Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation
60 Riverside Dr. C1A 8T5 Charlottetown, PE, Canada

We're so grateful for this gift from Alpha Innovative Ltd! Cleo Li and Joseph Yan came by our office last week to present this cheque for $1,000 to Lian Zhang, QEH Foundation Board Member, and Tracey Comeau, QEH Foundation CEO. This gift will support the upcoming Friends for Life campaign to fund the purchase of sight-saving surgical equipment needed in the QEH Ophthalmology Department. ThankQ!

Tracey Comeau, QEH Foundation CEO, spoke with Matt Rainnie on Mainstreet PEI about our upcoming event: the Mask-Q-rade Elimination Draw & Auction. Listen in for all of the details: https://www.cbc.ca//clip/15804490-qeh-foundation-fundraiser

We want to extend our sincere thanks to RBC, Presenting Sponsor for our upcoming Mask-Q-rade Elimination Draw & Auction. Events like the Mask-Q-rade support priority equipment needs at the QEH, including needs of the advancing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Thanks to specialized staff and recent advancements in equipment, more very preterm infants and their families can stay close to home for care in PEI! Visit www.maskqrade.ca to purchase tickets and learn more!

Sheldon Brushett, left, Kiwanis Club of Charlottetown Treasurer, and Bobbi-Jo Keenan, QEH medical lab technologist, proudly display a $10,000 gift recently donated by the Kiwanis Club of Charlottetown. This gift will directly support the purchase of a new STAT centrifuge for the QEH Provincial Laboratory. ThankQ!

What a nice message to get this evening! Thanks to everyone who participated in this wonderful project! Stay safe as we get ready for Hurricane Teddy tomorrow!

Join us in congratulating Brighton Construction, the winning team of the 17th annual Harry MacLauchlan Great Day Fore Health Memorial Golf Tournament! Team members include Mike Irwin, Darren Fairhurst, Bob Irwin, and Ryan Ramsay. Since its inception, this event has raised almost $780,000 to support the purchase of priority medical equipment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

We're happy to share this beautiful website created by Results Marketing, the Web & Design Sponsor for our upcoming Mask-Q-rade Elimination Draw & Auction. Visit www.maskqrade.ca for information on purchasing tickets, the grand prize boat and trailer from Quartermaster Marine Charlottetown, and our sponsors and friends who are supporting this event!

Its been a Great Day and were excited to announce that weve raised $57,769 for QEH Endoscopy equipment! ThankQ to our Presenting Sponsor, Fair Isle Ford, and our Lifeline Sponsors Canadian Tire Charlottetown, Johnson Insurance, and Island Petroleum. Wed also like to thank all participants as well as the Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty. We are all very proud to hold this event in Harrys memory. Pictured are event Co-Chairs and Rotarians Mike Hennessey and Jamie Currie.

We are so proud of Dr. Mitchell Zelman, a former QEH pediatrician, who was recently awarded the 2021 Distinguished Community Pediatrician Award by the Canadian Pediatric Society. We even found a photo from Dr. Zelman speaking on the Brad Richards Foundation $500,000 Endowment Gift and its future impact on pediatric care for Island families. Enjoy this beautiful story about Dr. Zelman’s career on PEI: https://www.theguardian.pe.ca//pediatrician-dr-mitchell-z/ Pictured are Brad and Rechelle Richards with Dr. Zelman at the QEH.

Our friends at Stratford and Area Lions Club continue to fundraise with their annual apple pie sale in support of the QEH Foundation. Apple pies and bags of apples are available for curbside pick-up at their location at the corner of Mason Road and the Trans Canada Highway in Stratford every Thursday to Saturday from 10am-5:30pm until the end of October.

We're so glad that Glass Doctor of Prince Edward Island is supporting the Wo He Lo fundraiser to help fund equipment for the NICU at the #QEH! ThankQ Reach out to this wonderful Island business for your windshield repair needs!

