Washer and dryer donation
The SCHA is pleased to have been able to donate a set of washer and dryers for use on 2nd Floor South of Sechelt Hospital! Thank you to Kevin and Paul for installing these much needed machines.
Celebrating Healthcare Auxiliary Day!
SCHA members display information and baked goods in front of the Thrift Store in celebration of Healthcare Auxiliary Day. Members also held a bake/plant/craft sale in Trail Bay Mall down by Westland Insurance, and the Gift Shop in the Sechelt Hospital offered 10% off!
Pender Harbour Donation
The Pender Harbour Health Centre would like to acknowledge and thank the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary for their recent grant of $10,000 to the Health Centre. As a not-for-profit organization we rely on grants and donations to purchase much needed medical equipment and make upgrades to the Health Centre and our programs. These funds from the Healthcare Auxiliary will [...]
Auxiliary donates $250,000 to emergency department
Renovations under way in Sechelt (shíshálh) Hospital’s emergency department have gotten one big step closer to being fully funded, thanks to a gift of $250,000 from the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary. Renovations under way in Sechelt (shíshálh) Hospital’s emergency department have gotten one big step closer to being fully funded, thanks to a gift of $250,000 from the Sunshine [...]
Welcome Layona
Sechelt Hospitals First Baby of 2024 was a girl named Layona, born Jan 5, 2024 @ 5:07 to her Mother Kahori Matsuo & Father Wyatt Chandler. SCHA Gift Shop Manager Donna Kyewich presents the new family with a gift basket filled with lovely items from the Auxiliary Gift Shop in the Sechelt Hospital. This tradition of gifting the [...]
Sunshine Coast Lions Club Donation
The Sunshine Coast Lions Club recently donated funds to purchase a new steamer for the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary Loan Cupboard. The Loan Cupboard is part of the continuum of healthcare in our community and the steamer is a vital tool to ensure equipment is clean and ready to go to clients. Our volunteers appreciate the generosity and community spirit [...]
Voted #1 Favourite Thrift / Consignment Store
THANK YOU! For voting us #1 Favourite Thrift / Consignment Store in the Coast Reporter's – 2023 People's Choice Awards. Out team of volunteers work hard to make the Thrift Store a success and able to fund many health care initiatives on the Sunshine Coast!
Volunteer Appreciation Lunch 2023
86 Years of Service and Going Strong! It was a sunny Saturday as the SCHA celebrated its 86th year of service. Approx 140 members gathered at the Sechelt Seniors Center on Sept 16 for a volunteer appreciation lunch. The lively, social get-together was an opportunity for all the member groups to mingle. Emceed by Jacqui Jones-Cox the afternoon included speeches, [...]
Canada Day Parade
Oh Canada! It was a beautiful sunny Canada Day this year, full of fun and festivities for all to enjoy. Accompanied by the Shorncliffe Bus, the SCHA had 20 plus volunteers carrying banners and flags while they marched together in their blue smocks in the parade. There was a great turnout to watch the parade and our members received a [...]
Halfmoon Bay Fair
The Halfmoon Bay Branch of the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary had a great morning at the Halfmoon Bay Fair on July 16 cooking pancake breakfasts as a fundraiser. Thanks to everyone who participated, all of our volunteers and to the merchants who donated all of the ingredients - Butcher Dave, Claytons, IGA Wilson Creek, The Independent, I.D.A, Starbucks, McDonalds, Halfmoon [...]