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Why We Do It:

Canmore Hospital needs equipment that is not provided by the regular budget from the Province. Thus, Canmore & Area Health Care Foundation raises funds to provide this equipment.

The Foundation is currently raising funds for three main areas to improve health care, and has set a goal of establishing an Endowment Fund:

1. Endoscopy Equipment

Endoscopy Equipment helps to diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer. Statistics indicate that screening colonoscopies (after age 50 and every ten years after that, with removal of polyps as detected) reduce an individuals’ risk of colon cancer by 95%! Because we have the equipment and the doctors to use the equipment, Canmore Hospital performs 1,800 scopes each year. Wait times for this treatment are significantly shorter than in other centres such as in Calgary.

2. Preventative Care

In the summer of 2010, the Foundation, the Town of Canmore, and Western Economic Diversification are partnering to install an Adult Outdoor Fitness Circuit at Centennial Park in downtown Canmore. We believe that this will contribute to the health and well-being of adults - minimizing the need for additional health services and contributing to a healthy lifestyle.

Thank you to Canmore Seniors' Association and Canmore Hospital Ladies Auxillary for supporting this new initiative! Only specific donations will be directed towards Preventative Care initiatives.

3. Programs
Stress is inherent in our life experience. However the stressors in our life today are becoming chronic for many of us. Our bodies’ response to chronic stress can exhaust our coping reserves and render us vulnerable to health problems. The Mindfulness Meditation Program (MMP) enables patients and their families to better manage their stress levels and improve their health and well-being.

Many donors have supported MMP enabling the Hospital to provide this program to hundreds of patients and their families.

4. Endowment Fund

In our ever-changing world there is little about the future that we can be sure of. However, the need for health care is one of them. Knowing this, the Foundation has set a $5 million endowment fund goal. This fund will enable the Foundation to raise funds to improve health care for many years to come.

Of course, Endowment Funds can also be used for many other worthwhile causes, such as funding a specific program or supporting a specific area of the Hospital over many years.

Your generosity can help us to purchase more hospital equipment.There is always a significant amount of equipment on the Hospital wish list. For a complete list of equipment on the Canmore Hospital "Wish List" click here.The Foundation is considering a number of other Preventative Health Care initiatives to raise funds for. If you would like to see more information on these initiatives, click here.

Please contact us if you are interested in making a contribution. Thank you.

In the past 5 years, the Foundation has been able to purchase over $600,000 in equipment that is not provided for by regular government funding. This has significantly improved health care in Canmore and the surrounding area! Some of the items that the Canmore Hospital has purchased include:

