Your Impact

In October 2021, VHF launched our largest philanthropic campaign in nearly a decade with one specific goal in mind; to help our care teams Emerge Stronger from the pandemic. This campaign was split into three phases, Recovery, Local Care, & Innovation, each with its own focus as we move forward alongside our hospitals. We committed to funding $10 million to operationalize over 200 pieces of priority equipment for Royal Jubilee, Victoria General, and Gorge Road hospitals — equipment our caregivers specifically asked for. 

To learn more about the campaign, visit the Emerge Stronger campaign page.

In response to the community’s request for more mental health services, VHF launched a $1 million campaign, Equipped to Heal, to enhance mental health and substance use services in Eric Martin Pavilion at Royal Jubilee Hospital. The campaign aimed to fund a new level of care, the Mental Health & Substance Use Sub-Acute Unit—and help reduce patient readmission rates. Equipped to Heal also funded specialized rehabilitation beds, medication dispensers, a treatment room, research, and other high-priority needs.

To learn more about the campaign, visit the Equipped to Heal campaign page.

In response to challenges of COVID-19 and tomorrow’s healthcare needs, VHF launched a $7 million campaign, It’s Critical, to expand critical care capacity at Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH). The first $1 million raised immediately purchased critical care equipment to increase critical care capacity and equip a temporary High Acuity Unit (HAU) at Royal Jubilee Hospital. The additional $6 million will support the imminent construction of a new permanent High Acuity Unit at Royal Jubilee Hospital, a first for Island Health.

To learn more about the campaign, visit the It’s Critical campaign page.

Launched at Visions 2019, The Big Picture was our most ambitious annual campaign to date. Raising $4 million for priority, leading-edge imaging equipment at Royal Jubilee and Victoria General hospitals The Big Picture funded equipment that included a CT scanner, 3T MRI, and ultrasound equipment. This equipment advances healthcare and allows our local caregivers to go beneath the surface to quickly assess what is happening inside a patient’s body.

To learn more about the campaign, visit The Big Picture campaign page.

Following the success of its You Are Vital campaign for decision-making equipment at Royal Jubilee and Victoria General hospitals, the Victoria Hospitals Foundation launched a companion campaign, You Are Vital: Pediatrics, in the spring of 2019. This campaign reached $1.8 million to address the critical need to fund 40 new monitors for life-saving neonatal and pediatric care at Victoria General Hospital.

To learn more about the campaign, visit our You Are Vital: Pediatrics campaign page.

In the fall of 2018, we raised $3.5 million campaign to fund more than 100 pieces of equipment that provide teams at Royal Jubilee and Victoria General hospitals with the important information they need to make critical decisions for patients in all areas of care, from newborns to seniors. Every year, over 6,500 staff and physicians at Royal Jubilee and Victoria General hospitals make quick, informed decisions to assess and treat 200,000 Vancouver Island residents.

In the spring of 2018, we raised $500,000 to fund seven new point-of-care ultrasound for seven specialized areas of Royal Jubilee and Victoria General hospitals. The Beneath the Surface campaign highlighted the 100 ultrasounds performed at the hospitals every day. Your donations will allow our clinicians to go beneath the surface and see what is happening inside a patient’s body for years to come.

In the fall of 2017, we raised $3.2 million to fund 34 new pieces of advanced equipment in seven different areas of cardiac care through our In a Heartbeat: Everyday Miracles campaign. With more than 6,300 cardiac procedures performed annually, this campaign had a genuine, enduring impact. Your donations allowed us to equip our world renowned Heart Health team with the tools it needs to ensure patients have the best outcomes possible.

In the spring of 2017, we raised $405,000 through our Redefining Possible campaign. Your gifts helped fund 23 new pieces of leading-edge neurology and rehabilitation equipment. For patients who have experienced a stroke, live with chronic pain, or suffer with MS or epilepsy, this equipment makes a world of difference through improved assessment, treatment, and quality of life.

In the fall of 2016, we raised $1.8 million to fund 72 pieces of surgical equipment for Victoria General and Royal Jubilee hospitals, across 14 surgical specialties, including cardiac surgery, orthopedic surgery, eye surgery and neurosurgery. This equipment allows surgeons to perform leading-edge procedures, not previously possible, so most patients can now stay close to their loved ones. Today, 98% of all surgeries can be done here on Vancouver Island. About 52,000 surgeries are performed at Royal Jubilee and Victoria General hospitals every year.