Ewald & Judy Huebert remember Carl and Erich

Ewald and Judy Huebert donated $1000 to the Friends of the Golden & District Hospital in memory of their sons, Carl and Erich. "Thank you all so much for your generous support". 

 

The online fundraising page, Giving Thanks to the Golden & District Hospital 2023, is accepting donations until Saturday October 7th 2023.You can donate online by clicking the link below or, if you would prefer to donate by cheque, call or email me and I will arrange to have the cheque picked up.

To Donate, click the link below

$25, $50, $100, $250, or more

Keith W Hern, 

Friend of the Golden & District Hospital

250 344 0233

 

Golden Installations; Many thanks

Golden Installations has just donated $1000. A constant and generous supporter of the Golden & District Hospital. Thank you so much.

The online fundraising page, Giving Thanks to the Golden & District Hospital 2023, is accepting donations until Saturday October 7th 2023.You can donate online by clicking the link below or, if you would prefer to donate by cheque, call or email me and I will arrange to have the cheque picked up.

To Donate, click the link below

$25, $50, $100, $250, or more

Keith W Hern, 

Friend of the Golden & District Hospital

250 344 0233

 

Jim and Lisa Carlson are truely grateful.

Two years ago Jim suffer a heart attack and, thanks to intervention by the staff at our local hospital, survived the ordeal. Jim and Lisa have expressed their gratitude with a donation of $1000 to the Giving Thanks to the Golden & District Hospital fundraiser.

There are so many reasons to Give Thanks to the Golden & District Hospital and the dedicated staff for the help they give to our loved ones and our community. The Friends of the Golden & District Hospital and this fundraiser were created to allow people to give thanks in a tangible manner.

Friends of the Golden and District Hospital was established in 2015 when a group of families wanted to show their support for the local hospital in a tangible way. Each family had their own story to tell and reasons for giving thanks to the Golden and District Hospital. The crowd funding project, Giving Thanks to the Golden & District hospital, is a very popular event with the community showing overwhelming support for the hospital. This is the ninth annual Thanksgiving crowd-funding event.

Friends of Golden and District Hospital is a group of volunteers that wish to provide important funding for the Golden and District Hospital and Durand Manor. These are important assets in the community that has saved the lives of many of our loved ones. It is also a place that has provided comfort and compassion in the situations where lives can no longer be saved.

To show your support for our hospital please donate, click the link below

$25, $50, $100, $250, or more

Keith W Hern, 

Friend of the Golden & District Hospital

250 344 0233

Golden Bakery & Deli donated $1,000

 

Many thanks to the Golden Bakery and Deli for your continued support.

 

Giving Thanks to Golden and District Hospital is a fundraising campaign that requires the support of the entire community and all our friends. When we work together as a community, we can achieve great things and help our hospital continue the important work they do.

The online fundraising page, Giving Thanks to the Golden & District Hospital 2023, is accepting donations until Saturday October 7th 2023.You can donate online by clicking the link below or, if you would prefer to donate by cheque, call or email me and I will arrange to have the cheque picked up.

To Donate, click the link below

$25, $50, $100, $250, or more

Keith W Hern, 

Friend of the Golden & District Hospital

250 344 0233

 

Dr Daniel Manders supports the purchase of Lab equipment.

Dr Daniel Manders, is the pathologist at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital and responsible for the equipment purchases for the community labs. A big thank-you for your generous donation of $5000 towards the acquisition of this new equipment for the Golden & District Hospital.

"The lab in my opinion is the heart beat of the hospital. It is often not properly funded and most labs are using equipment that should have been replaced or upgraded years ago." Brenna Baker, Executive Director, East Kootenay Foundation for Health.

Support our local hospital lab and help fund the purchase of this new equipment with your donation today.

To Donate, click the link below

$25, $50, $100, $250, or more

Keith W Hern, 

Friend of the Golden & District Hospital

250 344 0233

Do you need a Colonoscopy?

This year I had a colonoscopy at the Golden Hospital. I was the beneficiary of the equipment purchased by the Friends of the Golden & District Hospital in 2018. 

The young female surgeon inquired " Have you had this procedure before." To which I replied "Yes, but more to the point have you every done one before." 

Before she could answer the anesthesiologist put me to sleep. When I awoke, I discovered she had removed a couple of polyps.

Before Golden had this equipment (2019), discovering polyps during a colonoscopy would mean a trip to Cranbrook or Kelowna for surgery to have them removed. Now polyps can be removed here in Golden with the VIO 300D.

"This equipment allows us to remove larger polyps safely right here at the Golden Hospital. It has been used during 10-12 colonoscopies in the last month and with the arrival of an additional surgeon in September it will see even more use as the number of procedures we do increases. Removing the polyps in the pre-cancer stage greatly reduces the incidence of colon cancer."
Dr. JG DesCoteaux.

The VIO 300D is a premium electrosurgical generator for interventional endoscopy cost $33,999 and was purchased in 2019 with funds from the 2018 Thanksgiving fund raising campaign and the East Kootenay Foundation for Health.

If you need a colonoscopy, you will be happy our hospital can perform the procedure right here in Golden.

To Donate, click the link below

$25, $50, $100, $250, or more

Keith W Hern, 

Friend of the Golden & District Hospital

250 344 0233

Donations to the Friends of the GDH are tax efficient

When you donate to the Friends of the Golden & District Hospital, Canada Helps will issue to you a charitable donation tax receipt for the full amount of the donation. You can print the tax receipt directly from the donation page or retrieved at a later date. The tax receipt can also be emailed to you.

Some charities charge a large administration fee reducing the amount available to the cause however, Canada Helps only takes a small administration fee of 3% and transfers the funds to the East Kootenay Foundation for Health (EKFH) where it is segregated into an account specifically for the Friends of the Golden and District Hospital. The EKFH takes about 5% as an administration fee when equipment is purchased, so for every dollar donated approximately 92 cents is available to the hospital for the purchase of equipment. A very efficient way for you to support our community hospital!

Your tax credit will vary depending on your level of donation. For a resident of BC:

For a donation of $1000, the tax credit is approximately $389.72

For a donation of $500 , the tax credit is approximately $171.22 

For a donation of $200 , the tax credit is approximately $40.12

The tax credit reduces your tax payable.

To estimate your amount of tax credit click the link below;

Tax Credit Calculator

The online fundraising page, Giving Thanks to the Golden & District Hospital 2023, is accepting donations until Saturday October 7th 2023.

Large or small, all donations show you care.

 To Donate, click the link below

$25, $50, $100, $250, or more

Keith W Hern, 

Friend of the Golden & District Hospital

250 344 0233