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2016Service Clubs & Community Organizations Support Light a Bulb
Service groups and community organizations have generously donated to this year’s Light a Bulb Campaign to purchase high definition camera heads and control units for VJH Operating Rooms. The new equipment will provide the surgical team with the tools to perform minimally invasive surgical and diagnostic procedures, resulting in faster recovery times and shorter hospital stays. Some of the groups include Fraternal Order of Eagles…
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2016Watkin Motors Raises Funds for Prostate Cancer
Mark Roberts and Nancy Marshall from Watkin Motors, presented a cheque for $905 to Lloyd Mitchell of the Vernon PSA Support Group, care of Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation. Thank you to everyone who liked & shared throughout November as Mark grew his Mo’ for a Bro’.
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2016How Light a Bulb Helps
Last year’s Light a Bulb Campaign raised more than $250,000 for surgical equipment to reduce wait times for hip and knee surgeries at VJH. Here is one of the many patients who were helped because of donations to Light a Bulb. For five years Jewlie Milligan tried to manage her knee pain caused by a sports injury sustained 20 years prior. “I was on a…
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2016The Callisto Eye Helps Patients Throughout the North Okanagan
Thanks to the generosity of VJH Foundation donors, the Lions Vision Centre in Armstrong received state-of-the-art technology in early 2016 benefiting cataract patients throughout the North Okanagan and Shuswap. The $100,000 Callisto Eye System is a computer assisted integrated cataract surgery system, linking diagnostic equipment with surgical instruments to enhance efficiency and improve surgical safety. The system comprises a microscope and live video touch screen…
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2016Birth Chimes Celebrate Babies Born at VJH
Cheerful, twinkling chimes are ringing throughout Vernon Jubilee Hospital celebrating each new birth at VJH. Birth chimes installed in the Women’s & Children’s Health Department can be heard via the overhead paging system, bringing smiles and joy to all who hear. At a ceremony held November 18th, the chimes were dedicated in memory of the City’s first obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr. Ted Jordan. The chimes were purchased…
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2016Wine Women & Woods Keeps on Giving
The Wine Women & Woods Tee Off for the Cure Golf Tournament held last June at Predator Ridge initially raised more than $88,000 for women’s health at VJH. After the tournament, an additional $4,000 has been raised to bring the total funds raised to $92,297! Funds will support the purchase of equipment for Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH) at VJH. TLH is the removal of the…
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2016The Gift of Giving
Life’s journey can take you in many directions, but when your driving force is a passion for helping others, you are always heading in the right direction. This lifelong lesson began early for Paul Docksteader. Growing up in Vancouver as the only son and eldest child of three, his future seemed set. In his youth, Paul began working in his family’s automotive dealership which had…
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2016VJH Foundation Announces 29th Annual Light a Bulb Campaign
The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation’s announced its launch of the 29th annual Light a Bulb Campaign November 9 at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. The campaign will be raising $250,000 to purchase high-definition camera heads and control monitors for the operating rooms at VJH. “This year we are purchasing high definition camera heads and control units for the operating rooms at VJH,” said campaign chair and VJH…
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2016SAD Lamps Shed Light on Seasonal Depression
(photo: Brenda Hora, Mental Health Case Manager for Adult Community Support Services, demonstrates a SAD Lamp at the Vernon Health Unit) Due to our generous donors, VJH Foundation supported Community Mental Health in purchasing 15 much-needed Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Lamps for IH community facilities throughout the North Okanagan. Seasonal affective disorder is the formal name of a type of depression that occurs during the…
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2016Tim Hortons Smile Cookies Support Women’s & Children’s Health at VJH
In September, the Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign raised $33,866 in cookies sales and a matching donation from owners Dan and Jamie Currie. Funds will purchase physiological monitors for the Women’s & Children’s Health Department at VJH. Many thanks to everyone who took part in this annual campaign. To date, local Tim Hortons have donated $289,480 to VJH Foundation through the Smile Cookie campaign.
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2016CIBC Wood Gundy Miracle Day Helps Local Youth
A big thank you to the team at CIBC Wood Gundy for their $1,000 donation from CIBC Miracle Day. Local Investment Advisors and Capital Markets team members donated their fees and commissions to support the Child & Youth Mental Health & Substance Use Initiative in the North Okanagan.
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2016ACT/UCT Supports Senior Patient Comfort at VJH
Thank you to Dick Melrose (centre) and Dave Roseberry (right) from the ACT/UCT Kelowna West Council #1003 for the generous donation of $1,000. Funds will support patient comfort for seniors on 3N at VJH. Kevin Arbuckle (left) from VJH Foundation accepted the cheque on behalf of the Foundation Board.