SIGNATURE EVENTS

SIGNATURE EVENTS

Throughout the year, the Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation hosts a number of Signature Events including:

2023 GIVING TUESDAY

Giving Tuesday is a GLOBAL Day of Giving unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities! At the Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation we celebrated GIVING TUESDAY with a special MATCH PROGRAM generously supported by Jon Pole of MYFM. All Donations received at the Foundation for the annual TREE OF LIGHTS and LIGHTS OF LOVE Campaign throughout the day on Giving Tuesday November 28, 2023 were MATCHED by Jon Pole. It was an incredible day at the Foundation doubling our total from last year. This year over $32,800 was raised over Giving Tuesday and this total will be very generously matched by Jon. Our Equip RVH “Our Donors have HEARTS of GOLD” campaign was an outstanding success and our beautiful Giving Tuesday Render’s Tree located in our Healing Garden Gazebo was adorned by 169 Hearts of Gold portraying all of our Giving Tuesday Donors. We are so THANKFUL to our amazing community. Your support of our Equip RVH Giving Tuesday project will allow us to EQUIP RVH with the essential capital equipment needed by our physicians and medical teams to bring the best in care, close to home.

Our beautiful Giving Tuesday tree adorned with Hearts of Gold portraying all of our 2023 Giving Tuesday Donors. Photo by Steve Lyons, RVH Foundation Team

2023 RVH Foundation’s TREE OF LIGHTS EVENT

This photo features our beautiful gazebo decorated for the season and the Dicken’s Carolers.

It was a picture perfect evening on December 1st for our 33rd annual TREE LIGHTING in the Renfrew Victoria Hospital Healing Garden. We were joined once again this year by the Dicken’s Carolers who entertained the crowd with their festive songs and SANTA and MRS. CLAUSE were on hand to visit with the children and take some pictures. Our tree was lit this year by HEART OF GOLD donor, LEONA WARREN. Leona has been a TREE OF LIGHTS Donor for all of the 33 years that the event has taken place for the Renfrew Victoria Hospital. We were honoured that Leona was with us to officially light the tree.

Almost 600 Lights of love and ornament tributes had places of honour on the tree and celebrated the lives of those who were recognized on the tree. Tree of Lights donations can still be made at the Foundation office or on line.

It was a wonderful evening kicking off the most magical time of the year at the Renfrew Victoria Hospital.

RVH CHARITY BALL

RVH Charity Ball

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have had to postpone our RVH CHARITY BALL. The new date for the RETURN of this HISTORICAL SIGNATURE event for the Renfrew Victoria Hospital is SATURDAY APRIL 13, 2024.  We are excited to once again dust off the dancing shoes and don our fancy dresses and duds for the CHARITY BALL.  The HORTON COMMUNITY CENTRE will be transformed into an elegant ballroom compliments of Exquisite Decor, welcoming folks to a formal evening of entertainment, dinner and dancing.  Cocktails will commence at 5:00pm and will include some special guest entertainment, followed by DINNER catered by ULRICH’S, a dinner show complete with exceptional entertainment, wine and chocolate pairing by J & J CHOCOLATE SENSATIONS and dancing to the music of the SIDEWINDER Band.  It will be a wonderful formal evening celebrating our community hospital and raising funds for essential capital equipment for RVH.

To purchase tickets for the Charity Ball, you can CLICK HERE for the online form or call our office at 613-432-4851 ext 263 or ext 312 or visit our Foundation office located on the First Floor of RVH.

We are looking forward to bringing this once signature event back to town.

PUT YOUR BREAST FOOT FORWARD WALK 2023

The 2023 Put Your Breast Foot Forward 5KM Walk/Run for RVH Mammography took place virtually once again this year throughout the month of October. We spotted several “PINK PATCHES” around the town as our participants donned their bright pink “PUT YOUR BREAST FOOT FORWARD” t-shirts and hit the trails. All funds raised from our 2023 PYBBF walk have been directed to the RVH Mammography unit so we can continue to stay ” A BREAST” of the latest and greatest equipment requirements for our Breast Health team.

