VCH is #humboldtstrong
VCH staff wore sports jerseys and green and yellow ribbons to show their support for the friends, families, and teammates of the Humboldt Broncos.
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- Members of the pre and post-transplant teams.
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- President and CEO Mary Ackenhusen (second from left) and VCH staff.
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- Squamish community staff.
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- Shannon Hopkins and Bob Chapman
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- Members of the VCH corporate team.
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- Transformation team.
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- (Left to Right) Michael McMillan (CEO, HEABC), Dr. Patrick O’Connor (VP, Medicine), Nancy Desrosiers (Director, Medicine), Kevin Brown (Ministry of Health)
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- Parkgate Community Health Centre is doing a team fundraiser to donate to Humboldt Surviving Families.
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- Powell River General Hospital staff
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- SET member Dr. Marshall Dahl.
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- Hockey sticks by the entrance of Squamish General Hospital.
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- Home Care Services on Sunshine Coast (Left to Right) Wendy Henri, Alan Schwingenschloegl and Brenda Rowe. Brenda is also President of Sunshine Coast Minor Hockey.
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- Communications & Decision Support team members
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- Thomas Przywara, Communications & Public Affairs, showing support in green and yellow.
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- Squamish Mental Health & Substance Use Services
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- VCH Research Institute
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- Workforce Optimization Team jerseys
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- Andrea Bisaillon and Heather Prime
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- Mary Nieforth Bruce Hartnett, Nancy Sweetapple
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- Raven Song Community Health Centre
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- So Han Yip, Amanda Brown, Sherry Lin from ReAct
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- VGH Core Lab
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- SCI Rehab Unit at GF Strong Centre
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- South Mental Health and Substance Use Services (left to right): Christine Lee, Heidi Schmidt, Sophia Woo
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- VGH Hematology
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- Richmond Lions Manor Staff
Who are the Humboldt Broncos?
On Friday, April 6, a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos Junior A hockey team was involved in a fatal crash with a semi-truck as they traveled to a game in Nipawin. As it stands now, 16 people have tragically lost their lives, including those of the bus driver as well as young hockey players, coaches, a trainer, an athletic therapist, a broadcaster and a boy who kept stats for the team. Thirteen others were injured in the crash. This tragedy has struck so many people and filled them with overwhelming sadness and the need to show support for the victims’ and survivors’ friends, families and teammates.
How did #jerseysforhumboldt start?
On Saturday, April 7, a group of hockey moms in Langley, including BC Cancer’s Cheryl McGregor, started discussing how to show support. What began as an idea for their own hockey boys to wear their jerseys to school led to asking Langley Minor Hockey and the Langley School District to support them. After creating a simple Facebook event to promote Jersey Day, it spread nationally and then internationally. Over 36 US states, Finland, Russia, Scotland, China, England, Wales, Australia and even the Armed Forces in Iraq have responded with support.
VCH is proud to join PHSA and other organizations to promote the fast-growing show of support for the friends, families and teammates of the Humboldt Broncos.
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