Sechelt Hospital Foundation

10/17/2025

MedTalks ⚕️ Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis. Join us for an afternoon of understanding your choices, taking control, and learning about resources available on the Sunshine Coast BC Canada 🇨🇦 By donation.

Monday, October 20, 2025
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Raven’s Cry Theatre
Entry by Donation

Featuring Dr. Hsien Seow, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care and Health System Innovation, and professor at McMaster University. Dr. Seow will share invaluable insights on navigating serious diagnoses with dignity and support. You'll also hear from members of our local hospital’s Ambulatory Medical Day Care team, Home Care & Palliative Nursing Services.

RSVP Today: 604-885-8637 or sh.foundation@vch.ca

PLUS – Don’t Miss Our 50/50 Draw! Draw Date: Dec 12, 2025.

Support local healthcare and get a chance to win big while giving back. All proceeds go towards the area of greatest need at Sechelt | shishalh Hospital.

Buy 🎟 Here at https://shf5050.com

The best medicine is local!

10/09/2025

Thanks to the generosity of community donors, our dialysis unit is equipped with six new motorized chairs, enhancing our patients’ comfort during their sometimes lengthy sessions. For patients managing kidney disease, dialysis is a life-sustaining treatment.

At our local hospital, this service is supported by Providence Health Care's two dedicated Specialty Trained Hemodialysis Registered Nurses, with the unit operating three days per week.

09/26/2025

🩺 MedTalks: Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis

Join us for an empowering afternoon focused on choice, control, and care when facing serious illness. Learn from one of Canada's leading experts in palliative care: Dr. Hsien Seow, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care. This FREE community talk offers valuable insights for anyone navigating the healthcare system on the Coast. 🌊💙

📅 Oct 20, 2025
🕑 12:00–2:00 p.m.
📍 Raven’s Cry Theatre
📞 RSVP required – Call 604-885-8637 or email sh.foundation@vch.ca

🔗 More info: www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org

Hosted by Sechelt Hospital Foundation, in collaboration with Sunshine Coast Hospice, Sunshine Coast Credit Union, and Domtar Howe Sound Mill.

09/12/2025

Congratulations to our 50/50 Winner, Wilfredo Valdez!

Wilfredo is an Occupational Therapist at Sechelt | shishalh Hospital.

Wilfredo took home an incredible $13,375 from a jackpot totaling $26,750!

A huge thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for the Sechelt Hospital Foundation’s first-ever province-wide raffle. Every ticket sold helps support our hospital and the care we provide to our community.

Get ready, the next 50/50 raffle launches at the beginning of October, with the big draw taking place on December 12. Stay tuned for your chance to win!

08/20/2025

MED TALKS ⚕️ Join us Wednesday, August 27th, 10:00-11:30am to learn how treatments and technology have advanced over the past five years and to get a glimpse into the future of cardiovascular care.

Our keynote speaker, Dr. David Wood, Interventional Cardiologist, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at VGH, and Professor at UBC—will lead the discussion. You'll also hear from members of Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital's Medical Imaging & Emergency Departments, who will share promising news on life-saving equipment and best practices of our local team's response to cardiac and stroke events in our hospital.

Come early to get a good seat at the Rockwood Pavilion in Sechelt on Sunshine Coast BC Canada 🇨🇦 (Bring a friend, as there are 400 seats!)

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Entry by donation. RSVP to sh.foundation@vch.ca or 604-885-8637

Members of Sechelt Hospital Foundation's volunteer board and staff will be on site, serving heart-smart smoothies and baked goods to the first 200 guests.

P.S Don't forget to get your raffle tickets! Current jackpot over $7,400! Draw on Sept 12th, 2025. https://shf5050.com

https://sechelthospitalfoundation.org

07/24/2025

Sechelt Hospital Foundation’s BIG 50/50!

www.shf5050.com

One lucky winner will take home a bundle, and Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital will receive half of the proceeds for the purchase of medical equipment. Win, win!

By purchasing your ticket, you not only get the chance to win half the jackpot, but also to make a meaningful impact on purchasing medical equipment needed to help keep our communities healthy. All proceeds of the BIG 50/50 will be directed to support care and equipment for Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital.

Buy your Big 50 /50 tickets at:
www.shf5050.com
Draw date on September 12th, 2025!

The best medicine is local.

06/18/2025

Sechelt Hospital Foundation invites you to our MedTalks session: Heart & Stroke with keynote speaker Dr. David Wood, a leading physician, clinical professor and expert in cardiovascular health.

MedTalks Health & Wellness series is an initiative of Sechelt Hospital Foundation, focused on mental, physical and emotional well-being. The community is invited to learn, laugh and listen to our speakers’ experiences and discover local resources on the Sunshine Coast. RSVP to sh.foundation@vch.ca

Go to www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org for more information!

MedTalks is a health and wellness educational event series produced by Sechelt Hospital Foundation in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health, various subject matter experts, local staff and resources available here on the Sunshine Coast.

05/06/2025

Amanda Dixon, the new Indigenous Patient Navigator at Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital, is helping change the way Indigenous patients access and experience health care on the coast. She’s part of the team creating healthy spaces and healing environments for all patients, and it runs in her family....

Read the latest story in our Generation 2 Generation campaign here: https://www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org/2025/05/06/healthy-spaces-healing-environments-a-mother-daughter-specialty/

Do you have a story to share? We would love to hear from you and celebrate your legacy.

04/16/2025

Did you know that April 16 is national Advance Care Planning Day? It's an important topic, and the focus of our upcoming MedTalk on April 24th! Please join us at Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt, 12-2pm. Come early for our Resource Fair in the lobby, open from 11-2:30 and connect with representatives in the community to help you get started.

RSVP at https://www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org/upcoming-medtalks/

What is Advance Care Planning? It's reflecting on your values, and documenting instructions about what health care you do or do not want in the future. Join us to learn more.

04/10/2025

Down to the dog, health care is a family affair.

Medicine is not just a calling, it's like an inevitability in the Myhill-Jones family. Even the family labradoodle sees patients. Read their story here: https://www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org/2025/04/02/down-to-the-dog/

04/08/2025

Please join us! This is a question for everyone, and a full family discussion... should you become unable to speak for yourself, who will speak for you, and what are your wishes for health care treatment?

Learn how to make an advanced care plan now, to help honour your health care wishes in the future. Resources and tools will be provided.

RSVP: https://www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org/upcoming-medtalks/

April 24, Raven's Cry Theatre.

02/20/2025

One family, three hospital departments... Read the story of how Julie, Ward and Colleen Imbeau are leading the way in health care--from the start of a career, to retirement.

Do you have a story to share? Let us know and we'd love to share your legacy.

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“So how is your retirement going?” Julie Imbeau, a nurse of 40 years is still dressed in her scrubs and seated next to her husband Ward, laboratory technologist and former part-time department manager at Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital. “Great!” she laughs. “We both still work at the hospital.”

Not your typical retirement indeed, the Imbeaus simply haven’t let go of their passion for people, health care, or mentorship, four years in. “We keep working here because...

https://www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org/2025/02/12/one-family-three-hospital-departments/