  • Two Palliative Care Beds. - $15,500 - These beds are used by patients in the hospital, or at their home during the last, and often most painful days. Their special design provides additional comfort and eases the pain of terminally ill patients. Funds raised from the 2003 Golf Tournament purchased two beds...one for the hospital, and one for use in the community.
  • Beds for Golden Eagle View (Long Term Care) - $13,400 - purchased from donations made at the Hospital.
  • Electric Beds - $20,500 - These beds are much more efficient for hospital staff to operate. These were made available from donations made at the Hospital, and from the 2003 Golf Tournament.
  • LCD Projector and laptop computer - $4,600 - The projector and computer are used for staff training, and were purchased with funds from donations made at the Hospital.
  • C-Tub. - $16,500 - This therapeutic whirlpool was purchased by funds raised by the 2004 Bad Boys Golf Tournament held at SilverTip Golf Resort. The Bad Boys heard about the need to replace the whirlpool and immediately responded with the proceeds of their annual tournament.
  • Patient Lift. - $8,000 - This piece of equipment helps to improve the efficiency of Hospital staff to lift patients. These funds came from the 2004 Golf Tournament.
  • Therapeutic Colonoscope. - $38,000 - The colonoscope is the first piece of endoscopy equipment purchased by the Canmore & Area Health Care Foundation, and these funds came from the 2004 Golf Tournament. The colonoscope is used over 1,000 times per year for the early detection and treatment of diseases such as cancer.
  • Monitor, VCR, and Cart. - $7,000 - This piece of equipment is used with the endoscopy equipment and was purchased with funds from the Buy a Brick program.
  • Propaq Monitor. - $18,000 - This was funded by the STARS Foundation which provided a grant to have this monitor available in the emergency room of the Canmore Hospital.
  • Biological Safety Hood - $12,000 - This piece of equipment, provided by Canwest Flooring's $100/home goal scored by the Canmore Eagles during the 2004-2005 AJHL hockey season, is used in the Cancer Clinic for the preparation of medication for cancer patients.
  • Endoscopy Equipment - $110,000 - This equipment was purchased using funds from the 2005 Golf Tournament and the 2005 Casino. With this purchase the Foundation has completed the fund raising for the $250,000 in endoscopy equipment that was identified by the Hospital in 2004.
  • Pressure Relief Chair - $4,000 - This equipment was purchased by a specific donation from an anonymous donor, and matched with some general donations. It is used in the Golden Eagle View (long term care).
  • Electric Beds for Community Care $6,000 - these were purchased from a specific donation from Cascade Mechanical to improve health care throughout our community.
  • Spot Vital Signs Monitor - $8,000 - purchased by Canwest Flooring through their donation of $100 per home game goal scored by the Canmore Eagles.
  • Telemetry System - $150,000 - purchased from a combination of sources...the 2006 Golf Tournament at SilverTip, Canmore Connection 2006 Golf Tournament, Canwest Flooring donation, Buy a Brick purchases, and General Donations. This system is part of Cardiac Care and is helpful in diagnosis, and provides continuous monitoring, even when the nurse is not in the room.
  • Echocardiograph Machine - $128,000- purchased from the proceeds of the 2007 Golf Tournament at SilverTip, and an anonymous donation of $42,000 in shares! This system allows our cardiologist to take a moving picture of the heart which is beneficial for diagnosis of heart disease.
  • Ultrasound Machine - $42,000. Purchased from the proceeds of the 2009 SilverTip Golf Tournament. This equipment is used in the emergency room.
  • Anesthetic Machine - $150,000. Purchased from the proceeds of the 2008 and 2009 SilverTip Golf Tournaments. This equipment is used in the Operating Room.

  • Eye Slit Exam $34,000 (Wheeler $10,000 donation to greatest need and General);

  • Suspended Patient Lift for Eagle View $20,000 (Blue Fin Foundation);

  • Palliative Care Mattress ($5,000 memorial Olauson);

  • Chemo Chair  ($5,000 Cascade Mechanical - Tim & Georgina Taylor annual donation);

  • Blue Leaf Wheelchair (Legion Poppy Fund);

  • 2 Vital Sign Monitors (Hockey Tournament in Memory of Jayden Holmund and Cardiac Care);

  • BBQ & Patio Furniture ($5,000 Legion Poppy Fund);

  • Toys for Emergency ($3,000 Tim Horton’s);

  • TV's (2009 Eagle Pass Fund and 2007 donation from Castle Mountain and Jack Vandeventer);

  • Piano for Eagle View ($4,000 from Blue Fin Foundation);

  • Gardens (annual Bridge club donations);

  • Log Bench (Blue Fin Foundation);

  • Mindfulness Meditation Program ($15,000 funded by such fundrasiers at Amatt/Canmore Realtors, Red Hat Ladies, Donna Jo Massie Art students,  Randy Gold and Marti Mortfield, Castle Mountain Furnishing)

  • Holter Monitor System ($22,000);
  • Vital Signs Monitor ($5,000);
  • Towel Warmer ($500)
  • Ultrasound Machine ($34,000);
  • Patient Lift ($15,000), donation from Blue Fin Foundation;
  • Stretcher ($3,000);
  • Anaesthetic Machine ($150,000);
  • Propaq Monitor ($20,000);
  • Wound Care Bed ($9,000);

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