A Foundation built on caring

Our Story

Prior to the establishment of the Dr Noble Irwin Healthcare Foundation Inc. in 1999, healthcare related donations were contributed through the hospital to the Swift Current Health District. Similar arrangements were in place throughout the various healthcare facilities and Health Districts that were operated throughout the south west at that time.

In the late 1990s a group of concerned and dedicated citizens felt that a Foundation was required that could “centralize” the gathering of donations and work strictly toward generating donations to be used in healthcare related activities.

On March 29, 1999, the Dr Noble Irwin Healthcare Foundation Inc was established. An Administrator was hired and almost immediately, projects were undertaken to raise money for needed equipment – Dialysis machines, Heart monitors, Ventilators and much more – was funded and installed in the Swift Current Hospital.

In 2003, with the realignment of Health Districts into the Cypress Health Region, the Foundation entered into an agreement with the Cypress Health Region to undertake the work of the Foundation throughout the entire Health Region.

Our Vision

Assist our Partners toward a higher level of health care excellence.

Our Mission

The Dr Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation Inc. exists to raise, administer and disburse funds to improve the quality and availability of healthcare for all residents living in Southwest Saskatchewan.

Core Values

We are forthright and trustworthy in all dealings

Show Integrity

We take responsibility for our actions and delivery of results

Be Accountable

We adapt and adopt best practices in strengthening our commitment to fundraising excellence

Be Innovative

Strategies

Our goal is to be seen as the “Charity of Choice” as it applies to healthcare donations within the Southwest. To accomplish this, we must:

  1. Communicate

    • Aggressively promote Foundation activities and accomplishments

    • Consistently acknowledge Donor participation in a positive & respectful manner

    • Establish as effective method of keeping our name “front & center” within the communities we serve.

  2. Educate

    • Establish clear and concise goals for each and every year

    • Ensure our goals are communicated in a clear, consistent and positive manner to make sure Donors understand how their support can and will be used to meet these goals

    • Demonstrate “transparency” and “accountability” and ensure the public understands why these characteristics are important when choosing a registered charity

  3. Innovate

    • Continually review Foundation objectives to ensure they meet the goal of “working towards healthcare excellence”

    • Create/establish marketing plans that will demonstrate a commitment to cause

    • Create/establish Donor Programs designed to “match Donors to Opportunities”

    • Create/establish fundraising projects that are seen as “new” and “fun”

  4. Establish Partnerships

    • Seek out and secure Corporate Partnerships

    • Seek out and secure committed Volunteers

    • Seek out and secure a strong “pipeline of support” designed to create and sustain a reliable Donor base and access to “Major Gifts”

    • Re-affirm the connection with the Cypress Regional Health Authority to ensure our goals and objectives continue to align with theirs

  5. Deliver as promised

    • Establish a protocol to ensure our efforts are meeting Regional health care needs in an effective and measurable manner

Did you Know?

  • The Foundation is an autonomous and volunteer-led organization, the sole purpose of which is to raise funds to help improve the quality of healthcare for the people of Southwest Saskatchewan.

  • The funds raised by the Foundation are primarily directed toward the purchase of equipment and scholarships.

  • The Foundation does not raise operational funds for the Cypress Health Region.

  • Foundation Board Members are volunteers and receive no remuneration for their service.

  • All donations, bequests and in kind gifts for acute, long-term care, home care services and endowments are accepted by the Foundation and, invested as designated by donor.

  • All donations may be designated toward any health facility, service or department of the Donors choice or may be made in support of the Foundations endowment, equipment, or general funds.

  • The Foundation has three endowment funds: the equipment, education, and general endowments.

  • The Foundation will not raise funds for any project or portion of a project which is eligible for government funding, nor will it replace funds that are available for any project through the budget of the Regional Health Authority.

  • The Foundation has invested your donations in significant purchases including dialysis unit, digital mammography suite, cardiac monitoring equipment, Southwest facility lab equipment, CT scan upgrades, ultra sound, equipping the new regional hospital, as well as supporting equipment purchases for the other 19 healthcare facilities.

  • The Foundation also invests in the education, training and upgrading of skills for health care professionals through donations to every health care facility in the Cypress Health Region.

  • The Foundation has five ongoing programs: In Memoriam Giving, Planned Giving, Honouring Our Heritage, Philanthropic and Caring for Generations: Pay It Forward (Endowments): Benefactors, Builders & Patrons. We also accept donations in celebration of birthdays, anniversaries etc.

  • It will take a concerted, ongoing partnership with all sectors of the community of Southwest Saskatchewan to meet existing health care needs and ensure the quality of health care we are entitled to expect will be available when we need it.

  • Many groups and organizations present fundraising activities throughout the year to benefit the Foundation. We are extremely grateful for their support and efforts to help improve the quality of health care for our residents.

  • If it seems the Foundation is always raising money, it is only because we are! In a small sparsely populated area it takes a lot of work to raise millions of dollars. Much of the money raised by the Foundation comes from outside the region and province, and a great deal is generated through bequests. But it is work that directly benefits each and every one of us. Together we can make a difference. All funds raised go towards creating a centre of healthcare excellence in Southwest Saskatchewan.

 

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Contact Us

By telephone at 306-778-3314 or
toll free in Saskatchewan at 1-866-666-6123.

Our mailing address and office is:
2051 Saskatchewan Drive, Swift Current, SK S9H 0X6.

Or you may use our Contact Form.