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Feeling at Home for ChristmasSometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest diff erenceEvery Dollar Makes

PIERCY’S ~MT. WASHINGTON250-334-4464

www.piercysmtwashingtonfuneral.comCourtenayToyota.com • 445 Crown Isle Blvd. 250-338-6761

Proud to support St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation

250-871-8405 | 2599B Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

Locally Owned & Operated

www.brianmclean.ca DL8379

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PROUD TO SUPPORT THE

2145 Cliffe Ave.Courtenay

250-334-2425 T 250-338-1394 • F 250-338-1969 • T 1-877-338-1394 www.presleyandpartners.com

Thank you St Joseph’s General hospital Foundation for all that you do for our community.

C h a rt e r e d a C C O U N ta N t S a N d B U S i N e S S a d v i S O r S

Your gift will fund the purchase of medical equipment, added services and healthcare education. Thank you for your kindness.

✃ I want to help improve healthcare in my community

PLEASE PRINTDonation Amount $ ____________❍ Cash ❍ Cheque ❍ Visa ❍ Mastercard

(Please make cheques payable to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation.)

Card Number: ____________________________ Expiry: ____________ Name: __________________________________________ Phone: _____________________Street Address: ______________ City: ______________________ Postal Code: ___________E-mail: ___________________________________

For your convenience, make a gift through our secure website: www.cvhospitalfoundation.com

Yes!Yes!Mail Donations To: St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation 2137 Comox Ave., Comox, BC V9M 1P2 • 250-890-3046

A tax receipt will automatically be issued for all donations over $20.00

❍ Please send me information on leaving a gift in my will❍ Please contact me regarding monthly giving options

❍ Yes, I have already included a gift to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in my will

✃

✃

There’s nothing bett er than feeling at home for the holidays (photo by Jim Peacock).

Feeling at Home for ChristmasWhen we can’t be at home

for the holidays, we can at least feel like we are.

That’s why this Christmas, one of the areas St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation is focusing on is the comfort, well-being and spirit of our elderly residents and their families.

The Views at St. Joseph’s Gen-eral Hospital is a residential care facility that is home to 117 res-idents who can no longer live alone independently. Each resi-dent varies in ability and back-ground, and adds richness to the tapestry that is St. Joseph’s.

While the team at the Views works hard every day to make sure their residents feel at home, the task is getting more dif� cult as the buildings at St. Joseph’s get older. “Homey” upgrades to furniture, lighting, curtains, dé-cor and paint are greatly needed to increase residents’ comfort and quality of life.

The rooms needing physical space upgrades are: the respite room, two palliative rooms and the family room.

“The furniture is getting worn and outdated, and the rooms need a fresh look and feel,” says Amanda Levicek the Clinical Coor-dinator for Oceanview at the Views. “In a warm, comforting environ-ment, a resident will relax when he or she sees an inviting space and the family will feel at ease leaving their loved one in our care.”

“Having a brighter space and ar-eas where residents and families can relax will lead to a spontaneous, happier and calm environment.”

These improvements matter, because everyone deserves to feel like they’re home, at Christ-mas and always.

After the new Comox Valley Hospital opens in 2017, these upgrades will live on, as St. Jo-seph’s will continue to provide excellence in seniors’ health, which includes residential and hospice care.

Every Dollar Makes Every Dollar Makes Every Dollar Makes Every Dollar Makes A Difference

Your donations this year will also go towards the purchase of:

• a new Stress Test Machine for Cardio Pulmonary Services

• new technology that will be used at St. Joseph’s then transferred to the new Comox Valley Hospital in 2017

Please consider supporting this year’s fundraising goals by kindly completing the donation form on Page 3 of this wrap.

All online donations made before Dec. 31, 2015 will be entered for a chance to win a � ight for two to any WestJet destination. Go to www.cvhospitalfoundation.com to donate.