Check out the grand prize for our Mask-Q-rade Elimination Draw & Auction presented by RBC! For the first time in the QEH Foundation's history, we are holding an elimination draw, virtually. In partnership with Quartermaster Marine Charlottetown, a maximum of 500 ticket holders will be eligible to win a 2020 Bayliner VR4 Outboard boat & trailer, valued at over $48,000! Less than half of the avaialble tickets remain. Purcahse yours today by phoning our office at 902-894-2425 or on our website: www.maskqrade.ca

The Harry MacLauchlan Great Day For Health Memorial Golf Tournament is happening right now at the Belvedere Golf Course! Follow along with our stories today to see highlights from this Great Day!

We are thinking of our friends with The PEI Giant Pumpkin & Squash Weigh Off this weekend. This wonderful fall tradition will by missed by many this year. To date, this event has raised $3,850 for medical equipment at the QEH. 'Thank Q' for your support and we hope to see you all next year!

Ryan Ladner and Kim Ladner, from Source for Sports Charlottetown, proudly display a $2,800 donation for the QEH Foundation from their recent Toonie Footware Sale. Source for Sports Charlottetown had two Toonie Footware Sales this year for a combined donation of $5,500 to support the purchase of priority medical equipment at the QEH. ThankQ!

Good morning from the Lil Farm On The Jib, the pumpkin stand has just been reloaded, patches are full of blooms and Nancy Russell and Maggie Brown are on hand p...icking bouquets for "Callums Sunflowers" a special fundraiser for QEH Pediatrics. Taking place today from 9 till 12 at 84 MacLennan Road in Hazelbrook. 100% of this mornings proceeds go to this great annual fundraiser, $5 for 8 blooms and you can pick your own or purchase a fresh picked bouquet as well. See more

We're excited to share news about our Mask-Q-rade Elimination Draw & Auction presented by RBC. This event will replace our traditional Yuletide Gala this year. Only 500 tickets are available on a chance to win a Bayliner VR4 Outboard from Quartermaster Marine Charlottetown! Ticket holders will also have the opportunity to bid in our exclusive silent auction and watch our online broadcast on November 21st hosted by CBC's Matt Rainnie. Don't miss out, buy your tickets today: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/qeheliminationdraw/

With that beautiful rain last night and the weekend around the corner, drop over tomorrow and pick fresh sunflowers for your harvest dinner table in honour of a very special person, Callum Russell MacLean!

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, September 16th at Belvedere Golf Club for this years Harry MacLauchlan Great Day Fore Health Memorial Golf Tournament. Your participation will support the ongoing COVID equipment needs at the QEH. Contact us today to register your team and reserve your tee-time. Registration is $1,600 per team of 4. Register online or by calling the QEH Foundation office at 902-894-2425. ... https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/2020-harry-maclauchlan-mem/ See more

Wo He Lo President Mary MacMillan and Dr. Beth Ellen Brown stopped in to the QEH NICU late yesterday to showcase the new omnibed that it is operational and ready to help provide neonate care to Island families who need it. Dr. Brown says, "With this new piece of equipment, along with the advancing education of staff, the QEH NICU will now be moving to keeping babies born 30 weeks gestation and above." ThankQ to everyone who helped with this wonderful project!

What a beautiful gesture on this gorgeous day!

Leanne Mutch and her son, Cole, dropped by the QEH Foundation office earlier this week to deliver $732 raised by a group of campers at St. Peters Campground! Their gift will support the purchase of priority medical equipment for the PEI Cancer Treatment Centre at the QEH. #ThankQ

Wo He Lo has reaced their goal to fund a Giraffe Omnibed for the QEH NICU, which costs approximately $72,000. We are happy to share these messages of gratitude from Wo He Lo President, Mary MacMillan, and Dr. Beth Ellen Brown, Neonatologist.

