Friday, May 18, 2012 at 2:48PM | Submitted By Karen Morgan 
Recently the Foundation hosted a planned giving seminar in Sidney. It featured discussion of a variety of planned fiving options, led by Ron Gurney, retired financial planner and Ken Stevenson, retired lawyer. At the end, participants asked that notes from the session be made available on the Foundation’s website. You can take a look at them here.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 10:49AM | Submitted By Karen Morgan 
For over six years now, Kirsten Davis, a registered music therapist, has provided comfort to palliative care patients through SPH’s music therapy program. This is a programme that is funded entirely through the generosity of our donors, who include Peninsula Singers and the Order of St. Lazarus. Music therapy is one of those rare treatments that engages all aspects of a person: the social, physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual. It distracts patients from pain that is sometimes unrelenting, relaxes them when stress and fear become overwhelming, and can ease their passing in ways difficult to describe. It provides an important balance to medical treatment. Kirsten gives voice to the songs that are meaningful to patients, helping to ease their pain. And for that, she is also an angel for many of the palliative care patients at SPH.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 12:00PM | Submitted By Karen Morgan Bev has been selling real estate in the community for 31 years, is aware of the changes and challenges of demographics, has used the hospital herself and is very appreciative of the services she received. She would like to provide her assistance to the board.
I am sure you have seen Paul Hames out in the community. He was previously on the Foundation Board from 2006 to 2009, is the Chief Constable for Central Saanich as well as on the Board of the Peninsula Co-op. Paul is a community minded person with excellent expertise in the constant and challenging changes in the needs and requirements of the community. We welcome Paul back to the board.
Laurie Salvador is a notary public and partner in Salvador, Davis in Sidney. We are sure many of you have used her services over the past years. We are very pleased to have Laurie on our board to provide her expert knowledge and ideas.