A DifferenceBecome a monthly donor with St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation and win with WESTJET St. Joseph’s General Hospital Foundation is excited to announce that WestJet has part-nered with us again this year to help build a healthier community in the Comox Valley and create sustainability for our local hospital. From October 8th through to December 18, 2015, every person who signs up to become a monthly donor with the Foundation will be entered for a chance to win a round-trip � ight for two to any WestJet destination. Not only will you win by giving back to our communi-ty, but you could win a getaway, too!Whether you have retired to the Comox Val-

ley for your golden years, are raising a young family, or are planning for retirement, the quality and ef� ciency of health care in our community impacts us all. Donations like yours allow the Foundation to purchase medical equipment, technology, patient comfort items and facility upgrades when they are needed the most. Being able to draw from donations at any time ensures prompt replacement of aging or broken equipment, or the purchase of new, innova-tive technology that meets or exceeds current industry standards without having to wait for government funding.Monthly donations are a convenient way to spread your donation out over the entire year. It lets you budget your generosity and you will receive a single, cumulative tax receipt at

the end of the year. You may choose to have funds withdrawn regularly from your bank account or from your credit card, and you can cancel at any time. Your support could be as little as a $5.00 or $10.00 monthly donation. This donation, no matter how small, will provide St. Joseph’s and the new Comox Valley Hospital with a more sustainable funding source, one that help support an excellent level of health care in the Comox Valley. Donations can be made: in per-son at the Foundation of� ce at the front entrance to the Hos-pital, by calling Lynn, Meghan or Katie at (250) 890-3046 or

online by visiting www.cvhospitalfoundation.com or by completing the enclosed form.As always, we are grateful to our community for its tremendous support. An investment in your health care is an investment in ev-eryone’s future.

Hospital Right HereFor those of us fortunate enough to live here,

it comes as no surprise that the Comox Valley is ranked as one of the top-10 places to retire in Canada (Business Advice Source, Cottage Life). Here we have it all – ocean, mountains, fresh water fun, golf courses and unlimited outdoor activities year round, not to mention all of the amenities we need right in our own backyard, including a new state-of-the-art hospital opening in 2017.

Really, it’s no wonder why so many retirees are relocating to the Valley.

While many newcomer retirees will forever be linked to their former hometowns, it’s important to make them feel welcome, as they are invaluable

members of our community and will play an integral role in the future of the Comox Valley.

In the fall of 2017, the new Island Health Comox Valley Hospital will open and St. Joseph’s in Comox will continue to operate providing excellence in residential care, hospice care and seniors’ health. With this crucial expansion of health care services in our community, donations from all members of the Valley will play an even bigger role in improving the level of health and care we receive.

We encourage all residents of the Comox Valley, from newcomers to long-time residents, to consider St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation when making their charitable donations. Every dollar goes back into our

health care system in the form of medical equipment, new technology, renovation projects, patient comfort and staff education, items and information that will impact everyone in our community.

No matter where we are from, how long we’ve lived here or how old we are, the quality of health care in our community affects all of us. Please help our Foundation as we strive to achieve the absolute best health care for you and your family.

President’s MessageST. JOSEPH’S GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION TODAY AND TOMORROW

Caring for our community has always been at the core of St. Joseph’s General Hospital, its staff, and our Hospital Foundation, and although the landscape of health care in the Comox Valley will be changing with the opening of the new Island Health Comox Valley Hospital in 2017, the heart of our history will remain the same – to Care with Compassion.

As health care grows in the Comox Valley, so will St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation. The Foundation will expand to support the new Comox Valley Hospital, in addition to St. Joseph’s. For many years, the Foundation has received generous donations for acute care services such as cancer care, cardiac care, and others critical to our health care. Those funds have been set aside for those purposes and will continue to be held and spent as needed for those purposes to ensure that those donations are spent as intended by the donor.

The Foundation’s name will also change in the next year to encompass the expanding health care

system. While the Foundation will change its name and experience its own growth, it will not change its commitment or dedication to provide the community with top-of-the-line health care, whether that’s through raising funds for new equipment and technology, building upgrades, patient comfort or staff education.

The generous donations and support we receive from individuals, service groups and businesses are invaluable to us and to the thousands of people who access health care each year. Every dollar donated to our health care system improves a life in some way, and when one life is enhanced, so is the community.

