” We greatly expanded the reach of our event this year, and we surpassed all of our goals thanks to the tremendous generosity of donors.” says Natalie Meixner, Richmond Hospital Foundation President & CEO.

The Staff Payroll Payoff is a 50/50 lottery managed by the Richmond Hospital Foundation: half the money raised goes to the winner; the other half helps fund Richmond Hospital’s most urgent needs.

Congratulations to Davender, Jane, and Carrie who noticed something was wrong and took steps to correct it.

Congratulations to the two teams from Richmond that received People First Awards for the incredible work they did on behalf of two patients: one of the teams brought about the international repatriation of a mentally ill man from South American to Canada and reunited him with his family; while the other team arranged an impromptu family wedding at Richmond Hospital.

Join me on Monday from noon – 1 pm for the Staff Forum at Richmond Hospital. Bring your lunch; we will provide refreshments and dessert.

Congratulations to Shannon, Daniel and Elsha, the lucky winners of this month’s birthday draw!

Hot water for the north and south towers of Richmond Hospital will be shut down from 9 pm tonight until 1am tomorrow. Expect lukewarm hot water from 11pm to 1am as we use up our existing 2,500 gallon tank supply.

The session runs from September 27, 2012 – April 4, 2013. Tonight’s meeting is in the Park Room at Richmond Hospital.

The Staff Payroll Payoff is a 50/50 lottery open to all regular full and part-time VCH employees who work in Richmond. Half of the money raised goes to the winner and the other half helps fund Richmond Hospital’s most urgent needs.

Proceeds from all sales go to the Richmond Hospital and Healthcare Auxiliary to fund a variety of programs and services across the Richmond Community of Care.