TB Vets help provide early lung cancer detection

TB Vets Charitable Foundation 2014

Royal Columbian Hospital can see into the furthest areas of the lungs to detect and treat life-threatening cancers earlier, courtesy of a donation from the TB Vets Charitable Foundation.

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Law firm has longstanding, generous giving history

McQuarrie Hunter LLP

A mid-sized law firm with local roots dating back close to 80 years continues its tradition of giving back to the community with its latest gift to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.
McQuarrie Hunter LLP, headquartered in Surrey since 2010, has been a longstanding donor to Royal Columbian.

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Donation helps hospital’s emergency response fund

CKNW Orphans' Fund
Lower Mainland families that require help with basic needs while their child or pregnant mother is hospitalized at Royal Columbian Hospital have access to assistance, thanks to a grant from the CKNW Orphans’ Fund.

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Donation honours memory of emergency physician

Dr. Gilbert Dyck

The legacy of a Royal Columbian Hospital emergency physician will carry on, following a donation by friends of the doctor who passed away earlier this year.

Dr. Gilbert Dyck spent his career at Royal Columbian Hospital until he retired in 2010. He passed away at home on March 12, 2014, after a battle with multiple myeloma.

A gift to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation from Steve and Karen McDonald will help purchase a chest compression system and a crash cart defibrillator for the hospital’s emergency department.

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Family’s gift honours memories of twins

Vroom family

A family that tragically lost infant twins more than 60 years ago is keeping them in their thoughts by helping premature and sick newborns at Royal Columbian Hospital.

The Vroom family has generously made a $61,893 gift to the Foundation to purchase for the hospital’s Variety neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) a specialized ventilator that gives premature babies the extra help they need to survive their critical first days.

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Rail safety rewards Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation

Southern Railway of British Columbia

Rail safety has an added charitable twist under a partnership between a locally-based freight transporter and Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

The efforts of employees at Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY) over the last two years have resulted in $126,000 in donations to the Foundation.

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Knights of Columbus lighten Royal Columbian maternity with donation

The Knights of Columbus (BC) Charity Foundation is helping newborns with its latest donation to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. With […]

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Shriners give more than $269K to RCH Foundation over last 25 years

A longstanding tradition of giving by the Westminster Shrine Club #8 to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation continues. The club recently […]

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Credit union gives money and time to RCH Foundation

Community Savings Credit Union continues to find multiple ways to give to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. Doug Eveneshen, Community Savings […]

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Electrical contractor energizes RCH Foundation with annual donation

One of the oldest and largest electrical contracting companies in the Lower Mainland shows its ongoing support for Royal Columbian […]

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