Thank you for your continuing support during our exciting transition.Brenda Kelm, President, St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation BoardPhoto: St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Board and staff: Back row, left to right: Amy Dugas, Katie Maximick, Lynn Dashkewytch, Henning Larsen. Front row, left to right: Robert Mulrooney, Marianne Woodrow, Brenda Kelm, Jane Murphy, Patti Fletcher and Meghan Liddle. Missing: Colleen Hay (photo by Jim Peacock).

St. Joseph’s Hospital:Here, Now and Beyond the Changing Role

With the new Island Health Comox Valley Hospital projected to open in October 2017, there are many questions regarding the future role of St. Joseph’s General Hospital, its staff and its services.

Here are some facts on Comox Valley’s new hospital and the continuance of care at St. Joseph’s:

• The focus of Island Health and St. Joseph’s Hospital is to maintain the quality of care and delivery of services now and through the transition, after which acute care services will move to the Comox Valley Hospital (owned and operated by Island Health). St. Joseph’s Hospital will continue to provide excellence is residential care, hospice care and seniors’ health.

• St. Joseph’s Hospital is in the process of upgrading its residential care facilities and exploring other seniors’ programs and services. By enhancing care for the frail and elderly, this will decrease pressure on acute care services and, in turn, improve our health care system.

• Many St. Joseph’s employees, physicians and volunteers will form the foundation for patient care at the new Comox Valley Hospital.

• Any new acute care equipment St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation purchased now will transfer to the new hospital.

1-145 19th Street • 250-338-5222 Check mindsetwealth.com for current rates and strategies.

Robert Mulrooney Senior Investment AdvisorHollisWealth (a Division of Scotia Capital Inc.)

r.mulrooney@holliswealth.com

Russ Wigle, B CommAssociate Investment Advisorruss.wigle@holliswealth.com

Plant the seed today for your legacy tomorrow.

Contact us for your “Better Way to Give” guide

Your Mindset re� ects your wealth.

HollisWealth is trade name and a division of Scotia Capital Inc., a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. ® Registered Trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia, used under license. Mindset Wealth is a personal trade name of Robert Mulrooney. Your gift will fund the purchase of medical equipment, added services and healthcare education. Thank you for your kindness.

✃ I want to help improve healthcare in my community

PLEASE PRINTDonation Amount $ ____________❍ Cash ❍ Cheque ❍ Visa ❍ Mastercard

(Please make cheques payable to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation.)

Card Number: ____________________________ Expiry: ____________ Name: __________________________________________ Phone: _____________________Street Address: ______________ City: ______________________ Postal Code: ___________E-mail: ___________________________________

For your convenience, make a gift through our secure website: www.cvhospitalfoundation.com

Yes!Yes!Mail Donations To: St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation 2137 Comox Ave., Comox, BC V9M 1P2 • 250-890-3046

A tax receipt will automatically be issued for all donations over $20.00

❍ Please send me information on leaving a gift in my will❍ Please contact me regarding monthly giving options

❍ Yes, I have already included a gift to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in my will

✃

✃

St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation: Expanding its Role to Support Health and Care

Through this transition, St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation has expanded its mandate to support both the new hospital, as well as St. Joseph’s Hospital. This means adding to its team and adopting a name that will embody the local healthcare system

beyond St. Joseph’s Hospital.

The Foundation will change its name in the next year and continue to grow with the expanding health care in the Comox Valley. What it will not change is its dedication to provide top-of-the-line health care through

fundraising for new technology, patient comfort items, and staff education.

Donations from the community are essential to sustaining an excellent level of healthcare and quality of life in the Comox Valley, now and through the transition with the

Comox Valley Hospital. With the public’s support, the Foundation can obtain much-needed equipment and technology that can change or improve hundreds of lives in the community, now and in the future.

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Right HereRight HereRetiring Right

Hospital Right HereFor those of us fortunate enough to live here,

it comes as no surprise that the Comox Valley is ranked as one of the top-10 places to retire in Canada (Business Advice Source, Cottage Life). Here we have it all – ocean, mountains, fresh water fun, golf courses and unlimited outdoor activities year round, not to mention all of the amenities we need right in our own backyard, including a new state-of-the-art hospital opening in 2017.

