Salient Group donates $5,000 and more for RCH’s 150th Anniversary

Robert Fung, President of the Salient Group, presents Adrienne Bakker, President and CEO of Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation, with an initial donation of $5,000 towards their $25,000 goal in support of the 150 Reasons to Give Campaign.

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RCH Foundation thanks The Vancouver Sun for shining its support on RCH

Jamie Pitblado, vice-president, Promotions & Community Investment, for Pacific Newspaper Group Inc., publisher of The Vancouver Sun and The Province, accepts a certificate of thanks from Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation President and CEO Adrienne Bakker recognizing The Vancouver Sun’s generous promotional support of RCH Foundation’s 2012 SHINE Gala. Thanks in part to The Vancouver Sun and Pitblado’s skills as a benefit auctioneer, the gala raised nearly $200,000 (net).

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Southern Railway links employee safety to support for RCH

Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY) today announced a $36,000 donation to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation in celebration of its 365-day injury-free track record in 2011–2012.  

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Sandra Schmirler Foundation champions generous donation for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

(Centre) Sandra Schmirler Foundation Leadership Director Robin Wilson presents (left) Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) Foundation Vice-president Laurie Tetarenko and RCH […]

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46 years of contributions by Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Woodward’s Foundation bring total giving to $1.15 million with recent gift

Dr Robert Hayden (right), the first physician to perform open-heart surgery at Royal Columbian Hospital in 1991, discussing the technically […]

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Third annual Gary’s Walk raises nearly $12,000 to help RCH battle esophageal cancer

Coquitlam resident Nichola Smith (centre), widow of esophageal cancer victim Gary Smith, presents Dr. Kenneth Atkinson, head of Gastroenterology at Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH), and Kandi Kozler of RCH Foundation, with a cheque for $11, 924, raised from the third annual Gary’s Walk event. The funds will help RCH purchase a gastroscope, a thin, flexible fibre-optic instrument that is passed through the mouth and allows the doctor to see whether there is any damage to the lining of the esophagus or stomach.

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CBC Vancouver broadcasts its support for cardiac and stroke care at RCH

Johnny Michel, Managing Director for CBC British Columbia, accepts a certificate of thanks from Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation President and […]

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Eagle West Cranes lifts the bar on donor support for RCH Foundation

Adrienne Bakker (right), Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) Foundation president and CEO, presents a certificate of recognition to Charlene Barkman, Sales […]

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Mott Electric gives jolt of support to cardiac and stroke care at RCH

Mott Electric GP President Dan Mott and his wife Lissa present Adrienne Bakker, Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation president and CEO, […]

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Wesgroup Properties developing a community of care for RCH

John Conicella, Wesgroup Properties Vice-president, Development Strategy and Business Development, presents Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation President and CEO Adrienne Bakker with a cheque for $80,000 at entrance to the Brewery District in New Westminster. The funds will help Royal Columbian Hospital build a new Multipurpose Interventional Suite that will expand cardiac, stroke and aneurysm care at the hospital.

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