Sechelt Hospital Foundation

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/

02/13/2025

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Sechelt Rotary Club once again showed a truly heartfelt thank-you to all healthcare workers on the Sunshine Coast as part of their 5th Annual Healthcare Appreciation Event!

Hundreds of sweet, creative, handmade thank-you cards were created by children from Kinnikinnick and West Sechelt Elementary schools, and crafters from the Sechelt Senior Activity Center—1300 Valentines in total, to be exact—being delivered this week to all staff on the Coast!

Please join us in thanking health care staff for all that they do, from the bottom of our hearts...

01/31/2025

One doctor, four generations of family. For Dr. Baxter, taking care of patients goes full circle. Help someone, and they can help the whole community.

Read the story of the Marino family, who have received four generations of health care and gone on to support our local hospital.

https://www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org/2025/01/31/when-caring-goes-full-circle/

01/27/2025

Hog, who goes by the stage name Usually Trespassing, has generously donated $2180 to the Mental Health and Substance Use Unit at Sechelt Hospital. His gift represents 100% of the proceeds from the recent benefit concert he held at Roberts Creek Legion in memory of his brother Marcel L'Abbée.

His wish? "To help people in the same position Marcel was in. I also want to organize more tribute shows, maybe every year in his memory." Thank you Hog, your support and action has already started rippling through our community.

Read the full story here: https://www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org/2025/01/27/a-musical-memorial-local-musician-turns-grief-into-action/

01/13/2025

Shipwrecked hospitals. Float plane house calls. The Red Blanket/Green Blanket emergency system. The first surgery at Sechelt I shíshálh Hospital.

No one tells more of those stories than Dr. Eric Paetkau.
And no one has had to hear them more than Dr. Carla Paetkau and Dr. Jack Bryson. It's family medicine.

Read the fascinating story of the family that has continued to work at the heart of Sunshine Coast medicine since 1959 in our new philanthropic series, Generation 2 Generation: www.sechelthospitalfoundation.org/g2g

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