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, September 16th at Belvedere Golf Club for this year's Harry MacLauchlan 'Great Day' Fore Health Memorial Golf Tournament. Your participation will support the ongoing COVID equipment needs at the QEH. Contact us today to register your team and reserve your tee-time. Registration is $1,600 per team of 4. Register online or by calling the QEH Foundation office at 902-894-2425. ... https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/2020-harry-maclauchlan-mem/ See more

As we begin October, we salute our friends at Stratford and Area Lions Club and declare they certainly make a great apple pie! How mouthwatering is this slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream? Please support the Stratford and Area Lions Club as they host their annual apple pie sale in support of the QEH Foundation. Bags of apples and apple pies are available for curbside pick-up at their location at the corner of Mason Road and the Trans Canada Highway in Stratford every Thursday to Saturday from 10am-5:30pm. Pictured is Stratford and Area Lions Member Barry Sherren, Chairman of the project.

Gaie Orton-Kennedy is a proud grandmother of two grandbabies who both needed care at the QEH NICU. Her first grandchild, Bridgett, needed the NICU a few years ago and Henry, who was born at the QEH on June 8th, was under care and is awaiting specialized surgery off-Island. "He is beautiful, healthy, and a hit with staff in Pediatrics where he was a patient," says Orton-Kennedy. "The nurses, doctors and all the support staff have gone above and beyond to make a stressful time... as easy as possible. We were even able to baptize Henry a few weeks ago in the QEHs Place of Prayer chapel. We have a hospital of which to be very proud." Gaie recently made a beautiful gift toward the Wo He Lo fundraiser for a $72,000 Giraffe Omnibed for the NICU. She encourages others to make a gift by visiting their website https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wohelo/ "And if you adore sunflowers like I do, take a drive to Hazelbrook to the Docherty farm, Lil Farm On The Jib, to pick up a beautiful bouquet with half of the proceeds going toward the new isolette covers that are now needed at the NICU."

A year ago we profiled a story on the vein viewer and its new technology now available for patients at the QEH. Bobby Briehl, a cancer patient at the time, visited our office and praised the equipment and the difference it made for patients like him. As a dedicated Lions Club member, he told us that the North Rustico Lions Club was determined to purchase more vein viewers for the hospital. Sadly, Bobby passed last November. He remembered the QEH in his Will by leaving a bequ...est of $5,000 to the North Rustico Lions Club to help purchase a vein viewer. Inspired by their dear friend, the club matched his donation for a total gift of $10,000 enough to purchase this equipment that Bobby was so passionate about. Here are club members Robert Doiron and Elliott Doiron presenting a cheque to Development Officer Heather McGrath of the QEH Foundation. Also meet Tracey Hagan-OConnor, who is the QEH Vascular Access Nurse Coordinator, as she demonstrates how the vein viewer works. Please join us as we salute the never-ending generosity of the North Rustico Lions Club as they also honour one of their much-loved members, the late Bobby Briehl! #ThankQ! **A vein viewer is used throughout the hospital to allow easier intravenous access for adult and child patients who experience pain, discomfort, or anxiety while having their blood drawn or receiving intravenous therapy.

Mary (nee Hyndman) Laflamme has a lifelong connection to Wo He Lo. Wo He Lo is a group of approximately twenty-five women who fund raise to support PEIs smallest and most fragile infants and their families who need care at the QEH. Marys mother, the late Etta Hyndman, was a member for more than 40 years and, like many other Wo He Lo members, Mary followed in her mothers footsteps and enthusiastically joined when the opportunity presented itself. ... Wo He Lo is continuing to help the QEH neonatal ICU, despite the cancellation of this years spring and fall clothing sales, due to Covid-19, adds Laflamme. We are confident we can raise enough to purchase the new Giraffe Omnibed that costs $72,000. To date, we have raised $53,000. Her husband, Fred, says their family is committed to helping the QEH. They had a major scare early in the summer when Mary had a very serious anaphylactic reaction and was rushed to the QEH Emergency Department. Read their full story here: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/laflamme/

