Our Mission
To provide volunteer services that enhance the quality of healthcare of people living on the Sunshine Coast. To raise funds and encourage community support of the hospital and related healthcare programs.
SCHA representatives placed wreaths in Sunshine Coast Ceremonies this Remembrance Day. Elva Lockwood and Carol Dunsford attended the Gibsons ceremony. Michelle Chapman attended Roberts Creek and Anne Selder attended the Pender Harbour ceremony.
SCHA member Karen Noon organized a crafting group to create sea glass art for upcoming SCHA fundraisers.The group included 9 members from all areas of the Coast and met multiple times, creating 26 pieces that were on offer at the May Bake Sale, the Halfmoon Bay Fair, the Artisan Craft Fair at Quality Farms and continuing to be sold at [...]
The SC Healthcare Auxiliary Thrift Store is grateful to be voted the People's Choice Award and will continue to provide you with amazing prices on gently used items. Thank you! Come in and see what we have in store for you! photo: SCHA Thrift Store Managers, Kym and Mary accepting the award for Favourite Thrift Store. [...]
The Gibsons Fall Fair took place over the Thanksgiving long weekend at Quality Garden & Pet in Gibsons. It was an amazing turnout and our tables were loaded with homemade baking and including Jellies, salsa and apple sauce. Also beautifully crafted tabletop driftwood trees, glass art, quilts, knitting and Halloween hand bags. We also continued the popular driftwood tree [...]
The four Branches of the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary (SCHA) became one on October 1! In their last act as a separate group the Sechelt Branch chose to direct their existing branch funds to the Together Against Violence Program carried out by Sunshine Coast Community Services. On October 5 representatives presented a cheque for $6000 to Karen Watmough, Program [...]
A huge thank you to SC Healthcare Auxiliary Hopkins Branch! On September 5, Christy Kilo from SCHA Hopkins Branch presented a $4,000 cheque to Foundry Sunshine Coast. This generous gift will help furnish our new Foundry space and create a welcoming environment for youth. The timing could not be better. We have found our new spot and are celebrating [...]
Hopkins Branch held a successful Burger & Beer Night on September 23rd at Tapworks. They would like to send out a BIG THANK YOU to all who came out to support this fundraiser. In all 69 members, families and guests attended and $620.00 was raised for the St. Bart's Food Bank in Gibsons!
Members of the SC Healthcare Auxiliary were out in their blue and whites for the Canada Day parade. Thank you to the organizers, the participants and the crowd.
Thank you to all our wonderful members who were able to attend the SC Healthcare Volunteer Fair June 26! What a fantastic success it was. The room was buzzing with lots of great discussions, friendly catching-up with colleagues, and plenty of laughter. It was wonderful to see members signing up for roles within our new organizational structure and learning [...]
On behalf of their membership, Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary board members present Coast Hospice with a $250,000 contribution towards the equipment of the first dedicated hospice on the lower Sunshine Coast. Photo from left to right: Jacqui Jones-Cox, SCHA; Ellen Adelberg, Coast Hospice; Maureen Hamblin of SCHA, and Tess Huntly, Coast Hospice. An Extraordinary Gift for Sunshine Coast Hospice [...]
