President’s Message

Season’s Greetings, The end of 2019 has come and 2020 is on the horizon!  2019 saw many changes.  Our website, bchealthcareaux.org, has been regularly updated and you can find necessary forms, contact information, news about other auxiliaries, a calendar of upcoming events, conference information and reports, and much more to keep you current and informed.... Read More »

March 2020 Covid-19 President’s Message

A word from the President: The global COVID-19 pandemic has affected all our lives in the past weeks. BCAHA’s executive and Board of Directors have been monitoring this unprecedented situation and decided, on March 12, to cancel the April 20-22 AGM & Conference in Penticton. The health and well-being of our members and those they... Read More »

* Postponed – BCAHA AGM & Conference, April 20-22, 2020

A Salute to Youth

Youth Volunteers and Bursary Recipients Recognized:  Across our province, enthusiastic youth volunteers continue to make a difference.  The Auxiliary to the Abbotsford Regional Hospital’s Marilyn Goodwin, Candy Striper/Cadet Convenor, makes a bursary presentation to 2019 candidate, Sarah Neufeldt (top left), a first-year Bachelor of Science and Nursing student at The University of the Fraser Valley. ... Read More »

Auxiliary Anniversaries

Chemainus Health Care Auxiliary (1899 – 2019) Today is our Auxiliary’s 120th Anniversary!! Thank you to all of you who carry on this very valuable work, supporting health care in the Cowichan Valley and beyond.  I wish we could announce the dollar amount we have donated over all those years; I’m sure it would be... Read More »

2019 BCAHA ‘Then & Now’ Photo Contest Winners

First Prize – Auxiliary to the Lions Gate Hospital (North Vancouver): An Auxiliary volunteer takes a reading break in the Auxiliary lounge in the 1970s.   A youth Auxiliary volunteer takes a break in the same lounge in 2019.  In 25 years, what will our volunteer be doing during her/his break?   Second Prize – Langley... Read More »