Special THANKS to Sylvie Neville from PICK IT FENCE for donating the prizes for this year’s events. And there winners are:

Check out some photos from this year’s event!

 

To all of our 2023 PUT YOUR BREAST FOOT FORWARD participants… THANKS FOR THE MAMMORIES!

2023 RVH SILVER ANNIVERSARY GOLF CLASSIC

A LOOK BACK on Our 2022 SIGNATURE EVENTS

GIVING TUESDAY 2022 Was a HUGE SUCCESS

Giving Tuesday 2022 at the Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation was a BUSY ONE!  All donations received for our 2022 Tree of Lights Campaign and all Lights of Love received on during the day and evening of Tuesday November 29th were MATCHED by Jon Pole of MYFM.  We are so fortunate to have such an amazing sponsor and donor.

This year to show our progress throughout the day we built a gift tower beside our beautiful Renders Tree in our Gazebo and then placed them under the tree.

This year, our GIVING TUESDAY Goal was to raise the dollars required to purchase a new FLUID/BLANKET warmer for our Operating Room.  In January of 2023, our Surgical services will be expanded to include Gynecology and ENT procedures and this important piece of equipment is needed to accommodate the expansion.

We are VERY EXCITED to report that we surpassed our GIVING TUESDAY GOAL raising $15, 345.00 BEFORE our Match.  The additional funds raised will go towards our 2022-23 Tomosynthesis Mammogram project.  A very SPECIAL THANKS to Jon Pole of MYFM for his generous support and contribution as he will be matching the amount raised.

A very special SHOUT OUT to our amazing community who continue to support our community hospital and provide us the funds we require to provide the Best in care, Close to home!

2022 Tree of Lights

The 32nd  year of our the RVH Foundation Tree of Lights tradition is planned for Friday December 2nd and we are returning this annual event to it’s origin on the grounds of the Renfrew Victoria Hospital.

This year, our event will feature a TREE OF LIGHTS FESTIVAL which will include trees lit and decorated by businesses and/or members of the community.

The RVH Foundation “TREE OF LIGHTS”, lit with LIGHTS OF LOVE purchased In Memory/In Honour of loved ones will be our focal tree and will have a place of honour in our LEGACY CIRCLE GARDEN located in the central part of our RVH Healing Garden.  In addition to the “LIGHTS OF LOVE” purchased, this year our tree will also depict the names of those remembered and honoured on beautiful ornaments on the TREE OF LIGHTS.

Our 2022 TREE OF LIGHTS FESTIVAL will commence at 6:00pm with the official lighting of the TREE OF LIGHTS.  SANTA CLAUS will be in our gorgeous festive GAZEBO and will be available for family photos.  J& J Chocolates HOT CHOCOLATE will be available as well as tasty smores.  We will also be serenaded with songs of the season by local artists.  We are looking forward to seeing everyone where it all began, on the grounds of RVH.  Our gorgeous trees will remain on site for the remainder of the festive season and can be viewed by our patients, visitors and community.

Our 2022 Tree of lights card will feature the talents of local artist JILL ALEXANDER.  Stay tuned for a sneak peek of our 2022 RVH Foundation Christmas card highlighting Jill’s artwork.

Our 2022 RVH GOLF CLASSIC was an Outstanding SUCCESS

We were excited to bring our RVH Golf Classic back to the month of June!  Our event took place Friday June 10, 2022 at the Renfrew Golf Club.  Although the day was a day of “changing Fashions” from sunny and hot attire to donning our new RVHF Rain jackets, a great day was had by all.  The day commenced with a networking breakfast at the Renfrew Golf Club and featured a talk from Sarah Anderson, Medical Imaging at RVH who informed the golfers about the new Tomosynthesis mammography machine, the focus project for the funds being raised by the  24th Annual Golf Classic.   The addition of the PINK BALL Challenge added quite a bit of humor and fun to the day as each team tried to keep the infamous PINK BALL throughout the round of golf.  Congratulations to the 12 teams who succeeded and handed in their PINK BALLS and to the team who’s pink ball was drawn from the bucket for a prize.

Our PINK BALL CHALLENGE WINNERS!

