The Brandon Regional Health Centre Foundation Board of Directors would like to extend a sincere thank you to the individuals, organizations, and businesses in Brandon and throughout Western Manitoba who support the Foundation.

You are truly helping us make a difference in the healthcare of all served by the Brandon Regional Health Centre!

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the BRHC Foundation funded over $250,000 in equipment purchases and

program support in 2013Your Donations At Work:

Board of Directors

Gerry Walker, Chairman

Derrick Stewart, Vice-Chairman

Linda Noto, Secretary/Treasurer

Therese Alexander

Beth Clark

Andrea Hadley

Larry Hogue

Dave Hughes

Gail Janz

Brian Schoonbaert, (Ex-Officio)

Ray Tomiak

Peggy Turnbull

150 McTavish Avenue EastBrandon, Manitoba R7A 2B3Phone: 204-578-4227Fax: 204-578-4967E-mail: info@brhcfoundation.ca

Brandon Regional Health Centre

FoundationThe Foundation for a Healthier Community Spring 2014

A Message of Thanks...

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Bilisoft phototherapy units

Blood pressure monitors and cuffs

Camp Bridges funding

Ceiling lifts and scales

Chest mannequin for nursing practice

Commode chairs

D.A.S.H. Tent funding

Irrigation towers and poles

Laser safety inservice training

Medication carts

Music to My Ears program funding

NICU curtain track dividers

NICI Waiting Room furniture

Overbed tables

Pediatric transport monitor

Physiological monitors

Pulse oximeters w/neonatal probes

Rideau Park outdoor patient bench

Sequential compression devices

Staxi chair

Stretchers w/mattress lift assist

Ultrasonic scalpels

Save the Date

Proceeds will support the Foundation’s commitment to raise funds for the upcoming redevelopment of a portion of the Brandon Regional Health Centre inpatient wards.

For more information, please contact the BRHC Foundation Office at 204-578-4227 or email info@brhcfoundation.ca

Chocolate BallSaturday, September 27, 2014

Grand Salon, Victoria InnTickets $125 each / tables of 8

An evening of dinner, dancing & indulgence

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Westman Dreams for Kids and McDonald’s RestaurantsThank you to Westman Dreams for Kids and George Sheard, owner of McDonald’s Restaurants in Brandon and Neepawa, for their donation to the Foundation in the amount of $39,300 representing proceeds from the Westman Dreams for Kids/McDonald’s Classic Golf Tournament.

This donation was directed to the Single Room Maternity Unit (SRMU) at the BRHC and the Child & Adolescent Treatment Centre (CATC). For SRMU, a transport monitor to monitor fetal heart while sending mothers to the Surgical Suite for emergency caesarean sections and two Bilisoft phototherapy units to treat jaundiced newborns have been purchased. A laptop and projector for educational purposes has been purchased for CATC.

Rotary Club of BrandonThe Rotary Club of Brandon generously donated $20,000 to the Foundation for a the purchase of a BladderScan Ultrasound machine for oncology clinic and radiation

therapy treatments at the Western Manitoba Cancer Centre.

The machine will measure urinary output or bladder volume prior to radiation therapy treatment, vital to avoiding and minimizing acute and long term radiation complications in pelvic patients. Thank you Rotary Club of Brandon.

Foundation NewsWestJet Gift of Flight RaffleThe Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the “Gift of Flight” WestJet Raffle (MGCC 4606-RF) draws made December 5, 2013, of four prizes of a Round Trip for Two anywhere WestJet flies, were:

Linda Ettinger of Brandon (ticket #0066) Darry O’Neil of Winnipeg (ticket #1894)

Bernice LaBuick of Brandon (ticket #2839) Patricia Pink of Brandon (ticket #1757)

The Gift of Flight Raffle launch coincided with the arrival of WestJet service on September 3, 2013, with prizes generously donated by WestJet in support of the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units at the BRHC. Proceeds were approximately $20,000. The BRHC Foundation extends its thanks to WestJet and the Westman community for supporting this fundraising initiative.