Three chapters of the PEI Delta Waterfowl group joined with the Charlottetown Trap & Skeet Club for a fun afternoon shooting sporting clays in support of priority medical equipment at the QEH NICU. Funds raised through registration fees, a BBQ, and a silent auction totaled $2,469! We have been missing our community events this year and are grateful for the opportunity check out "Shoot for the NICU at the QEH"! #ThankQ Charlottetown Trap & Skeet Club PEI Delta Waterfowl Chapter

We are so thankful for wonderful community supporters like Mike Bradley Insurance Services Ltd. ThankQ! This generous gift of $4,000 supported the purchase of the CT Simulator for the PEI Cancer Treatment Centre at the QEH!

Wo He Lo has reached 60% of the $72,000 needed to fund a Giraffe Omnibed for the QEH Neonatal ICU. After their 2020 clothing sales were cancelled, they created an online fundraiser to fund the purchase of this equipment. Every donation makes a difference! https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wohelo/ Neonatal staff Cathy Wells, RN (left) and Ellen Stetson, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, showcase the new Omnibed that just arrived at the QEH.

This fundraiser will support priority equipment needs of the QEH NICU, home of the new provincial neonatology service. ThankQ PEI Delta Waterfowl Chapter, Delta Women Waterfowlers of PEI, and Charlottetown Trap & Skeet Club for organizing this event in support of our hospitals most fragile patients!

A wonderful update on the Wo He Lo fundraiser for NICU needs at QEH!

Neonatologist Dr. Beth Ellen Brown showcases the impressive features of the Giraffe Omnibed, a piece of equipment that Wo He Lo is currently fundraising for. The QEH NICU needs your support. Please visit www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wohelo/ for more details.

Last month we introduced you to Levi. Were happy to share that he is doing well and weighs almost 9 pounds! Levis family is sharing his story to promote the Wo He Lo fundraiser to purchase new equipment for the QEH NICU. They want to support more families like theirs who can now receive care closer to home. Click here to read more and donate: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wohelo/

Your likes and shares make a difference. Yesterday a shared post from our friends at Lil Farm On The Jib made its way to an Island mom living overseas who then donated to the QEH NICU. Read her sweet story: "I am an Islander living overseas and also was a preemie mom so would love to assist with these [isolette] covers. I saw the request [shared on a friends Facebook page]. When my daughter was born, I was very fortunate to live 5 minutes from the hospital where she was in... the NICU. I have always felt so much empathy for the PEI preemie moms who had to be in Halifax during such a stressful time. I think its fabulous that more babies can stay close to home and would love to support it. My parents and my husband and I would like to buy a cover in honour of my little 31w5d preemie .. who is now a happy and healthy 15 year old." - J.C.- Grand Cayman Islands Lil Farm On The Jib continues to fundraise for isolette covers through their Sunflower U-Pick. Check out their page for more details.

A limited number of handcrafted masks have been restocked on our website. Proceeds support the purchase of priority medical equipment needed for the ease back phase of the QEH COVID-19 response. Details are available here: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wi-mask-project/

Lil Farm On The Jib is generously donating half the proceeds of their sunflower U-Pick to help purchase isolette covers for the QEH NICU. This weeks sunshine has been great for their sunflower patch - be sure to check them out! ThankQ Kendall and Denise for helping Island families!

Thank Q to our friends Bailey Barbour, age 11, and Willow Barbour, age 9, who stopped in to donate their birthday money! Happy Birthday Willow and Bailey and thank you for your generosity!

