitals Foundation in the past. The group has over 70 member volunteers, including three active members who have been volunteering for 42 years. With the Auxiliary’s pledge, VHF’s Imaging is Power is now approaching the $9 million milestone of the $11 million goal. The campaign is modernizing six imaging machines for Royal Jubilee Hospital and VGH. This includes two new MRI machines at VGH that will be refurbished using first-in-Canada innovation, providing sharper scans and supporting wait times. Installation for the MRIs is starting this Spring. “The strongest hospitals across the country have the strongest philanthropy surrounding them—and the strongest volunteers supporting them,” says Alec McKay, Director of Development, Victoria Hospitals Foundation. “We extend our sincere thanks to the VGH Auxiliary and its members for trusting in our vision, and for creating a legacy of advanced care within Vancouver Island’s largest hospital.” VGH is Vancouver Island’s referral centre for trauma, pediatrics, maternity, and neurosciences. Every day, major trauma and stroke patients, women experiencing high-risk pregnancies, and critically ill children from across Vancouver Island are transferred to VGH by helicopter or ambulance for the highest level of care. In nearly every case, imaging is the first step in the patient’s journey. “As a care provider, imaging is as close to a crystal ball as we’ll ever have in medicine. New MRI machines for VGH will empower our care teams to do the right things for the right reasons,” says Dr. Hayley Bos, VGH Medical Director and Medical Director of Maternity for Island Health. “Thank you to the VGH Auxiliary, and donors to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, for catalyzing power imaging tools for Vancouver Islanders—it will make all the difference.”

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Husband of Former Patient Gifts $1 Million to Victoria Hospitals Foundation in Memory of Late Wife

The Victoria Hospitals Foundation is touched to receive a $1 million gift from Alex Miller, in honour of his late wife, Betty. The generous donation will benefit medical imaging, specifically the Foundation’s $11 million Imaging is Power campaign,…

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Victoria Hospitals Foundation applauds local Save-On-Foods stores for surpassing a $300,000, three-year-pledge to critical care

Save-On-Foods is being celebrated by the Victoria Hospitals Foundation (VHF) as a champion of critical care needs in our hospitals. In 2020, they pledged a transformative $300,000 gift over three years to advance care on Vancouver Island—when…

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Victoria Hospitals Foundation celebrates Canadian Tire’s commitment to advancing cardiac care at Royal Jubilee Hospital through $1 million pledge

Today the Victoria Hospitals Foundation (VHF) gathered with the owners and staff of Greater Victoria Canadian Tire stores to recognize their ongoing support of advanced cardiac care on Vancouver Island, through the annual Fix-A-Heart campaign.…

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There is good, and good to do, in health care

Photo: Kenna Yee (VHF), Heather Crow (VHF), Avery Brohman (VHF), Gaelle van Erp (VHF), Colleen Bronson (VHF), Beth Cairns (VHF), Geoff Courtnall There is good, and good to do, in health care A commentary by Avery Brohman, CEO of the Victoria…

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Husband of Former Patient Gifts $1 Million to Victoria Hospitals Foundation in Memory of Late Wife

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Winter 2024 Newsletter

Victoria Hospitals Foundation celebrates Canadian Tire’s commitment to advancing cardiac care at Royal Jubilee Hospital through $1 million pledge

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