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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...
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Florence Nightingale Celebration Dawson Creek Auxiliary members Sandra, Lorraine, Fran and Helen prepare and set up their annual Florence Nightingale Celebration. This is a time to reflect and honour our nurses for the outstanding care they give to our patients, each...
BCAHA Membership Survey Deadline is Oct. 31, 2019
Hello Members! The BC Association of Healthcare Auxiliaries (BCAHA) wants to work closely with members to ensure it is delivering the resources, education and connections that will help auxiliaries thrive into the future. We are asking all local auxiliary members to...
BCAHA 2019 AGM & Conference Opening Ceremony Quotes
...Since assuming the role of Lieutenant Governor I've attended many events in support of wonderful organizations throughout the province, but seldom does it give me as much pleasure as it does to meet with you today. Having spent much of my own professional career in...
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Healthcare Auxiliary Day May 10th Auxiliary Day is celebrated in Richmond, Kelowna, Summerland, Chilliwack, Sunshine Coast and Powell River. BCAHA salutes our member Auxiliaries and congratulates them for being difference-makers in healthcare and in their community....
100th Anniversary for Auxiliary to UHNBC
In 1919, in the aftermath of World War 1 and amid a flu pandemic, a group of dedicated women formed the Prince George Ladies Auxiliary. In the 1920s, the Auxiliary raised funds for a much-needed X-ray machine. During the Depression, they stored food items and produce...
President’s Message
Greetings to all, Spring is in the air! Winter has been colder than usual and I am more than happy to embrace the words of the poet, “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” The sun is shining, trees are budding out and the daffodils are blooming here on the...
Sunshine Coast’s Pop-up Thrift Store
A creative idea from the Sunshine Coast has generated interest and smiles from the residents of Totem Lodge and the Shorncliffe Care Facility. As described on its Facebook Page (March 5, 2019), volunteers from the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary offered the...
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'Volunteers Rock' at Penticton Auxiliary All we can say is “Wow!” Just three months after the Penticton Hospital Auxiliary fulfilled its original $250,000 pledge to the SOS Medical Foundation’s campaign to provide the medical equipment for the PRH expansion, they’ve...
Save the Date! BCAHA Annual AGM & Conference 2019
BCAHA Q&A – Laura Track, Human Rights Lawyer
BCAHA News: Hello. Thank you for this opportunity to ask you a few questions. In October, you were the keynote speaker at BCAHA’s Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley Areas joint conference. How did you enjoy that experience? Laura Track: It was a wonderful experience!...
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Squamish Wellness Fair The Wellness Fair is held annually in Squamish as an educational and interactive event designed to share information with our community about health services and other health and wellness resources. Flu immunizations, at no charge, are available...
Richmond Auxiliary Presents Bursaries
Harmony Sander wants to become a Registered Nurse and, ultimately, a Nurse Practitioner. She has volunteered at Richmond Hospital since 2015. This past year, she was accepted into the UBC Nursing Program (Okanagan Campus) and is eager to work with sick children. Ada...
Dawson Creek Auxiliary Supports ‘Click for Babies’ Campaign
105 Purple Knitted Baby Hats Help ‘Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome BC’ Every September for the past three years, the Dawson Creek & District Auxiliary Society of Local Health Care has been mailing small packages of knitted purple baby hats to the BC Children’s...