#TBT Today as a Throw Back Thursday, we share a picture that was featured in last years annual report. Here is Hon. Doris Anderson from St. Peters with Dr. Greg German, QEH Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Disease Consultant. We recently chatted with Doris and she wanted to pass along her thanks to all QEH staff, and especially the QEH Laboratory staff. ... The staff in our provincial laboratory has been so instrumental in keeping Islanders safe during COVID-19 and today I salute them. This summer has produced some of the best roses and here are a few that remain from my garden that I hope will brighten your day. Anderson shared a local story about the 1918 Spanish flu in her community. My father often told me how devastated our community was with the loss of life during that pandemic. There is one tombstone in our Midgell cemetery in which four children in one family had perished. We are fortunate to live in PEI under the leadership of Dr. Heather Morrison and Premier Dennis King. And as Canadians, we have an excellent health care system and I know Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will guide us carefully through this pandemic over the next few months.

Last month we introduced you to Levi. We're happy to share that he is doing well and weighs almost 9 pounds! Levi's family is sharing his story to promote the Wo He Lo fundraiser to purchase new equipment for the QEH NICU. They want to support more families like theirs who can now receive care closer to home. Click here to read more and donate: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wohelo/

Today our thoughts are with the Sefau family with the recent passing of dearly loved QEH Ophthalmologist Dr. Suleiman Sefau, who passed away on July 15th after a five year battle of cancer. Dr. Sefau was a dedicated QEH eye specialist who performed thousands of eye surgeries and improved the vision and the quality of life of many Island patients who required specialized eye care. A quote in his obituary sums up his love for his profession, As an ophthalmologist, he cared fo...r people in their most vulnerable conditions with the utmost compassion and love. Dr. Sefau was also a wonderful supporter of our QEH Foundations equipment needs and will be greatly missed by all. https://www.cbc.ca//pei-eye-surgeon-obituary-july-2020-1.5

We are so grateful for gifts in support of COVID-19 equipment needs at the QEH. Today we are sending a Thank Q to the Starbucks Foundation for their recent gift of $2,500. Presenting the cheque are Queen Street store manager Wendy Munro and staff member Bernie Zhou.

Masks are back! A limited supply is available for purchase through our website. Minimum purchase is 10 masks. Click here for more info: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wi-mask-project/

When COVID-19 caused a cancellation of their annual business luncheon in March, UPEI Business Society members contacted companies and organisations that planned to attend to ask if theyd redirect ticket costs to local charities. Thanks to their kindness, we are grateful to be the recipient of a $2000 gift that will support priority equipment needs for the ease back phase of the QEH COVID-19 pandemic response. ThankQ! Pictured (L to R) Barrington Duffy, Executive Vice President; Ethan MacFadyen, Outgoing President; Noah Woodworth, President; and Anna Mallard, VP Operations and PEIBWA Representative.

'Thank Q' to our friends Bailey Barbour, age 11, and Willow Barbour, age 9, who stopped in to donate their birthday money! Happy Birthday Willow and Bailey and thank you for your generosity!

Join us in thanking Browns Volkswagen! During the month of June, Browns Volkswagen donated $100 from every new car sale to the QEH Foundation. Their donation of $3,800 will support the purchase of medical equipment needed for the ease back phase of the QEH COVID-19 pandemic response. Current COVID care needs include three patient monitors, two scavenging nitrous oxide machines, an instrument washer-disinfector, and a thyroid uptake scanner. Thank Q for your support, Browns Volkswagen!!

Today we continue to celebrate gifts from Island construction companies that came together to contribute more than $100,000 toward the purchase of a CT Simulator for the PEI Cancer Treatment Centre at the QEH. We are extending our sincere appreciation to Island Coastal Services Ltd., JBS Construction, Moore Well Drilling, and Kings County Construction. ThankQ for your support! The QEH Foundation is grateful for the leadership of Ross and Errol Burgoyne of Burgoyne Construction who canvassed within the P.E.I. construction industry to coordinate a tremendous show of support for this ongoing campaign.

