BTHC Foundation

Congratulations to our last Early Bird winner - Melissa Phillips! Melissa is kicking this snowy weekend off $1,000 richer. Your last chance to win coming up Friday, December 22nd when we make the big jackpot draw LIVE at Winkler Co-op Grocery store along with our friends at Golden West Radio. Ticket purchases can be made right up to the last second on draw day so visit us online at www.bthcf5050.ca or stop by the Foundation office to purchase in person. Thank you for all your support to date!

Construction on the BTHC expansion is coming along nicely, thanks to some sunny December days!

Are you looking for a new holiday book to share with your family? Dianne Heinrichs has just published her first book, Bubba Clause Helps Santa Spread Joy, and all proceeds will support cancer care at BTHC. ❤ After losing her husband Myles to cancer, and inspired by her own cancer journey, Dianne channeled her grief into writing a Christmas story using her husband's holiday nickname "Bubba Clause". You can purchase your copy at King's Deli Market & Eatery, Buttercup Greenhouse & Cafe, or Amazon.
Photo by Pembina Valley Online

Please note that the BTHC Foundation office will be closed from December 25th to January 1st. Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, January 2nd. If you're dropping off a year end donation during that week, there will be a secure drop-off at the office or consider donating online at www.bthcfoundation.ca. We hope you enjoy the holiday season with family and friends! 🎄

December 5th is International Volunteer Day. From BTHC's Palliative Care Volunteer Coordinator, Jeri-Ann Froese, "We believe that BTHC would not be the amazing hospital it is if not for the dedicated volunteers that show up daily with caring hearts, ready to serve wherever and whenever needed. We all see and appreciate you!
You may never know the profound effect that you may have made on a person’s life. A kind word, a gentle touch or a listening ear can mean so much to someone who is sick, in pain or lonely. You generously give your gift of time to make contact, provide support and encouragement and perhaps provide humor to make someone’s day a bit more bearable because you have taken the time to care and to listen." Thank you Volunteers! ❤

It's hard to believe that our LAST Early Bird Draw is this Friday, December 8th. Don't miss your chance to win $1,000 and get in on our growing jackpot! Purchase your tickets online at www.bthcf5050.ca or call the Foundation office, 204 331 8808 ext. 2.
Thanks for all the support so far! Our jackpot draw will be held LIVE at the Winkler Co-op grocery store, Friday December 22nd.

Throughout the year, the Boundary Trails Health Centre Foundation has been the grateful recipient of estate bequests and donations made in memory of loved ones. Your gifts will be used to support our facility expansion, help purchase advanced medical equipment that enhance the services available at BTHC, and support our Palliative and Spiritual Care programs. These donations made in memory have an incredible and lasting impact on our hospital. Thank you for thinking of the Foundation and helping establish a legacy in your loved one's memory. ❤

Community volunteers support many programs at BTHC. They provide in-hospital companion visits, support the meal assist program, comfort cart assistance, and provide assistance for Cancer Care patients and families, just to name a few. All of this is organized by our Palliative Care Coordinator. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, the BTHC Foundation is able to offer wage support for this vital position that makes these enriching programs for our patients possible. Thank you! ❤

Congratulations, LINDA LECLERC! Giving Tuesday is a special day for us but is all about you! We hope this extra $8,262.50 brightens your holiday season🎄

Next chance for staff to win is December 13th. If you haven't enrolled yet, now is your time!
www.bthcfoundation.com/winning-wednesdays

Tomorrow we are soooo excited to be giving away $8,262.50 to one lucky Southern Health-Santé Sud employee! It's an incredible sum of money that's bound to make a difference this close to the holidays. 😃 Thank you to everyone who has enrolled in our staff payroll 50/50 in the last two years. You have raised over $420,000 for the BTHC Foundation, Bethesda Foundation and Portage District General Hospital Foundation! ❤

Today is GivingTuesday - a global generosity movement that encourages people to give back any way they can, be it a financial donation, volunteering their time, or giving kindness. The BTHC Foundation is so grateful to live in such a generous community with incredible support for our Capital Campaign and continued support for our annual financial commitments to BTHC. We are also thankful for community volunteers who freely give their time and talents to our volunteer programs and our new prayer shawl project to make a difference in our patients' lives. We encourage you to take some time on GivingTuesday to think about how you can give today, whether it be an act of kindness or a gift of time or money to a cause close to your heart. ❤

The BTHC Foundation funds a specialized nursing position that provides high quality, personalized care for patients with terminal illness and short timelines. The Palliative Care program also helps patients and their families navigate access to specialized programs, as well as provide grief supports and resources. With your support, we are able to help enhance patient care during this difficult time. Thank you. ❤

A trip to the hospital can trigger waves of emotion for patients and their families as they navigate illness, injury, loss, death and dying, depression, childbirth and loss. When requested, the Spiritual Care Coordinator can provide compassionate and caring support BTHC for patients and families, as well as staff. Spiritual Care at BTHC relies solely on fundraising and your donations. Thank you to our donors and community churches for supporting this program. ❤

BTHC Foundation staff had a lot of fun today, handing out chocolate mustaches to BTHC and clinic staff in Morden and Winkler. The mustaches were purchased from Mary Reimer in support of her fundraiser. Funds raised through the sale of chocolate mustaches will come back to BTHC Cancer Care and she's raised over $16,000 so far. Thank you to our anonymous donor who made it possible to share 1,000 mustaches with our healthcare staff! There's still time to place your mustache order. Please contact Mary directly if you'd like to get in on this delicious fundraiser.

