Ending the year on a high note!

The Fort St John Hospital Foundation ended the 2011 year on a very high note.  Three companies, Encana, Spectra Energy and Arc Resources, stepped up and each made $10,000 donations. The Foundation was presented with cheques in support of their “Be an Angel” and “Lend Your Hand” Campaigns. These year end donations saw the Foundation’s “Angel” goal surpassed and the “Lend Your Hand” goal reach just over 1 Million dollars!!

The Foundation’s “Be an Angel” campaign runs annually for the entire month of November. 2011 marked the 15th annual Angel fundraiser which uses a formal “Angel” Gala, an invitation to give, a three day radio-thon and help from local Financial Institutions to raise funds. Once again the campaign had marvelous success. The generosity of donors was tremendous and saw the $200,000 goal set by the Foundation surpassed by $100,000; Just over $300,000 was raised in one month!

This year’s Angel efforts supported the much larger $1.2 Million “Lend Your Hand” Campaign. This campaign was launched last spring and will purchase equipment for our new hospital scheduled to open in summer 2012. The equipment to be purchased are pieces not included in the Provincial budget of $25 million given to Northern Health.

Through the “Lend Your Hand” campaign, the Foundation aims to purchase a Digital Mammography Machine, seven Wireless Fetal Heart Monitors, seven specialized treatment chairs for the Kidney Dialysis department and 55 Vital Signs Monitors. To date $1,000,744.63 has been raised through the generosity and support of the Foundation’s private and corporate donors.  

Ashley Bentley receives cheques from left to right:

Arc Resources, Dean Gordon:  Encana, Jeff Beal: Spectra, Rod Locke.