Due to restricted visitors to QEH, QEH Foundation staff are working remotely, returning to regular office hours on Monday, July 27. We are still open for business! Donations can be made on-line at www.qehfoundation.pe.ca or dropped off at QEH main Reception Desk or at QEH Foundation office. Our immediate COVID care priority needs include an Instrument Washer-Disinfector and a Thyroid Uptake Scanner. More information is available here: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/covid-care-priority-needs/

Kim Ladner and Ryan Ladner of Source for Sports Charlottetown happily presented a $2,700 cheque to the QEH Foundation following their Toonie Footwear Sale. This donation will support COVID-19 equipment needs for the QEH. ThankQ!

Samantha Wilson and Brandon Perry of Stratford welcomed baby Levi on June 4th. The first-time parents were grateful that Levi could remain in PEI for care after his unexpected arrival at 32 weeks. Weighing a mere 3 lbs, Levi required specialized care from obstetrician Dr. Peter Bethune, pediatrician Dr. Peggy Bethune, and staff of the new provincial neonatology service including PEIs only neonatologist Dr. Beth Ellen Brown. Levis dad, Brandon, says his son is already fam...ous. Levi is the first baby on PEI to get a PICC line inserted since the beginning of the new neonatal service. It goes from his arm to his heart and helps manage his blood sugar. Before Dr. Browns arrival, families like ours would have had to travel off-Island. Levis mom, Samantha, says they are overwhelmed with the great care they are receiving. Levi is now almost 4 lbs and thriving. It was a scary few days leading up to his birth. I had an ultrasound two days before and they found a problem with my placenta. We travelled to the IWK the next day but luckily we were able to return home, as QEH staff were comfortable having Levi delivered in PEI. The next morning I was diagnosed with preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome, which meant it was unsafe for Levi to remain inside me. The QEH staff have been wonderful and we are so thankful this can all happen so close to home, especially during this, COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, and for the next few weeks, we are highlighting gifts from Island construction companies that came together to contribute more than $100,000 toward the purchase of a CT Simulator for the PEI Cancer Treatment Centre at the QEH. The QEH Foundation is grateful for the leadership of Ross and Errol Burgoyne of Burgoyne Construction who canvassed within the P.E.I. construction industry to coordinate a tremendous show of support for this ongoing campaign. Today we are extending our sincere appreciation to Markan Group of Companies ( Markan Hardwood Plus/ Markan Countertops Plus/ Markan Wood Millers), Brumac Construction, Burgoyne Construction, and Chappell Custom Homes.

Join us in thanking Brown's Volkswagen! During the month of June, Brown's Volkswagen donated $100 from every new car sale to the QEH Foundation. Their donation of $3,800 will support the purchase of medical equipment needed for the ease back phase of the QEH COVID-19 pandemic response. Current COVID care needs include three patient monitors, two scavenging nitrous oxide machines, an instrument washer-disinfector, and a thyroid uptake scanner. 'Thank Q' for your support, Brown's Volkswagen!!

Volunteer members of PEI Womens Institute and PEI Mask + Aide are still busy making masks! Masks are available for bulk purchase on our website: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wi-mask-project/ All proceeds are supporting the purchase of medical equipment needed for the Ease Back phase of the QEH COVID-19 response.

Join us in celebrating Barb Dunphy and Helen Chapman as we recognize their 25 years of service at the QEH Foundation! Since 1995 Barb and Helen have dedicated their careers to raising funds for medical equipment needed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. We cant say ThankQ enough!

We are happy to share that we have reached the $1.5 million needed to purchase a new CT Simulator for the PEI Cancer Treatment Centre at the QEH! Reaching this milestone, especially during this challenging time of COVID-19, is certainly a testament to the generosity of our loyal donors. ThankQ! The new CT Simulator will assist in radiation treatment planning, providing high-quality images that will allow health care professionals to more clearly identify the exact location, shape, and size of the tumour to be treated.

Volunteer members of PEI Women's Institute and PEI Mask + Aide are still busy making masks! Masks are available for bulk purchase on our website: https://www.qehfoundation.pe.ca/wi-mask-project/ All proceeds are supporting the purchase of medical equipment needed for the Ease Back phase of the QEH COVID-19 response.