The purpose of the Shuswap Hospital Foundation is to accept, manage and disburse funds and properties to the benefit of Shuswap Health Services. This entity includes Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Bastion Place, (a residential care facility) and Community Care Services.
Funds are used to help meet the need for priority equipment, facilities and upgrades that will enhance the care of patients and residents of these health care facilities and services. All investments and property are held in trust.
Meet Our
BOARD MEMBERS
An office is located within the hospital just past the Main Entrance. Two support staff assist the volunteer Board of Directors in the day to day operations of the foundation. Costs of operation, including campaign costs, are generally met by interest earned on investments held by the foundation.
Chris is the dealer principal/owner at Braby Motors where he has worked for 15 years and 5 years as the GM. Chris and his wife Chrisi enjoy life in Salmon Arm with their two children. Chris says that he is very happy to be a part of the Shuswap Hospital Foundation and is proud to continue the legacy of his grandmother, Dorothy Askew. Salmon Arm is a rapidly growing community and Chris wants to be a part of ensuring that care can easily be provided here in town without the need to travel to other communities. Chris has a wealth of experience in planning, goal setting and working with people from all areas of our community. As a Rotarian, Chris has been a part of many community events and initiatives, he enjoys family time and water sports.
Dr. Darren Lorenz joined the Shuswap Hospital Foundation Board in 2016. He and his wife Susan have three children and have been fortunate to live in the Salmon Arm area since 2007. Darren is a full service family physician currently working at the Mount Ida Medical Clinic, as well as at Salmon Arm Mental Health and Substance Use Services. He is an active member of the medical staff. Past appointments include physician lead of the BC Stroke Collaborative and head of the Emergency Department at Shuswap Lake General Hospital. He is the Senior Medical Director (for the Shuswap region, he covers Salmon Arm, Revelstoke and Merritt). Interests include spending time with family, travelling, and sports such as golf, hockey and skiing.
Michael McCurrach joined the Shuswap Hospital Foundation in 2021 and lives in Salmon Arm with his wife and child. As a lawyer Michael enjoys working with people and is excited to be a part of our community. Prior to moving to Salmon Arm, Michael worked with Hockey Helps the Homeless in Vancouver and has been involved with charity fundraising hockey tournaments as well as Operation Trackshoes. Michael is looking forward to helping make a difference to health care in our community.
Eugene Casavant has resided in Salmon Arm for the past 32 years. He worked for 15 of those years as the CEO of the Shuswap Lake General Hospital as well as other health care operations. He worked consistently to bring health care services into one stream. He spent much effort in bringing a regionalization program into force that would maintain a community driven delivery system. These efforts were dashed by a political decision. He retired from the system in 1998 and spent some 15 years since volunteering for the Hospital Foundation. He retired from that service years ago when his term ran out on the Hospital Foundation Board. Eugene’s working life was in health care administration having spent 40 years at it in BC and in Saskatchewan. During his term in Salmon Arm he attained a Masters in Health Care Administration. Caring for the community has been a mark of his service, having spent many years working for the community through various service clubs and community programs in each community in which he resided.
