Brandon Regional Health Centre
Westman Dreams for Kids and McDonald’s Restaurants
Foundation
Thank 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.
(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
The Foundation for a Healthier Community
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.
A Message of Thanks...
Board of
Directors
Rotary Club of Brandon
The 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.
Gerry Walker,
Chairman
Derrick Stewart,
Vice-Chairman
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.
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 2013
Your Donations At Work:
Linda Noto,
Secretary/Treasurer
(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
Therese Alexander
Foundation News
Beth Clark
WestJet Gift of Flight Raffle
The 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.
Andrea Hadley
Larry Hogue
Dave Hughes
Gail Janz
Tribute List
Brian Schoonbaert,
(Ex-Officio)
Looking 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
Ray Tomiak
2013 Gala Proceeds Benefits Patients
Peggy Turnbull
The 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
(L-R) Brenda Burgess, Gala co-chair, Gerry Walker,
dinner began in 1991 and has been one of the Foundation’s major
Foundation Board Chairman, and Marci Crisanti,
fundraisers, raising $572,000 since inception.
Gala co-chair
Leech Printing 230076
Spring 2014
150 McTavish Avenue East
Brandon, Manitoba R7A 2B3
Phone: 204-578-4227
Fax: 204-578-4967
E-mail: [email protected]
Bilisoft phototherapy units
Overbed tables
Blood pressure monitors and cuffs
Pediatric transport monitor
Camp Bridges funding
Physiological monitors
Ceiling lifts and scales
Pulse oximeters w/neonatal probes
Chest mannequin for nursing practice
Rideau Park outdoor patient bench
Commode chairs
Sequential compression devices
D.A.S.H. Tent funding
Staxi chair
Irrigation towers and poles
Stretchers w/mattress lift assist
Laser safety inservice training
Ultrasonic scalpels
Medication carts
Music to My Ears program funding
NICU curtain track dividers
NICI Waiting Room furniture
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!
Save the Date
for the
Chocolate Ball
An evening of dinner, dancing & indulgence
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Grand Salon, Victoria Inn
Tickets $125 each / tables of 8
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 [email protected]
Message from the Chairman of the Board
On 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.
Virden Oil Caps
The 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.
(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
Gerry Walker, Chairman
BRHC Foundation Board of Directors
Brandon MB Hydro Charitable Donations
Committee
Third Party Fundraisers
Cheesecakes 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.
(L-R) Lois McRae of Mar Mac Farms Brandon poses with successful cheesecake
bidders, Darren Ippolito and Sandy Margetts, who together raised $950
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!”
Sarah Anstee, Joe Beeverz with Dan Barnlund,
Joe Beeverz General Manager
Nifty Needlers
A 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.
(L-R) Karen Chrest, Foundation Director of Development with Gerry Walker,
Foundation Board Chairman and Barb Walker, Treasurer, Nifty Needlers
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.
(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
Brandon Arthritis Support Group
The 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.
(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
Kiwanis Club of Brandon - Assiniboine
The 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) 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