Really, it’s no wonder why so many retirees are relocating to the Valley.

While many newcomer retirees will forever be linked to their former hometowns, it’s important to make them feel welcome, as they are invaluable

members of our community and will play an integral role in the future of the Comox Valley.

In the fall of 2017, the new Island Health Comox Valley Hospital will open and St. Joseph’s in Comox will continue to operate providing excellence in residential care, hospice care and seniors’ health. With this crucial expansion of health care services in our community, donations from all members of the Valley will play an even bigger role in improving the level of health and care we receive.

We encourage all residents of the Comox Valley, from newcomers to long-time residents, to consider St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation when making their charitable donations. Every dollar goes back into our

health care system in the form of medical equipment, new technology, renovation projects, patient comfort and staff education, items and information that will impact everyone in our community.

No matter where we are from, how long we’ve lived here or how old we are, the quality of health care in our community affects all of us. Please help our Foundation as we strive to achieve the absolute best health care for you and your family.

President’s MessageST. JOSEPH’S GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION TODAY AND TOMORROW

Caring for our community has always been at the core of St. Joseph’s General Hospital, its staff, and our Hospital Foundation, and although the landscape of health care in the Comox Valley will be changing with the opening of the new Island Health Comox Valley Hospital in 2017, the heart of our history will remain the same – to Care with Compassion.

As health care grows in the Comox Valley, so will St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation. The Foundation will expand to support the new Comox Valley Hospital, in addition to St. Joseph’s. For many years, the Foundation has received generous donations for acute care services such as cancer care, cardiac care, and others critical to our health care. Those funds have been set aside for those purposes and will continue to be held and spent as needed for those purposes to ensure that those donations are spent as intended by the donor.

The Foundation’s name will also change in the next year to encompass the expanding health care

system. While the Foundation will change its name and experience its own growth, it will not change its commitment or dedication to provide the community with top-of-the-line health care, whether that’s through raising funds for new equipment and technology, building upgrades, patient comfort or staff education.

The generous donations and support we receive from individuals, service groups and businesses are invaluable to us and to the thousands of people who access health care each year. Every dollar donated to our health care system improves a life in some way, and when one life is enhanced, so is the community.

Thank you for your continuing support during our exciting transition.Brenda Kelm, President, St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation BoardPhoto: St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Board and staff: Back row, left to right: Amy Dugas, Katie Maximick, Lynn Dashkewytch, Henning Larsen. Front row, left to right: Robert Mulrooney, Marianne Woodrow, Brenda Kelm, Jane Murphy, Patti Fletcher and Meghan Liddle. Missing: Colleen Hay (photo by Jim Peacock).

St. Joseph’s Hospital:Here, Now and Beyond the Changing Role

With the new Island Health Comox Valley Hospital projected to open in October 2017, there are many questions regarding the future role of St. Joseph’s General Hospital, its staff and its services.

Here are some facts on Comox Valley’s new hospital and the continuance of care at St. Joseph’s:

• The focus of Island Health and St. Joseph’s Hospital is to maintain the quality of care and delivery of services now and through the transition, after which acute care services will move to the Comox Valley Hospital (owned and operated by Island Health). St. Joseph’s Hospital will continue to provide excellence is residential care, hospice care and seniors’ health.

• St. Joseph’s Hospital is in the process of upgrading its residential care facilities and exploring other seniors’ programs and services. By enhancing care for the frail and elderly, this will decrease pressure on acute care services and, in turn, improve our health care system.

• Many St. Joseph’s employees, physicians and volunteers will form the foundation for patient care at the new Comox Valley Hospital.

• Any new acute care equipment St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation purchased now will transfer to the new hospital.

1-145 19th Street • 250-338-5222 Check mindsetwealth.com for current rates and strategies.

Robert Mulrooney Senior Investment AdvisorHollisWealth (a Division of Scotia Capital Inc.)

r.mulrooney@holliswealth.com

Russ Wigle, B CommAssociate Investment Advisorruss.wigle@holliswealth.com

Plant the seed today for your legacy tomorrow.

Contact us for your “Better Way to Give” guide

Your Mindset re� ects your wealth.

