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that heals.
A Heartfelt Gift
Brian Chappell had a very special Christmas gift for St. Boniface Hospital in 2024. Chappell, a retired teacher and Winnipeg School Division administrator, walked into the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation office on Monday, December 23, and made a $10,000 gift on the...
After the Shift
A new exhibition showcases the diverse interests of St. Boniface Hospital’s community, encouraging understanding and compassion. The Off the Clock exhibition at St. B’s on-site Galerie Buhler Gallery highlights the hobbies of Hospital physicians, staff, and...
Hospital Staff Get Calm
The St. Boniface Hospital community is feeling more stress-free after using a Foundation donor-supported mental health app. In June, all St. B employees received access to Calm. The app offers a diverse variety of wellness tools like guided meditations, sleep stories,...
When the News is Heartbreaking
November 15, 2024 A first-of-its-kind conference in Manitoba saw health-care providers from across the province gather to talk and learn about a difficult topic, with support from St. Boniface Hospital Foundation donors. The Manitoba Pregnancy and Infant Loss...
Healing Hearts at Home
Dr. Shuangbo Liu, interventional cardiologist and clinician-scientist at St. Boniface Hospital, knows first-hand that home is where the heart is. Dr. Liu was born in China, moving to Winnipeg with her family when she was nine. She grew up in Winnipeg, receiving her...
Helping Babies Take Their First Breaths
Helping premature babies breathe is a critical role of St. Boniface Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). To do that, respiratory therapists rely on specialized machines called high-frequency jet ventilators, used only in the NICU to support St. B’s...
A New Path to Wellness
Thanks to the incredible generosity of donors like you, the McEwen Building at St. Boniface Hospital has already undergone extensive renovations, creating a safer, more welcoming space for patients receiving mental health care. Now, we are excited to take the next...
Breathing Easier
August 19, 2024 Your support has been like a breath of fresh air to anesthesiologists who intubate patients at St. Boniface Hospital and train medical students in the delicate technique. Thanks to you, St. B was able to order three more C-MAC high-definition video...
A Family’s Legacy of Love
June 17, 2024 In leaving the largest-ever gift made by an individual to St. Boniface Hospital Foundation, Miriam Bergen followed the example set by her parents Martin and Ruth Bergen. Miriam, who died in January of 2022, left a $10 million bequest to the Hospital in...
Supporting Mental Health a Family Affair
June 12, 2024 After hearing about an increase in mental health issues treated at St. Boniface Hospital’s Emergency Department in recent years, and even seeing such issues in others close to them, the Correia family of Winnipeg decided to do what they could to help...
Making Dad Twice as Proud
The H & H Shah Family of Winnipeg are helping St. Boniface Hospital Foundation donors love and honour their own dads, granddads, and father-figures this Father’s Day by matching gifts to the Hospital. For the second year in a row Hemant M. Shah, wife Hina, and...
Changing Lives, Shaping Tomorrow
May 31, 2024 Even before she started her first nursing job at St. Boniface Hospital, Zoe Tetrault knew where she wanted to go with her new career. “I discovered during my studies that I have a passion for women’s health,” said Tetrault, who works in Labour and...