You can inspire hope, health and healing through your donations because patients are our priority.
You can inspire hope, health and healing through your donations because patients are our priority.
Donors to the Foundation who have supported work of the Foundation by contribution with an accumulation of $100,000 or more up to $500,000 are recognized as Founders of the Foundation. This membership is recognized with a Platinum salmon plaque on the Foundation’s recognition wall.
The Askew name is almost synonymous with Salmon Arm. Dorothy Askew was the wife of Lloyd Askew, whose family were pioneers of sorts in the area. Lloyd’s father opened a meat market operation in Salmon Arm in 1931. The company grew into the present day Askews Foods with modern stores in Salmon Arm, Sicamous and Armstrong. Dorothy Askew was a Revelstoke girl who studied and became a Registered Nurse graduate of the Kamloops hospital. She came to practice her profession in Salmon Arm. She soon met and married Lloyd and became the mother and guardian of their young family. The Askews had remarkable community spirit and truly believed in giving back to the community. Supported by his wife and family, Lloyd served on many community committees including the Board of the Hospital and the Downtown Improvement Association. The family have been and continue to be generous supporters and the Shuswap Hospital Foundation is proud to recognize them through Dorothy’s estate as Founders of the Hospital Foundation.
Mike and Iris moved to Salmon Arm in 1998 from Victoria where Mike worked with the Coast Guard. They had two children, one grandchild and two great grandchildren. Iris loved to quilt and belonged to a quilting organization, she also volunteered with the Shuswap Health-Care Auxiliary and worked in the gift shop at the hospital. Iris spent some time in the Shuswap Lake General Hospital and Hillside Village where she received excellent care. Sadly Iris passed away in 2015 and to honour her memory Mike made a generous donation to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation. Mike said “I am extremely grateful for the wonderful care that Iris received here at the hospital and at Hillside Village”. At the Shuswap Hospital Foundation we very much appreciate the kind and generous support of our newest Founder, Mike Ford and we thank him for his most generous donation.
Isolde Frick was a very gentle, beautiful, generous person who with her husband, who predeceased her, emigrated from Germany and became a part of the fabric of the Shuswap population. Isolde’s connection to the hospital in Salmon Arm was first through her association with the Hospital Auxiliary where she was a faithful volunteer, manning her weekly shift in the gift shop and knitting and donating newborn outfits which were available through the gift shop. Isolde made several trips back to Germany in an effort to regain control over her ancestral property that became behind the ‘wall’. She loves to travel and for several years visited many exotic locations in places like Hawaii, Australia, Europe and other great places. She allowed others to vicariously enjoy her travels by sharing her experiences. She always remembered the Foundation with a very generous annual contribution, and was proudly recognized as a Patron. Isolde stated that it was her wish to see that the hospital was ready and able to provide the services she herself might need some day. Isolde sadly passed away and made one final gift to the Foundation in 2018 through her estate, we are now proud to recognize Isolde Frick as a Founder of the Shuswap Hospital Foundation.
Please confirm that you wish to receive information and our electronic newsletter from Shuswap Hospital Foundation.
Shuswap Hospital Foundation
Box 265 | Salmon Arm, BC | V1E 4N3
We are a registered charitable society which exists to encourage gifts, donations, bequests, endowment funds and property of any kind to support Shuswap Lake Health Care facilities.
Excellence in health care is driven by dedicated staff and dedicated donors. Join us as we move forward with our current campaign to support new equipment purchases.
Charitable Business
Number:
89043 1877 RR0001