HollisWealth is trade name and a division of Scotia Capital Inc., a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. ® Registered Trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia, used under license. Mindset Wealth is a personal trade name of Robert Mulrooney. Your gift will fund the purchase of medical equipment, added services and healthcare education. Thank you for your kindness.

✃ I want to help improve healthcare in my community

PLEASE PRINTDonation Amount $ ____________❍ Cash ❍ Cheque ❍ Visa ❍ Mastercard

(Please make cheques payable to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation.)

Card Number: ____________________________ Expiry: ____________ Name: __________________________________________ Phone: _____________________Street Address: ______________ City: ______________________ Postal Code: ___________E-mail: ___________________________________

For your convenience, make a gift through our secure website: www.cvhospitalfoundation.com

Yes!Yes!Mail Donations To: St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation 2137 Comox Ave., Comox, BC V9M 1P2 • 250-890-3046

A tax receipt will automatically be issued for all donations over $20.00

❍ Please send me information on leaving a gift in my will❍ Please contact me regarding monthly giving options

❍ Yes, I have already included a gift to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in my will

✃

✃

St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation: Expanding its Role to Support Health and Care

Through this transition, St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation has expanded its mandate to support both the new hospital, as well as St. Joseph’s Hospital. This means adding to its team and adopting a name that will embody the local healthcare system

beyond St. Joseph’s Hospital.

The Foundation will change its name in the next year and continue to grow with the expanding health care in the Comox Valley. What it will not change is its dedication to provide top-of-the-line health care through

fundraising for new technology, patient comfort items, and staff education.

Donations from the community are essential to sustaining an excellent level of healthcare and quality of life in the Comox Valley, now and through the transition with the

Comox Valley Hospital. With the public’s support, the Foundation can obtain much-needed equipment and technology that can change or improve hundreds of lives in the community, now and in the future.

HospitalHospitalYour Health, Your

Right HereRight HereRetiring Right

RBC Dominion Securities Inc.* and Royal Bank of Canada are separate corporate entities which are affiliated. *Member-Canadian Investor Protection Fund. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. is a member company of RBC Wealth Management, a business segment of Royal Bank of Canada. ®Registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. Used under licence. © RBC Dominion Securities Inc. 2015. All rights reserved. 15_90857_WDE_021

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Your TrusTed Guides in VolaTile MarkeTsLara D. Austin, BA, FMA, CIM | Investment and Wealth Advisor | www.LaraAustin.comPhil Shute, FCSI | Vice President & Investment Advisor | www.PShute.comRBC Dominion Securities | 777A Fitzgerald Ave. | Courtenay, BC | 250-334-5600

Feeling at Home for ChristmasSometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest diff erenceEvery Dollar Makes

PIERCY’S ~MT. WASHINGTON250-334-4464

www.piercysmtwashingtonfuneral.comCourtenayToyota.com • 445 Crown Isle Blvd. 250-338-6761

Proud to support St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation

250-871-8405 | 2599B Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

Locally Owned & Operated

www.brianmclean.ca DL8379

St. Joseph’sHospitalFoundationHospitalHospitalFoundationHospitalFoundationHospitalFoundationHospitalHospitalFoundation

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE

2145 Cliffe Ave.Courtenay

250-334-2425 T 250-338-1394 • F 250-338-1969 • T 1-877-338-1394 www.presleyandpartners.com

Thank you St Joseph’s General hospital Foundation for all that you do for our community.

C h a rt e r e d a C C O U N ta N t S a N d B U S i N e S S a d v i S O r S

Your gift will fund the purchase of medical equipment, added services and healthcare education. Thank you for your kindness.

✃ I want to help improve healthcare in my community

PLEASE PRINTDonation Amount $ ____________❍ Cash ❍ Cheque ❍ Visa ❍ Mastercard

(Please make cheques payable to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation.)

