Eliminating barriers to health care in Cape Breton-Unama'ki💜
10/16/2025
💜 THANK YOU Jed’s Auto Repair! 💜
Year after year, Jed's Auto Repair continues to be a generous supporter of our Foundation. Last week, they made an incredible donation of $5,000 to the Tom McNeil Cancer Patient Care Fund, bringing their total amount donated to over $32,000!
During his own treatment at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre, Jed saw firsthand the financial pressures that can accompany a cancer diagnosis. This donation will help those currently undergoing cancer treatments with things like medication not covered by insurance, travel expenses, groceries, and more.
Thank you, Jed and the family at Jed’s Auto, for your continued support of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation! 💜
10/15/2025
Today is the National day of Pregnancy And Infant Loss Remembrance. 💜
On this day four years ago, in honour those who have experienced such a loss, we launched a new fundraising initiative: Forget Me Not Packages.
Forget Me Not Packages is a project founded by Petra Buis, after she and her husband experienced three heartbreaking miscarriages.
Wanting to connect with and support those experiencing similar losses and grief, Petra partnered with our Foundation to fundraise for and provide comfort and care packages to those in need at the CBRH. Since it began, close to 400 packages have been distributed.
Learn more about Petra's story and the Forget Me Not Packages, or give to the project:
We are BLOWN AWAY in saying that Radio Day has broken its fundraising record for the 4th year in a row! 👏
With this year’s total, our Radio Day community has now raised more than $14 MILLION for health care, right here, at HOME.
Your generosity shows that Cape Bretoners continue to rise to the call again and again, and we are beyond grateful.🙏
Today would not have been possible without each of you, and we’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to:
🎙️Hot 101.9 & New Country 103.5 for their outstanding partnership, dedication, and tireless work in creating a memorable radio event year after year.
🎙️ Our amazing Power Hour partners who matched donations up to $12,500 each: City Print +, Schwartz Furniture, and Jim Sampson Motors .
🎙️Our generous online matching donor, matching $10,000 of donations online: C. S. Boudreau Holdings Ltd.
🎙️Dr. Kevin Klassen, who brought the need for the Prismax machines to our attention and helped rally our community in support.
🎙️The hundreds of individual donors who called, mailed, or made online contributions - your gifts truly matter and helped us achieve our goals today.
🎙️ Chris Walker, Stan Campbell and Nicole (Campbell) Ford for sharing their stories on-air throughout the day and helping to raise awareness of our rally cause.
🎙️The countless community groups who hosted events, baked, walked, and fundraised year-round to make this day extraordinary.
🎙️The more than 60 volunteers who took calls, collected change, and helped bring Radio Day to life. We couldn’t have done it without you!
🎙️ Napoli Pizzeria , Mullins Rite Stop , Noelles Country Market & Bakery. Wilson's Gas Bar. , Churches Value Foods, Breton Ability and Breton Brewing for hosting Radio Day fundraisers at their locations.
🎙️ The wonderful crew at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Canada for helping us get our space ready.
🎙️Everyone who liked, shared, and commented on our posts, helping us reach even more supporters.
To everyone involved, on behalf of our Foundation Board of Directors and staff, thank you for making Radio Day 2025 a resounding success. You are positively impacting lives, and eliminating barriers to health care, here at home.
We are so grateful for each and every one of you. 💜🙏
10/09/2025
UPDATE: The Jim Sampson Motors Power Hour raised $30,000!
⚡It’s the Jim Sampson Motors POWER HOUR! ⚡
From 4-5 PM, Jim Sampson Motors will be matching all donations, up to $12,500. That means we’re looking for 35 monthly donors to come on at $30/month. Let’s match their generosity!
📱Phone 1-877-567-8077 to double your impact now! 💜
10/09/2025
UPDATE: The Schwartz Furniture Power Hour raised $65,397! 👏👏
⚡It’s the Schwartz Furniture POWER HOUR! ⚡
From 12-1 PM, Schwartz Furniture will be matching all donations, up to $12,500. That means we’re looking for 35 monthly donors to come on at $30/month. Let’s match their generosity!
📱Phone 1-877-567-8077 to double your impact now! 💜
10/09/2025
UPDATE: The City Print Plus Power Hour total is $52,310 👏👏👏
⚡It’s the City Print + POWER HOUR! ⚡
From 8-9 AM, City Print + will be matching all donations, up to $12,500. That means we’re looking for 35 monthly donors to come on at $30/month. Let’s match their generosity!
📱Phone 1-877-567-8077 to double your impact now! 💜
10/09/2025
🎙️💜 IT’S RADIO DAY! 💜🎙️
Today we celebrate the 18th annual , a day of giving to health care in Cape Breton.
💟Ready to donate?
Visit www.radioday.ca or call 1-877-567-8077 now!
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Here’s what you need to know this Radio Day:
📻What is Radio Day 2025 fundraising for?
Radio Day has a goal of bringing two lifesaving Prismax Machines to the for the first time ever. These machines will improve critically sick people’s chances of survival, right here in Cape Breton and across Nova Scotia Health's Eastern Zone.
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📻Where do I listen to Radio Day?
Tune into Hot 101.9 and New Country 103.5 (6am – 6pm) to listen to incredible stories from patients, physicians, staff, and supporters.
