We are already making a difference – by staying home to flatten the curve and reducing the strain on our health care system.
Health care workers and researchers need our support. They are staying at work to help us.
Metro Vancouver hospitals and public health organizations are seeking donations to their COVID-19 response funds to support health care workers and advance research.
Donations would be spent on critical care equipment and supplies (like ventilators and other essential respiratory equipment); equipping the medical teams with protective gear; increasing number of care spaces to look after more patients; supporting the public health experts working to protect our population and so forth.
List of Metro Vancouver Hospital COVID-19 Response Funds which you can donate:
For some of the hospitals, you need to select specifically for the COVID-19 response fund.
- Vancouver General Hospital Foundation: vghfoundation.ca/covid-19-response
- St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation: helpstpauls.com/2020/03/19/our-response-to-covid-19
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation: lghfoundation.com/covid19-fund
- Richmond General Hospital Foundation: richmondhospitalfoundation.com/why-give/covid-19-response-fund
- Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation: rchfoundation.com/donate
- Eagle Ridge Hospital: www.gifttool.com/donations/Donate?ID=1487&AID=161
- Burnaby Hospital: www.bhfoundation.ca/news/covid-19-response-update/
- Surrey Memorial Hospital: surreyhospitalfoundation.com/donate/
List of Metro Vancouver organizations which you can donate to support research:
- Vancouver General Hospital Foundation: vghfoundation.ca/covid-19-response
- BC Centre for Disease Control: bccdcfoundation.org/calling-on-british-columbians-help-rapid-response-efforts
Donate Blood:
- Canadian Blood Services: www.blood.ca/en/covid19
Check out CanadaHelps.Org to see more charities in Canada which are providing access to critical healthcare; supporting vulnerable populations; supporting food banks and charities in response to COVID-19.
I made donations to hospitals where myself or my loved ones have received care: VGH Foundation; St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation; and the Richmond Hospital Foundation. To support research, I donated to the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Please contact me at [email protected] if you know of any other organizations that should be added to these lists.