Card Number: ____________________________ Expiry: ____________ Name: __________________________________________ Phone: _____________________Street Address: ______________ City: ______________________ Postal Code: ___________E-mail: ___________________________________

For your convenience, make a gift through our secure website: www.cvhospitalfoundation.com

Yes!Yes!Mail Donations To: St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation 2137 Comox Ave., Comox, BC V9M 1P2 • 250-890-3046

A tax receipt will automatically be issued for all donations over $20.00

❍ Please send me information on leaving a gift in my will❍ Please contact me regarding monthly giving options

❍ Yes, I have already included a gift to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in my will

✃

✃

There’s nothing bett er than feeling at home for the holidays (photo by Jim Peacock).

Feeling at Home for ChristmasWhen we can’t be at home

for the holidays, we can at least feel like we are.

That’s why this Christmas, one of the areas St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation is focusing on is the comfort, well-being and spirit of our elderly residents and their families.

The Views at St. Joseph’s Gen-eral Hospital is a residential care facility that is home to 117 res-idents who can no longer live alone independently. Each resi-dent varies in ability and back-ground, and adds richness to the tapestry that is St. Joseph’s.

While the team at the Views works hard every day to make sure their residents feel at home, the task is getting more dif� cult as the buildings at St. Joseph’s get older. “Homey” upgrades to furniture, lighting, curtains, dé-cor and paint are greatly needed to increase residents’ comfort and quality of life.

The rooms needing physical space upgrades are: the respite room, two palliative rooms and the family room.

“The furniture is getting worn and outdated, and the rooms need a fresh look and feel,” says Amanda Levicek the Clinical Coor-dinator for Oceanview at the Views. “In a warm, comforting environ-ment, a resident will relax when he or she sees an inviting space and the family will feel at ease leaving their loved one in our care.”

“Having a brighter space and ar-eas where residents and families can relax will lead to a spontaneous, happier and calm environment.”

These improvements matter, because everyone deserves to feel like they’re home, at Christ-mas and always.

After the new Comox Valley Hospital opens in 2017, these upgrades will live on, as St. Jo-seph’s will continue to provide excellence in seniors’ health, which includes residential and hospice care.

Every Dollar Makes Every Dollar Makes Every Dollar Makes Every Dollar Makes A Difference

Your donations this year will also go towards the purchase of:

• a new Stress Test Machine for Cardio Pulmonary Services

• new technology that will be used at St. Joseph’s then transferred to the new Comox Valley Hospital in 2017

Please consider supporting this year’s fundraising goals by kindly completing the donation form on Page 3 of this wrap.

All online donations made before Dec. 31, 2015 will be entered for a chance to win a � ight for two to any WestJet destination. Go to www.cvhospitalfoundation.com to donate.

A DifferenceBecome a monthly donor with St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation and win with WESTJET St. Joseph’s General Hospital Foundation is excited to announce that WestJet has part-nered with us again this year to help build a healthier community in the Comox Valley and create sustainability for our local hospital. From October 8th through to December 18, 2015, every person who signs up to become a monthly donor with the Foundation will be entered for a chance to win a round-trip � ight for two to any WestJet destination. Not only will you win by giving back to our communi-ty, but you could win a getaway, too!Whether you have retired to the Comox Val-

ley for your golden years, are raising a young family, or are planning for retirement, the quality and ef� ciency of health care in our community impacts us all. Donations like yours allow the Foundation to purchase medical equipment, technology, patient comfort items and facility upgrades when they are needed the most. Being able to draw from donations at any time ensures prompt replacement of aging or broken equipment, or the purchase of new, innova-tive technology that meets or exceeds current industry standards without having to wait for government funding.Monthly donations are a convenient way to spread your donation out over the entire year. It lets you budget your generosity and you will receive a single, cumulative tax receipt at

the end of the year. You may choose to have funds withdrawn regularly from your bank account or from your credit card, and you can cancel at any time. Your support could be as little as a $5.00 or $10.00 monthly donation. This donation, no matter how small, will provide St. Joseph’s and the new Comox Valley Hospital with a more sustainable funding source, one that help support an excellent level of health care in the Comox Valley. Donations can be made: in per-son at the Foundation of� ce at the front entrance to the Hos-pital, by calling Lynn, Meghan or Katie at (250) 890-3046 or

online by visiting www.cvhospitalfoundation.com or by completing the enclosed form.As always, we are grateful to our community for its tremendous support. An investment in your health care is an investment in ev-eryone’s future.