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✨✨4 Ways to DOUBLE Your Impact!✨✨
1. Donate online and have your donation matched by C.S. Boudreau Holdings Ltd.!📲
2. Call into the City Print + Power Hour from 8-9am and they will match your donation! ⚡
3. Call into the Schwartz Furniture Power Hour from 12-1pm and they will match your donation!⚡
4. Call into the Jim Sampson Motors Power Hour from 4-5pm and they will match your donation!⚡
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🎙This Radio Day, help eliminate barriers to health care in Cape Breton.
THANK YOU for tuning in and giving back this Radio Day, BECAUSE YOU CARE! 💜
10/08/2025
It was a regular Saturday for Nicole (Campbell) Ford’s family, until a sudden explosion in her father’s garage caused a devastating fire.
Her dad, Stan Campbell, was rushed by ambulance from his home in Coxheath to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, where the trauma team was prepped and waiting.
After being stabilized in the ER, Stan was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit for ongoing care.
“With the ICU, we forget sometimes that it’s a level of care no one ever wants to need,” shares Nicole. “But when you really need it, you want it to be top-notch.”
“It’s not like my dad was sick and this was a prolonged experience,” she continues. “It was an accident, and we needed immediate expertise and care, and we are so thankful he was able to get that at home and not have to be transported to Halifax.”
Today, Nicole’s dad is back home, following his care plan and getting stronger every day. You can see him pictured here, hugging his grandchildren tight. Their family is grateful for the care they received throughout the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, making Stan’s recovery possible.
This Radio Day, you can help bring lifesaving equipment to our ICU, placing the right tools in the hands of our health care experts, and ensuring more positive outcomes for patients like Stan.
On October 9 (tomorrow), tune in and give back, because you care.
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Ways to give this Radio Day:
🌐 Donate online at www.radioday.ca
📞 Call 1-877-567-8077 on Radio Day
10/07/2025
This Radio Day, let's bring lifesaving Prismax machines to Cape Breton for the first time ever.
On October 9, tune in and give back, because you care💜
🌐www.radioday.ca | 📱1-877-567-8077
10/06/2025
Meet Dr. Kevin Klassen, the Physician Lead in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the CBRH.
This Radio Day, Dr. Klassen, the ICU team, and our Foundation are asking for our community’s support to purchase two lifesaving Prismax machines for the ICU, the first of their kind for Cape Breton.
“When kidneys fail, which is unfortunately a common and life-threatening complication we see in patients in the ICU, the body can no longer remove dangerous waste and fluid on its own. Without kidneys, a person cannot survive,” shares Dr. Klassen.
“The Prismax mimics the natural function of healthy kidneys by gently filtering blood 24-hours a day, allowing a patient to be a lot more stable. This is different from traditional dialysis which works rapidly over just four hours, putting immense stress and strain on an already fragile body.”
This Radio Day, October 9, tune in and give back, because you care. 💜🎙️
10/05/2025
As Radio Day quickly approaches, we want to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to our previous, long-standing Power Hour Partner, Gary Chant and DKI - Meco Construction. 💜
As a partner of ours for an entire decade, Gary and his (former) team have helped to raise over $416,000 for health care in Cape Breton, through Radio Day alone!
Please join us in extending gratitude to Gary, MECO Construction DKI, and their generosity over the past decade. Your contributions have shaped Radio Day into what it is today.
Here's a look at the past 10 years of partnership 💜
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When you give to a charity, you want to know it will affect the people you care about. The Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation is proud to assure you that 100% of money raised stays in Cape Breton to treat our community.
In 1982, a group of community leaders, led by Cape Bretoner Jack Yazer, developed a vision – that vision was the creation of a health care complex designed to deliver leading edge medical services in Cape Breton – allowing more Cape Bretoners to receive care closer to home.
When construction began in 1990, the Foundation began fundraising. In 1991, they launched a $6M fundraising drive. $3M of that total was committed to hospital construction. $3M was committed to constructing and equipping a Cancer Centre that would offer treatment to those who were receiving care in Halifax.
Today, it’s the second largest acute care facility in Nova Scotia. Since 1991, the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation has raised more than $38 million for healthcare in Cape Breton.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital is the only hospital in Nova Scotia to offer all of the following services under one roof: Operating Rooms, Cardiac Services, Cape Breton Cancer Centre, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics Unit, Renal Dialysis Unit, Intensive Care Unit/Coronary Care Unit, Palliative Care Unit, & Mental Health and Addiction Services
As the major referral Centre for Cape Breton, the Regional Hospital treats more than 100,000 patients each year, providing acute and trauma care, emergency services, clinical services, and surgery. Because of our donors, the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation has been able to fund many important medical projects.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation also holds multiple funds that are 100% donor funded, including: the Pediatrics TLC Fund, the Mom & Baby TLC Fund and the Cancer Patient Care Fund, Caleb’s Courage, etc.. These funds help patients and their families in times of need. Illness can be a financial burden for many of our patients at the Regional Hospital, and these funds help to alleviate some of the financial stress.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital employs more than 1,800 health care providers who work with 270 hospital and community-based physicians.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation is proud to say that every single dollar raised here in Cape Breton stays in Cape Breton. The Regional Hospital was built after much community fundraising. Today, after more than 30 years of giving, this spirit of charity continues and donors fund priority healthcare needs for Cape Bretoners.
