In addition to generous donations from individuals, the Delta Hospital Foundation has received several gifts through recent community events, collectively raising $6,500 for the hospital.
The Ladner Zephyrs, a men's hockey team, raised over $3,000 at its annual Christmas Charity Classic, which broke the previous year's fundraising record of $2,300.
The event keeps gaining momentum and in four years it has raised $9,000 for Delta Hospital.
The new Milestones restaurant in Tsawwassen Mills raised $2,300 for the hospital foundation at its friends and family soft opening by donating all tips and beverage sales (beer was courtesy of Four Winds Brewery) from that evening.
On the first anniversary of the passing of beloved husband, father and grandfather Douglas Bruce McGarvie, his daughter, Dawn Williams, and his wife, Bertha, presented the foundation with a donation of over $1,300 raised at a pancake breakfast held in his honour.
Williams and her mother are working towards making the event an annual one in order that some good come to the community out of the memory of their late father and husband.
Throughout the year, community members organize and execute many events to raise funds for Delta Hospital.
"While these particular events demonstrate the diversity of people and their interests across our community," says Lisa Hoglund, executive director of the Delta Hospital Foundation, "they also show they share a common thread; they all value the importance of Delta Hospital in their community and do their part to help keep it strong."
To learn more about organizing a fundraiser, visit www.dhfoundation.ca, call community giving coordinator Madelaine Collinge at 604-940-9695 or email [email protected].
