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Impact of Philanthropy Dr. Kathryn Brown shares her account on how she cannot do it alone. On the day she started her Direc

Kristin Young Shares Her Story Kristin knows firsthand how needed JoeAnna's House really is. For 4-weeks she slept cribside and lon

Local Family Steps Up To Match Donations It's a cause all too familiar for Darrell and Margaret Porubanec, who witnessed their youngest son T

Stuck here waiting This February, Matthew’s ICD battery began to malfunction. The lifesaving device needed to be repl

Maria Byland Shares Her Story The procedure Maria required, while it is not currently available at KGH, will be soon. With your he

Ramsay Family In June of 2016, Jim Ramsay, beloved husband and father, passed unexpectedly.

Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 26 Beyond the Poppy

Joe Iafrancesco – Worth Every Penny Joe hopes his gift will inspire others to give back to the community, too.

RBC Corporate Citizenship RBC's desire to give back to the community is genuine

Donors vs Waitlists When donors take on waitlists everyone wins.

Hospice House Hospice House has provided a decade of care.

Foundry Update One year in, Foundry Kelowna has had an incredibly positive impact on youth with mental illness and

Young Men on a Mission Far from home, volunteering for KGH.

Michele's Story VIDEO: The need for JoeAnna's House and the story of Michele and Sonny from Beaverdell, BC.

Tamara Joel (TJ) VIDEO: The radio host opens up about her health scare and journey into volunteering.

Phil Johnson From broadcaster to barista.

Cops for Kids For the past ten years, the Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation has worked with local social workers

The Kiwanis Clubs have donated $4 million to the KGH Foundation to benefit child and youth health care

The Palmer Family At birth, she weighed only 2.6 lbs. She has been in and out of the hospital ever since.

Better Together A Campaign to Keep Families Together

The Dear Family Story Lisa was discharged, but Zach stayed for five weeks.

JoeAnna’s House A Legacy of Kindness & Generosity

Giving Changes Everything

Veerle’s Story After surviving two earthquakes in New Zealand, a Kelowna teen shares her story about living with PT

Georgia's Story She chose to take her own life only 7-months ago. Through his grief, her father bravely shares her s

Helen’s Story "I am referred to as a mother with lived experience. And I can assure you, it’s not one you’d wa

Abbie's Story We discovered Abbie’s work on Instagram. Within a few seconds we knew she would be our campaign p

Jody & Sean’s Story “When a child is sick, it affects the whole family. And we felt lost." Respected Kelowna lawyers,

Nicholas' Story A pre-med student at UBC-O, talented goalie for the Okanagan Heat, good looks and a loving family. B

Finnegan's Story Bright, earnest and expressive, at 14, Finnegan Pihl speaks with a sense of clarity far beyond his y

Cops for Kids Cops for Kids provides a generous $25,000 gift to KGH Foundation.

New CT Scanner KGH’s Emergency Department receives new CT Scanner thanks to Volunteers

Giving Giggles A touching story wraps up the $3 million campaign.

A Gift of Gratitude Don and Dorothy will be FOREVER Grateful.

Marissa’s Story An ATV accident landed Marissa in KGH Emergency.

Love Letters Jaclyn Robertson, mom to baby Indy and co-owner of the wildly successful local lifestyle brand, Okan

Loyal Raises over $9K “We wanted to give back to our community and we’ve chosen the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit

Innkeeper’s Gala Hotel Eldorado hosted the holiday season’s most impactful fundraiser – A Roy’El’ Affair –

Help for Babies Thanks to VB Vets, fragile babies born pre-term will now benefit from highly advanced respiratory eq

TB Vets Funds Kids A group of Central Okanagan youngsters came together to learn more about how they can live with the

Gift for LIfe Our needs continue to be greater than the funding available, so we ask, during this traditional seas

Youth Mental Health The stories of our system failing our young people have become all too real. And we need your help.

Winfield Auxiliary A group of very special ladies that make up the Winfield Hospital Auxiliary, honoring their 60 years

Sandra Schmirler Fdn Sandra Schmirler was an Olympic champion curler a bright example of determination and compassion. H

Basran Charity Golf Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran splits proceeds of the 7th (and final) Basran Charity Open with KGH Found

Rallying for the Heart For the 15th consecutive year, tennis and bocce enthusiasts rallied for a cause close to their heart

Hybrid OR Jim and Kathy Rogers know first hand the impact of the Hybrid OR

Heart of Gold Gala raises over $1.1 million for Interior Health cardiac program

Love of Little Lungs Pacific Blue Cross makes an important contribution to the KGH Perinatal Unit.

Cardiac & Hospice Slovenian Society celebrates its 35th anniversary with donation to KGHF

Rockin’ for Kids Music students support pediatrics

Driven to Give Back BMW fundraiser inspired by employee's great care at KGH

Tiny Miracles Garrison family shares their NICU story.

Big Hearts Dr. Jill Boulton cares for our smallest patients.

Rexall Supports perinatal care with the purchase of a rapid infuser

Mother’s Day This Mother’s Day, honour Mom with a gift to the Giving Giggles campaign

Digital Imaging Pediatric NICU ... Help save a child today!

Steve Thomson Proud #KGHKid

New Unit Now Open Expectant parents tour the unit

A Baby is Born Cameras follow a C-section delivery

Miller Family Mary & Dean Miller give because their son was saved.

Cavitron US Dr. Edward Solano needed a specialized surgical tool to aid in liver tumour removal.

Harris Family Jillian Harris’ dad suffered a heart attack

Baby Cole Cole needed help in his first 6 months

Kevin Kevin was saved with a Coronary Stent.

Sandra Schmirler The Sandra Schmirler Foundation Golf Tournament raised $57,000

$3M Lifesaver Anonymous donor supports IHSC

The Porubanecs Darrell and Margaret Porubanecs give for their son, Trevor.

Heart Surgery Doctors performing open heart surgery.

Mike Mike received a double hip replacement.

Irv Irv survived removal of 6 blockages in his heart.

Danielle Danielle survived breast cancer at 22.

Roger Roger received a new heart valve at KGH.

Kyle Kyle survived a life threatening biking injury.

Gordon Gordon had cancer removed with 3 tiny incisions.

Brad Brad's recovered with the use of an ECMO machine.

Wanda Wanda was born with a hole in her heart.

KGH Surgeons Surgical teams share stories.

Colin Mayor Colin Basran is a proud #KGHkid.

Baby James James required surgery at 9 months old.

Charity Rocks Sisters donate proceeds from decorative rock sales.

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RBC Foundation Supports the Hybrid Operating Room

MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer comes to KGH thanks to donor

PCL PCL Support the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre

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