A friendly reminder that the grief session hosted by BTHC Palliative Care Program - Hope, Healing and Holidays, is coming up next week Thursday, November 30th at the Morden Activity Centre. Please share this event with anyone experiencing loss this holiday season. 💙
The Palliative Care Program at BTHC is made possible by your donations. Thank you for supporting our patients' families with your gifts. ⭐️

We're halfway through our Winter 50/50 campaign and the jackpot is sitting just under $50,000. We're slightly ahead of last year's numbers - how high can we go this year? 🙈
Tickets are available online at www.bthcf5050.ca, or purchase in person at the Foundation office (located next to the gift shop at BTHC). We're happy to help you out over the phone as well, you can call the office at 204 331 8808 ext. 2.
Thanks for all your support so far! ❤

Thanks to your support, the BTHC Foundation recently purchased a digital imaging plate for the Diagnostics department at BTHC. This piece of advanced technology allows technologists to perform portable x-rays in places like the nursery or ER - which vastly improves the department's efficiency. Now, the images will be instantly available on the portable x-ray machine, saving the time in takes to transport the images to the x-ray department for processing. With the digital plate, radiation doses to patients will be reduced by up to 50%! Thank you for helping our staff continue to deliver excellent patient care in a timely manner. ❤

Congratulations HELEN KINSMAN, and Happy Friday - You are our 2nd 🐦Early Bird 🐦Winner! Helen is rolling into the weekend with a $1,000 prize. 💵

Our next $1,000 Early Bird Draw is coming up Friday, December 8th! To purchase tickets, visit bthcf5050.ca, or stop by the Foundation office, Monday-Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm to buy in person. Or call the Foundation office, 204 331 8808 ext. 2 and we'd be happy to help you out. Thank you to everyone who has purchased tickets so far - our jackpot is almost at $48,000 and climbing!

🚨The 2nd Early Bird Draw is TODAY🚨 Purchase your BTHC Foundation 50/50 tickets before 3 pm today for your chance to win $1,000! Tickets can be bought at the Foundation office, online at www.bthcf5050.ca, or call the Foundation office, 204 331 8808 ext. 2 for assistance. Good luck everyone! 🍀 Can't wait to help one lucky winner kick off the weekend with an extra $1,000!

Just a friendly reminder that we have our second 🐦Early Bird🐦draw coming up! We're giving away $1,000 at 3 pm tomorrow. And that 50/50 jackpot keeps climbing, sitting now at just over $45,000. 🤩
Tickets can be bought online at www.bthcf5050.ca, or by calling the Foundation office, 204 331 8808 ext. 2. You can find us tonight for in-person sales at Olympic Source for Sports and Rendezvous Brewery & Taproom as part of the Morden Chamber of Commerce's Wrapping up a Morden Christmas!

Stock up on baked goodies tomorrow at the BTHC Auxiliary's annual craft and bake sale! Treats will be available from 9 am - 4 pm in the multi-purpose rooms at BTHC. All funds raised will support equipment purchases at BTHC. 🥧🧁

Congratulations TANIS ESSERY - you have won $8,192.50 as part of Southern Health-Santé Sud's ! That should start AND finish your Christmas shopping, with maybe a little extra to spare. 😁
Southern Health-Sante Sud employees, your next chance to win is coming up November 29th. To enroll, visit https://bthcfoundation.com/winning-wednesdays/.

We're Wrapping up a Morden Christmas tomorrow night with the Morden Chamber of Commerce, giving shoppers a chance to get in on our Winter 50/50. Find us at Olympic Source for Sports tomorrow at 4 pm. Our second $1,000 Early Bird Draw is coming up on Friday - it would be great to help one lucky winner wrap up their Christmas shopping! Plus, check out that 50/50 jackpot - almost at $43,000 (winner gets half). We could make your Christmas VERY merry indeed! 🎄 Tickets can be purchased online at www.bthcf5050.ca, or stop by the Foundation office, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.

Thank you Altona's Buffalo Creek Mills for joining us this morning to present a $10,000 gift to our Future is Now Capital Campaign - your support means so much! ❤
Pictured left to right, Meaghan Fehr, Buffalo Creek Mills Director of People, Process and Marketing, Ryan Meade, Buffalo Creek Mills CEO, and Pauline Villeneuve, BTHC Foundation, Boare member - Altona.

