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Over the next few weeks, Voice Logic, a well-respected firm with an excellent reputation, is making telephone calls to our valued donors on our behalf. We want you to know these calls are genuine and that all gifts support St. Boniface Hospital. June 11, 2021 St....
Meet the Foundation’s New Leader
All artwork in photos by Susan Turner, courtesy of the Buhler Gallery at St. Boniface Hospital. May 4, 2021 As St. Boniface Hospital Foundation’s new President and CEO, Karen Fowler says she wants to see more of the visible differences that donor support makes in the...
A Nurse Once and Always
May 3, 2021 St. Boniface Hospital Foundation donor Barbara McGregor is quick to share memories from her career as a nurse – many fond, some sad, all with the keen perspective of her 96 years. McGregor entered St. Boniface Hospital’s School of Nursing in...
A Plateful of Grateful
March 9, 2021 “Food equals gratitude.” Though not the official slogan for the partnership between MITT’s Culinary Arts and Design program and St. Boniface Hospital, the phrase captures the essence of a collaboration to support health-care workers on the front lines....
Memories for life, a career in caring
January 13, 2021 Rob Guderyan will always remember his grandparents. A health care aide at St. Boniface Hospital, Guderyan, 42, lends credence to the expression The Child is father of the Man. In Guderyan’s case, the bond he formed as a child with his grandparents...
Farewell to a friend
What makes a man? And what drives him to give selflessly to his community? For Conrad Wyrzykowski Sr., who passed away November 7, 2020, the essence of giving was found not only in financial contributions, but also in the devotion of his time and seemingly limitless...
New mag helps kids understand COVID-19
When COVID-19 started to spread around the world, information was scarce. Today the flow of facts and figures can be overwhelming. For concerned parents and curious kids, it can be extra hard to know which sources are trustworthy. Thankfully, families now have a...
Virtual Radiothon breaks record
Manitobans tuned in and stepped up to make the first-ever virtual edition of the annual Radiothon of Hope & Healing, presented by the Vickar Automotive Group, a record-breaking success for patient care and research at St. Boniface Hospital. Amazing stories poured...
It’s in the bag! The Because we care bag…
It's a decades-old tradition at St. Boniface Hospital – a chance for staff to gather and catch up with one another. Fifty-seven years ago, the Grey Nuns, founders of St. Boniface Hospital, organized a picnic to show their appreciation for hospital employees. Every...
Life is a Highway
Bob Moore is bending the rules of St. Boniface Hospital Foundation’s fourth annual Run2Believe fundraising event, just a little bit. “Bicycle Bob”, as he is known in his hometown of Killarney in southwestern Manitoba, plans to bicycle about 85 km in one ride on...
The Show Must Go On
Manitoba’s first-ever virtual fundraising gala dinner was a sold-out, smashing success in slippers. Forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to reimagine last year’s Rosé Soirée cocktail party, which had been held in September 2019 in the St. Boniface Cathedral Ruins, St....
A storybook bond, a lasting legacy
Vivian and Burle Silverman shared a bond that some would say you only read about in storybooks. Although their journey together was cut short, their love ultimately created a lasting legacy of hope for other Manitobans. Vivian and Burle first found each other...