Tribute ListLooking for our Tribute List (donations received in memory/honor of loves ones and friends)? You will now find it on our website at www.brhcfoundation.ca

2013 Gala Proceeds Benefits PatientsThe Foundation is pleased to announce that proceeds in the amount of $57,781 from the 2013 Gala Dinner and Dance fundraiser have been used to purchase an ECG (Electrocardiography) unit for Diagnostic Imaging, Cardiology Department and a Transport Ventilator for Diagnostic Imaging, Respiratory Department. The state of the art ECG unit will allow ECG tracings to be sent electronically to a workstation for reporting as well as to Electronic Health Records. The Transport Ventilator, with its smaller size and new technology, will be used for transporting patients by ambulance, including infants, who otherwise would require air transportation.

Joining co-chairs Marci Crisanti and Brenda Burgess on the 2013 Gala Committee were Jodi Fawcett, Kerri Lynn Gudz, Kelly Lumbard, Sally Mott, Cheryl Nelson, Jill Stewart, Peggy

Turnbull, Barb Webber and Terry Leech-Atkinson. The Gala dinner began in 1991 and has been one of the Foundation’s major fundraisers, raising $572,000 since inception.

(L-R) Cindy Buizer, Foundation Executive Director; Karen Gislason, Office Administrator, Westman Dreams; Jo-Ann Turner, BRHC Maternal-Child Manager; Susan Stoetzel, Board President, Westman Dreams; George Sheard, Owner of McDonald’s Restaurants, Brandon and Neepawa, and Gerry Walker, Foundation Board Chairman

(L-R) Barry Hartley, President, Rotary Club of Brandon with Cindy Buizer, Foundation Executive Director and Scott Kirk, Operations Manager, Western MB Cancer Centre, with the BladderScan

(L-R) Brenda Burgess, Gala co-chair, Gerry Walker, Foundation Board Chairman, and Marci Crisanti, Gala co-chair

BRHC Foundation to Support Hospital Ward Renovation

The Brandon Regional Health Centre will be undergoing substantial renovations in the very near future, with plans to create, renovate and rejuvenate inpatient care areas that include rooms that haven’t been upgraded since the early 1960’s. The Brandon Regional Health Centre Foundation is proud to support this initiative and will be raising funds to enhance the care and comfort of patients on the wards. Stay tuned for more information as we set about to bring the hospital’s inpatient areas out of the past, and into the future!

Message from the Chairman of the BoardOn behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our donor, for your outstanding support. We are continually working to raise funds to help meet community healthcare needs and are committed to responsible stewardship of the gifts entrusted to us. As you will note from the front page, you are helping us make a significant difference at the Brandon Regional Health Centre!

With your support of our signature events, the gifts we receive from community groups, tribute donations, third party fundraisers, and personal gifts, we are achieving our mission, “To raise funds to support healthcare needs in the regional community”.

The Foundation Board of Directors is looking forward, with great excitement and anticipation, to the opening of Murray House cancer treatment residence.

The generosity of Brandon and area as a community continually amazes and inspires us.

Gerry Walker, Chairman

BRHC Foundation Board of Directors

Third Party FundraisersCheesecakes For Charity

Proceeds collected at the Mar Mac Farms & Guests Annual Bull Sale, Brandon, that included individual donations, a looney collection and a very successful cheesecake auction, resulted in a donation of $1,111.00 to the Foundation.

The donation was directed to cancer services at the BRHC in memory of Mar Mac Farms friends and co-workers, Andrew Mooney and Rick Potter.

Thank you Mar Mac Farms for supporting the Foundation with this unique initiative.

Joe Beeverz - “Movember”Thank you to Dan Barnlund, General Manager of Joe Beeverz Bar and Grill as well as the Joe staff and patrons, for their generous support of the Foundation during Joe’s “Movember” campaign! Joe’s raised $687 for the Western Manitoba Cancer Centre at the BRHC.