One lucky Southern Health-Santé Sud employee is going to cozy up with, you guessed it, ANOTHER record breaking jackpot tomorrow! $8,192.50 should take the edge of this weird winter we've been having, shouldn't it? 😆 Good luck to everyone who's entered - we'll call one of you tomorrow around 2 pm!

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
Lest We Forget.

Our next Early Bird Draw is coming up next week, Friday November 17th. One lucky winner can start their Christmas shopping with $1,000! With your Early Bird ticket, you'll also be entered to win our 50/50 jackpot - currently hovering just under $40,000 (winner gets half). Purchase tickets online at www.bthcf5050.ca or call the Foundation office, 204 331 8808 ext. 2.
Thank you and good luck! 🍀 Every ticket purchased supports enhanced patient care at BTHC. ❤

The BTHC Palliative Care Program is hosting a grief session - Hope, Healing and Holidays, on Thursday, November 30th at the Morden Activity Centre. This free event is open to anyone experiencing loss this holiday season. 💙
The Palliative Care Program at BTHC is made possible by your donations. Thank you for supporting our patients' families with your gifts. ⭐️

Just over a year ago, we kicked off our Future is Now Capital Campaign with our first pledge - $1 million from the Morden Community Thrift Store. Today, Foundation Board Chair Ben Friesen and Foundation Executive Director Shannon Samatte-Folkett were privileged to receive a tour of the store, meet with volunteers and of course, pick up that incredible $1 million gift.
Thank you Morden Community Thrift Store, for your unwavering belief in our Campaign and the work of the Foundation. ❤️

We as a Thrift Shop had the privilege of giving $1,000,000.00 to the Boundary Trails Health Foundation. The dollar bill in the photo is the first dollar that the Thrift Shop ever made. So thankful that we are able to do this. God is awesome! 😊❤️

On November 6, 2022 our Winter 50/50 was sitting at $27,650. A year and a day later, we're almost $10,000 over that amount! 🤩 Does that mean on December 22nd we'll be giving away over $100,000 AGAIN? That's up to you!
To purchase your 50/50 tickets in support of palliative and spiritual care programs, advanced medical equipment and staff education initiatives at BTHC, visit www.bthcf5050.ca or call the Foundation office, 204 331 8808 ext. 2. Thank you! Every ticket sold makes a difference in patient care at BTHC. ❤

Congratulations to Boundary Trails Health Centre Chief of Staff, Dr. Aly Dhala for being recognized by Doctors Manitoba as one of this year's Top 40 Under 40 physicians. This award celebrates exceptional physicians who have made significant contributions in their field. We are lucky to have you! ❤️

Congratulation, Dr. Dhala! Well deserved honor!

Feel like skipping the dishes tonight (or this month!)? McGee's Original Grill is generously donating 10% of all gift card purchases in November to Cancer Care at Boundary Trails. 🤩 Thank you McGee's for supporting our patients and their families!

Just a short week ago we gave away some amazing prizes at our Gala Fundraiser. A special thank you to our local Morden Home Hardware, The Brick Morden Co-op at Home for partnering with us on these packages. ❤ Congratulations to our winners and thank you for supporting your local hospital!

📸Deadline Extended📸
If you'd like to see your photographs on the walls of the expanded Boundary Trails Health Centre, visit the link below for more information!

Southern Health-Santé Sud Photo Contest - EXTENDED deadline to November 17, 2023. Send us your best photos depicting the southern region of Manitoba (Photographs taken around Portage la Prairie, Morden and Winkler and surrounding areas will be of special interest.) and you could have your picture showcased in the new regional health centre in Portage la Prairie or the capital expansion at Boundary Trails Health Centre!

Access the link for full entry details. https://ow.ly/Nmqv50PTBKV
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Concours de photos de Southern Health-Santé Sud - date limite PROLONGÉE jusqu'au 17 novembre 2023. Envoyez-nous vos meilleures photos illustrant/dépeignant la région sud du Manitoba (photos prises aux environs de Portage-la-Prairie, Morden et Winkler, ainsi que dans les régions avoisinantes revêtiraient un intérêt particulier). Votre photo pourrait également être exposée dans le nouveau centre de santé régional de Portage-la-Prairie ou dans le projet d’immobilisations au Boundary Trails Health Centre!

Cliquez sur le lien pour en connaître les conditions de participation détaillées. https://ow.ly/Fj8Q50PTBTA

It's no small task creating a night of international intrigue but we couldn't have done it without a team of RBC volunteers! All the little details provided by Dena at PartyOn Rentals certainly helped as well. And what's a James Bond themed Gala evening without a martini? Thank you to Capital K Distillery for providing our guests with Espresso Martinis during the cocktail hour. 🍸