This year’s tourney champions much to the chagrin of long time favourites, DI AND DOCS were the team captained by Sean Crozier.

2022 RVH Golf Classic Champions: Sean Crozier, Scott Davis, Landon Miller, Eric Logan

Other winners for the day consisted of the following:

Our 2022 PUTTING CONTEST was generously sponsored by ETM INDUSTRIES. First Place took home a gorgeous summer hammock, Second Place a beautiful outdoor swing and Third Place a Pellet Fire pit.
The Longest Drive challenges highlighted the amazing “DRIVING” technique by our two winners; Kevin McKinnon and Allison Doucette. Thanks to our sponsors BROKERLINK and CASTLE BUILDING!
Closest to the PIN on the SECOND SHOT on Hole 11 winners showed their skill! Thanks to YEMEN ELECTRIC and DR STEPHANIE LANGLOIS for sponsoring these two challenges.
Closest to the RVHF Logo was won by Yves Dubois and for the ladies Judy Ciphery. Thanks to SULLIVAN & SONS LTD for sponsoring this part of our golfing competition.

A sincere THANK YOU to all of our SPONSORS, GOLFERS and VOLUNTEERS who made our 2022 RVH GOLF CLASSIC a success.

Our AMAZING 2022 RVHF GOLF CLASSIC SPONSORS

We are looking forward to next year when we will celebrate 25 YEARS of the RVH GOLF CLASSIC!  SAVE THE DATE JUNE 9TH 2023!

Sponsorship opportunities are available.  Give Patti or Melanie a call at 613-432-4851 ext 263 or 312.

Check out some more pictures from our 2022 RVH GOLF CLASSIC

Founded in 1998 this annual tournament is a sell-out and has raised almost $1 Million, impacting the lives of thousands in our region.  Funds raised at our 2022 RVH Golf Classic will be directed to our new state of the art TOMOSYNTHESIS Mammography project.

Our 2022 RVH Golf Classic was a sell out once again and participants had an amazing day of great golf, spectacular weather, gorgeous scenery and delicious eats!

TEAM BROKERLINK
CHRIS & TANYA’S NO FRILLS TEAM
JIM HEMLIN’S TEAM
Team PINNACLE CREAMATION SERVICES
The CRASH CARTS!
DI & DOCS
The KERRY CO Teams
Jim Lemenchick’s Team (WOW, Jim grew lol)
Representing MACK MACKKENZIE MOTORS!
STEPH’S GIRLS sponsored by Dr. Stephanie Langlois
United Way Ontario East

A great day was had by all!

The day started with Coffee from TIM HORTON’S and breakfast provided by the Renfrew Golf Course.  THANK YOU TIM HORTON’S for supporting our 2022 Golf Tourney.

Special thanks to JESSE the BACKYARD GOURMET BBQ for providing a delicious take home dinner from his food truck for all of our golfers.

JESSE, the BACKYARD GOURMET

A special SHOUT OUT to the KITCHEN CHICKS Catering for providing DELICIOUS personal sized pies!

Of course our day could not have been a success without a dedicated team of volunteers who were on hand to watch our Hole in One attempts and to man our PUTTING CONTEST.  Special thanks to: Elizabeth, Lily, Morgan and Paige for chairing out Putting Contest; Pat, Anne, Karen and Anne-Marie for looking after set up and gift distribution; Sandi, Gladys and Doug for the Hole in One witnessing and to our lovely ladies from ONTRAC for hosting a fun game on a hole.  Unfortunately no Hole in One’s were recorded but there were a few close attempts!

Gramma & PO hosting on a Hole
The Lovely Ladies from ONTRAC!

It was a beautiful day highlighted by the scenic surroundings at the Renfrew Golf Course, great food and outstanding participants.  Thank you to everyone who contributed and participated.  We are truly blessed to live in such a giving community.

And that’s a wrap for our 2022 RVH Golf Classic!  THANK YOU from our RVH FOUNDATION GOLF TEAM 2022.  We thoroughly enjoyed spending the day with everyone!

RVH Foundation Golf Team 2022 Patti, Patti & Melanie
 

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