Dan explained, “We wanted to support men’s health initiatives and prostate cancer services right here in the community that we live and look forward to fundraising for the BRHC Foundation again in 2014!”

Nifty NeedlersA sincere thank you to the Nifty Needlers quilting group for their generous donation of $5,667.66 in support of the Intensive Care Unit at the BRHC.

Made up of women from Brandon and surrounding communities, the Nifty Needlers donate financially to various causes through proceeds from their annual quilt show.

They have been generous, long-time supporters of the Foundation, raising close to $25,000 since 2004.

Virden Oil CapsThe Foundation sincerely thanks the Virden Oil Capitals Junior A hockey team, as well as their executive, staff and fans, for their donation of $1,147.45 for the Western Manitoba Cancer Centre.

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Virden Oil Capitals Junior A hockey team championed the cause by having a Pink Night last October at Tundra Oil & Gas Place. Fans were treated to pink line-up cards, players sported pink laces and stick tape, and the coaches wore pink ties.

Monies were raised during the evening’s silver collection as well as with $1 donated for each person in attendance by the Virden Oil Capitals Foundation.

Brandon MB Hydro Charitable Donations Committee

The Foundation is very pleased to announce the donation of $10,300 from the Brandon Manitoba Hydro Charitable Donations Committee. The donation was used to purchase a Bilisoft Phototherapy Unit to treat jaundiced infants in the Pediatrics Unit of the Brandon Regional Health Centre.

Brandon’s Manitoba Hydro Charitable Donations Committee have been long-time, generous supporters of the Foundation. The funds are collected from Manitoba Hydro employees in Brandon through payroll deduction that are matched by the corporation.

Brandon Arthritis Support GroupThe Foundation is pleased to share that the Brandon Arthritis Support Group recently made a generous donation of $1,000 to benefit others who live with arthritic pain. This donation will be used to purchase equipment for the Pain Clinic at the Brandon Regional Health Centre.

Thank you Brandon Arthritis Support Group for directing your donation to the Foundation.

Kiwanis Club of Brandon - AssiniboineThe Foundation is pleased to announce a donation in the amount of $2,500 from the Kiwanis Club of Brandon-Assiniboine, for the purchase of two recliner chairs for the Single Room Maternity Unit at the BRHC. These recliners will be used by new parents to hold, rock and feed new babies as well as provide a place for the support person to sleep as they stay to help new moms with baby care.

The Kiwanis Club of Brandon-Assiniboine has been a long-time supporter of the BRHC Foundation, donating over $50,000 to date.

(L-R) Lois McRae of Mar Mac Farms Brandon poses with successful cheesecake bidders, Darren Ippolito and Sandy Margetts, who together raised $950

Sarah Anstee, Joe Beeverz with Dan Barnlund, Joe Beeverz General Manager

(L-R) Karen Chrest, Foundation Director of Development with Gerry Walker, Foundation Board Chairman and Barb Walker, Treasurer, Nifty Needlers

(L-R) Karen Chrest, Foundation Director of Development with Scott Kirk, Operations Manager, Western MB Cancer Centre, and Lindsey Gullett, Sales & Marketing Manager, Virden Oil Capitals Junior A Hockey

(L-R) Lois Carkener, Past President, Brandon Arthritis Support Group with Karen Chrest, Foundation Director of Development and Brandon Arthritis

Support Group President, Shirley Derham

(L-R) Cindy Buizer, Foundation Executive Director; Brian Hadley, Kiwanis Club of Brandon-Assiniboine; Carl Friesen, Kiwanis Club of Brandon-Assiniboine President; Gerry Walker, Foundation Board Chairman and (seated) Hillary Baker, Kiwanis Club of Brandon-Assiniboine

(L-R) Marie Jameson, RN, with Karen Chrest, Foundation Director of Development and Stephen Barlow, Chair, Brandon Manitoba Hydro Charitable Donations Committee, Courtnee Stewart, Recording Secretary and Caitlin Dick, Treasurer