Your Impact

Your gifts funded new equipment for even better health outcomes
Medical equipment and technology play a critical role in enabling our teams to provide exceptional care. These are just some of the ways you impacted patients and residents across St. Joseph’s. Enhancing Breast Cancer Screening for Early Diagnosis When patients come to St. Joseph’s Norton and...
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Your donation means better sight for thousands of people
Move over, surgical instruments – hammers and saws are bringing big changes to St. Joseph’s Ivey Eye Institute. Construction is now underway to expand the Retina Care Program to serve even more people; work only possible because of your support. Extreme Makeover: Ivey Eye Institute Edition We can’t...
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CIBC donation allows scientists to visualize the possibilities in cancer care
A generous donation from CIBC is giving scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute an impressive new tool to study illness and disease. The $240,000 gift to St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation was used to purchase a confocal microscope, state-of-the-art technology that is supporting medical...
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A beary heartwarming gift arrives in time for Christmas
Jasper and Kingsley are two fuzzy friends helping to ring in the Christmas spirit at St. Joseph’s Health Care London. They arrived earlier this month as part of a generous donation of 1,300 plush teddy bears from Calendar Club through its teddy bear donation program. The bears will be distributed to...
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Remembering those who served our country
Thank you to those in our community who proudly wear a poppy as a show of respect for Canada’s Veterans or who make a donation in honour of the Veterans at St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute. We are especially blessed to have the support of many branches of the Royal Canadian Legion and Army Navy Air...
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Thank you for Coming Together for Diabetes
When our community comes together, amazing things are possible. The Coming Together for Diabetes event was an evening to remember. Former Humboldt Broncos hockey player Kaleb Dahlgren spoke candidly about the challenges of managing type 1 diabetes, inspiring us all with his strength, resiliency and...
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An unwanted discovery leads to thoughtful gift
Jill was watching an episode of Oprah when she first discovered the lump in her right breast. Oprah’s guest was explaining how to check a bra’s fit and Jill was following along when she felt the mass. It was an anxious feeling given that she had recently been given a clean bill of health after her...
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Your donations fueled our fight against COVID-19
Keeping people connected During a time of self-isolation, the world has become much smaller. Your support kept loneliness at bay for residents, inpatients and Veterans through the purchase of iPads and SMART Boards for virtual calls with loved ones, which also provided fun and educational...
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Your donations unleashed the possibilities of medical science
Not always visible to patients and visitors are the specialized labs and research centres that exist across the many sites of St. Joseph’s, and the dedicated medical scientists who work in them. Hospital-based medical research has always been central to the care mission of St. Joseph’s. In fact...
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