Click For Babies Initiative
The Auxiliary is proud to be involved with the "Click For Babies" initiative.
Pictured here are a few of our awesome members involved in knitting purple toques that are given to newborn babies to bring awareness to shaken baby syndrome.
This year we will be sending over 130 toques to the Merritt Health Center & the Kamloops Maternity Ward.
You can be involved in this wonderful program too. We will even supply the yarn. Stop by the Thrift Shop for more info or head over to Click For Babies BC to read more and see requirements.
Pictured here are a few of our awesome members involved in knitting purple toques that are given to newborn babies to bring awareness to shaken baby syndrome.
This year we will be sending over 130 toques to the Merritt Health Center & the Kamloops Maternity Ward.
You can be involved in this wonderful program too. We will even supply the yarn. Stop by the Thrift Shop for more info or head over to Click For Babies BC to read more and see requirements.
Emergency Room Expansion Fundraising Goal Reached
The Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary is proud to support the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre emergency department expansion and renovation. We have contributed $150,000 towards this project, which has been used to purchase equipment for the expanded ER.
Between 1994 and 2018, the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary
contributed $1,021,999.94 to the community.
contributed $1,021,999.94 to the community.
Funds raised by the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary go directly back into the community to purchase much needed equipment and supplies for the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre and Gillis House. The Auxiliary also provides Christmas funds for Gillis House and Ska-lu-la. Additionally, the Auxiliary presents three $2,000 bursaries each year to graduating students from Merritt Secondary School. We thank all of our loyal donors, customers, and hard working volunteers who support us.
Recent Donations
Life Saving Equipment for the Merritt Fire Rescue Department
We are proud to be able to support the Merritt Fire Rescue Department by donating $2,500 to purchase a new automated external defibrillator to replace their discontinued model. It's because of your support at the Thrift Shop that we were able to make this donation. Read the full story in the Merritt Herald.
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Bariatric Bed for the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre
In 2015, the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary purchased this bariatric bed for the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre at a cost of $28,505.87. A bariatric bed provides a wider and longer sleep and resting surface, which allows health care workers to deliver care without compromising the patient's dignity.
