Cranbrook kids health center — the last step

Kootenay Child Health and Development Centre ready to go, just waiting for the funding.

A much needed ‘one-stop shop’ for children’s health and development services in the East Kootenay is closer to becoming a reality. Proponents are now just waiting for the funding, says Columbia River – Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald. [Read more]

West Kootenay company shines with the stars

Martech Electrical of Castlegar will be making a second home in Cranbrook with the new building of a Martech office located in the Cranbrook Industrial Park.

East Kootenay Foundation for Health is preparing for the launch of its 2nd Annual Starlite Campaign for Excellence in Health Care with the addition of seven new stars to the roofline of the regional hospital.

It was during this design period that the star makers realized a challenge that they hadn’t thought through which is the need for additional electrical services across the roof from the breaker box to the stem of each new star. [Read more]

Kimberley thrift shops support hospital

Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary donates to Regional Hospital.

The Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary has donated $11,500 for the purchase of a new semi-rigid ureterscope for the East Kootenay Regional Hospital. [Read more]

'Smile cookies' at Tim Horton's, Sep 21-27

Annual Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Program aims for $10,000.

The Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary and the East Kootenay Foundation for Health are pleased to announce that they are once again joining forces with the Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign to purchase a glidescope for the regional hospital emergency department.

The Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie program is a community-oriented sponsorship program that raises funds for local charities across Canada. These special smiling double-sized chocolate chip cookies are available for a limited time only September 21-27, 2009. [Read more]

Thank you, lake ambassadors!

Lake Windermere Ambassadors deserve a big ‘Thank you’.

Participation in Ambassadors “a logical choice” – Kirby Brown

The Lake Windermere Project is getting set to enter a new era — by 2010, more local individuals and businesses will be playing a bigger role in the health of the lake.

“The Lake Windermere Project is having a great year,” said Heather Leschied, Wildsight’s LWP program manager. “We’re into our fifth and final season — but the 2010 project end date won’t spell the end of community-based water stewardship of the lake and its tributaries.” [Read more]

Edgewater bake sale supports hospital

Long Term Auxiliary raises funds for Invermere ER.

The beauty of having an organization with only about a dozen members and an average age of 75+ is that you have experience, dedication and commitment.

Those three amazing attributes were put to task just recently when members of the Edgewater Radium Ladies Auxiliary gathered their talents to host a bake table at the Edgewater Farmers Market in early August with a goal of raising money for the Together for Everyone! Invermere District Hospital Emergency Department.

Items including freshly baked pies, homemade salsa, pickles, cookies and the like tempted the taste buds of the visiting public. When all was said and done this energized group of women are dedicating $453 to this Columbia Valley redevelopment project. [Read more]

Steel for stars

Steel donation to help EKFH’s Starlite Campaign to grow.

With fantastic sunny weather upon us it is hard to believe that the Fundraising Committee at East Kootenay Foundation for Health is already focused on its second year of the Starlite Campaign for Excellence in Health Care. [Read more]

Rallying the troops, Relaying for Life

While official figures have not yet been tallied since the 2009 Relay for Life set up shop at David Thompson Secondary last weekend, the annual event is known to have raised tens of thousands of dollars for Cancer research. [Read more]

Boat building contest set for Canada Day

They can save lives, arrest criminals, put out fires and pry you out of a crashed car —but can they build boats? If it sounds like an intriguing question you’d like to see put to the test, be sure to head down to Kinsmen Beach on Canada Day.

As part of fundraising efforts for a Cops for Kids bike ride this summer, in which two local RCMP officers will be embarking on a 1,000 km bike ride, local emergency services will be competing against each other in a head-to-head boat building contest on July 1. [Read more]

Golf fun day supports hospital fundraising

June 20, Fairmont –

Fairmont Lions Club Steps Forward.

It seems so appropriate for the Fairmont Lions Club, whose motto is “working together to meet new needs and greater demands”, to be the first service club to step forward to help fundraise for the Together for Everyone! Invermere District Hospital Emergency Department campaign. [Read more]