Join Royal Columbian Hospital’s largest Corporate Sun Run team EVER!

Don’t run alone…join RCH’s largest ever Vancouver Sun Run Corporate team! In celebration of RCH’s 150th Anniversary this year, our goal is to have 150 individuals running as part of our Corporate Team in The Vancouver Sun Run on Sunday, April 15th.

To register, just click here  and follow these steps:

• Select ‘Corporate Team Registration
• Select ‘JOIN TEAM – Team Members ONLY’

Early bird price is $45, but only until the end of day on Friday, February 17th.

For more information, contact Sandy Fiddis at sandy.fiddis@fraserhealth.ca or 604.520.4438.

Join in the fun and support Royal Columbian Hospital

The Coquitlam Express take on the Nanaimo Clippers on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Join us for this fun family event!

There will be Raffle Prizes, a Frisbee Toss and Concess Food Combos. Partial proceeds from the evening will go towards support for Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

Tickets: $10.00 each or four for $30.00.

Call 604 520 4438 or pick up tickets at the Foundation office in the Health Care Centre at the hospital during business hours.

Thanks for your support!

Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s Feroza Gova (far left) receives a cheque for $9,476.00 from the owners and managers of eight Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Coquitlam, Port Moody and New Westminster that supported the advancement of Women’s Cardiac Health at Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) through their Tree of Life campaign. These funds will benefit RCH Foundation’s Multipurpose Suite campaign to expand cardiac, stroke and aneurysm care at RCH and advance women’s cardiac health in our communities.

(From left) Burnaby-based Variety – The Children’s Charity Executive Director Barbie Hislop and Director, Heart of Variety Fund Tami Ledl and mother Natasha Pinch admire newborn Rebecca Pinch, in the arms of her father, Jason Pinch. Rebecca was born premature at Royal Columbian Hospital at 28 weeks and five days, and weighing only 955 grams.

Thanks to Variety’s annual contribution of $10,000 to Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) Foundation’s Maternity Infant Child Youth Emergency Response Fund, the Powell River-based Pinch family received were able to stay in the vicinity of RCH to care for their daughter in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

“Through the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s Maternity Infant Child Youth Emergency Response Fund, Variety assists children and their families with funds for travel, accommodation, and meal costs while their child is in the hospital away from home,” said Barbie Hislop.

Lohn Foundation Director Loyd McNicol (right) presents a cheque for $5,000 to Royal Columbian Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab Manager Jackie Murray to help fund a Multipurpose Suite at RCH. The new suite will provide care for 1,400 more patients waiting for cardiac, stroke, and aneurysm treatments within the Fraser Health region.

Celebrating the grand opening of their new branch location in The Brewery District, New Westminster, (from left) TD Canada Trust Branch Manager Mechele Bilton presents a cheque for $10,000 to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation (RCHF) President and CEO Adrienne Bakker and RCHF Board Chair Belle Puri and Director John Ashbridge. The funds will help build a Multipurpose Interventional Suite that will expand cardiac, stroke and aneurysm care at RCH.

Presented by Mainland Sand & Gravel Ltd. and Winvan Paving Ltd.

Congratulations to Joceyln Reimer-Kent! Jocelyn has won our SHINE Gala Early Bird prize of an exclusive evening for two generously donated by the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre.

Don’t miss out on this year’s event! For tickets or to make a donation, please click here, call 604.520.4438 or e-mail info@rchfoundation.com

New Westminster Gizeh Shriners (left) Ed Scott, President-elect; (third from right) Desmond Sharp, President; (second from right) Paul Johansen, Hospital Representative; and (right) Donovon Tyers, Secretary, present Queenie Lai, Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Health Services Manager, and Dr. John Blatherwick, RCH Foundation Board Director and Honorary Colonel 12 Vancouver Field Ambulance, with a cheque for $6,201.24.

The gift was used to purchase a warm air scale for RCH’s NICU. The warm air scale gently warms premature babies while they are being weighed to help prevent body heat loss. Using a regular scale may cause premature babies to suffer from cold stress, from which it takes the baby a long time to recover. Thus, the warm air scale creates a stable environment for the premature baby to grow and develop.

The Shriners’ generosity towards the Royal Columbian Hospital spans two decades. During this time they have donated an accumulated amount of more than $250,000 towards the hospital in support of the exceptional care given to mothers and babies at RCH.

Thrifty Foods Store Manager Ray Mattinson (holding cheque) is joined by his enthusiastic store employees to present Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation President and CEO Adrienne Bakker (centre) with a cheque for $4,859 that they raised through a social media campaign, pumpkin sales and barbecues. The funds will be used to help build a Multipurpose Interventional Suite that will expand cardiac, stroke and aneurysm care at RCH.

(From left) Variety – The Children’s Charity Executive Director Barbie Hislop and Director, Heart of Variety Fund Tami Ledl and mother Natasha Pinch admire newborn Rebecca Pinch, in the arms of her father, Jason Pinch. Rebecca was born premature at Royal Columbian Hospital at 28 weeks and five days, and weighing only 955 grams.

Thanks to Variety’s annual contribution of $10,000 to Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) Foundation’s Maternity Infant Child Youth Emergency Response Fund, the Powell River-based Pinch family received were able to stay in the vicinity of RCH to care for their daughter in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

“Through the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s Maternity Infant Child Youth Emergency Response Fund, Variety assists children and their families with funds for travel, accommodation, and meal costs while their child is in the hospital away from home,” said Barbie Hislop.