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The Health & Home Care Foundation of BC (Care BC Foundation) is the fundraising arm of the Health & Home Care Society of BC (Care BC).Funds raised by the Foundation are used exclusively to support Care BC’s charitable programs – Western Meals on Wheels and Chinese Meals on Wheels (serving Vancouver and Richmond), North Shore Meals on Wheels, The Family Respite Centre, and The Community Integration Project. For more information about Care BC’s charitable programs, please visit www.carebc.ca.
The Foundation is also raising funds to expand respite care on the North Shore through its Because You Care fundraising campaign. |
The North Shore Family Respite Centre Fundraising Campaign
The Health and Home Care Society of BC (Care BC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the City of North Vancouver (City) and the Catalyst Community Developments Society (Catalyst), to build a Family Respite Centre (FRC) on East 2nd and St. Georges Ave in Lower Lonsdale. The FRC will provide temporary Adult Day Care and Overnight Respite Care for seniors diagnosed with dementia, who are living at home, thereby enabling their caregivers to get the periods of “respite” or the rest they require to continue to care for their loved ones at home. Too frequently, the alternative is a visit to the emergency, followed by admission into an acute care hospital bed, and placement in a long term care bed. Vancouver Coastal Health has agreed to fund the annual operating costs of the FRC.
The FRC will be owned and operated for 60 years by Care BC and located on the ground level of a 6-storey tower in a custom-designed, homelike setting which will include 18 private bedrooms with ensuite, and 25 Adult Day Care Program spaces. Eighty-nine affordable housing units, which will be owned and operated by Catalyst, will be constructed above the FRC. Completion of the site is anticipated in the fall of 2025.
Care BC has raised approximately 90% of the funding needed to develop and complete the Centre and is on track to reach our fundraising goal by next Fall. However, we still need financial support to get us over the finish line. To donate and if you would like more information on the project, please visit our campaign website:
The FRC will be owned and operated for 60 years by Care BC and located on the ground level of a 6-storey tower in a custom-designed, homelike setting which will include 18 private bedrooms with ensuite, and 25 Adult Day Care Program spaces. Eighty-nine affordable housing units, which will be owned and operated by Catalyst, will be constructed above the FRC. Completion of the site is anticipated in the fall of 2025.
Care BC has raised approximately 90% of the funding needed to develop and complete the Centre and is on track to reach our fundraising goal by next Fall. However, we still need financial support to get us over the finish line. To donate and if you would like more information on the project, please visit our campaign website:
LATEST NEWS
A heartfelt thank you to our community for making Care BC’s 14th Annual Fundraising Dinner at the Continental Seafood Restaurant a huge success!
Your generosity helped us raise over $75,000, with all proceeds supporting Care BC’s charitable programs:
- Meals on Wheels - serving Vancouver, Richmond, and the North Shore
- Family Respite Centres
- Community Integration Project
We are incredibly grateful to our guests, sponsors, community partners, donors, and volunteers. Your support truly makes a difference!
Thanks also to Magnitude for their lively performance, Patsy Hui for sponsoring the entertainment, and our fantastic emcee & auctioneer Fred Lee.
Your generosity helped us raise over $75,000, with all proceeds supporting Care BC’s charitable programs:
- Meals on Wheels - serving Vancouver, Richmond, and the North Shore
- Family Respite Centres
- Community Integration Project
We are incredibly grateful to our guests, sponsors, community partners, donors, and volunteers. Your support truly makes a difference!
Thanks also to Magnitude for their lively performance, Patsy Hui for sponsoring the entertainment, and our fantastic emcee & auctioneer Fred Lee.
Because You CARE Campaign Kick-Off Reception
On September 18th, Care BC launched its Because You CARE campaign at the Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver, gathering over 100 dedicated supporters committed to improving the lives of caregivers and their loved ones in our community. The event was emceed by the charismatic Fred Lee and featured Honorary Chair Hamid Eshghi, along with esteemed guests including Tom Chambers, Chair of the Care BC Foundation Board, fellow Board Directors, and Xwalacktun, a distinguished artist and renowned Master Carver of Coast Salish ancestry.
The evening event (featured by the North Shore News) underscored the vital importance of respite care through a poignant presentation that included personal stories and testimonials on the complexities caregivers face when supporting family members with cognitive and chronic health issues. Accessing Care BC’s North Shore Family Respite Centre's programs once the construction of the building is completed will allow caregivers to take essential breaks, enabling them to continue providing care for their loved ones at home.
The Because You CARE capital campaign aims to build a Family Respite Centre (FRC) on the North Shore to meet the growing need for this crucial service amid an aging population. During the evening, Dr. Inge Schamborzki, Chief Development Officer of the Care BC Foundation, shared the exciting news that construction of the FRC is underway on the northwest corner of St. Georges Avenue between East 1st and East 2nd, in Lower Lonsdale.
Mike Boehm, the recent past Chair of the North Shore Community Foundation (NSCF), reaffirmed the organization's support for the campaign by offering an additional $20,000, contingent on matching donations that evening. A generous guest stepped up to meet this challenge, making the match possible. This significant contribution builds on the NSCF's earlier gift of $50,000 raised during their June golf tournament.
Care BC has fundraised $8.5 million of the estimated $12 million total capital costs. The goal now is to secure the remaining funds needed as soon as possible to complete the project on time (currently scheduled for Fall 2025).
For more information about the project and on how you may contribute, visit www.becauseyoucarebc.ca.
Because YOU care, we’ll be there for those who need Care BC.
The evening event (featured by the North Shore News) underscored the vital importance of respite care through a poignant presentation that included personal stories and testimonials on the complexities caregivers face when supporting family members with cognitive and chronic health issues. Accessing Care BC’s North Shore Family Respite Centre's programs once the construction of the building is completed will allow caregivers to take essential breaks, enabling them to continue providing care for their loved ones at home.
The Because You CARE capital campaign aims to build a Family Respite Centre (FRC) on the North Shore to meet the growing need for this crucial service amid an aging population. During the evening, Dr. Inge Schamborzki, Chief Development Officer of the Care BC Foundation, shared the exciting news that construction of the FRC is underway on the northwest corner of St. Georges Avenue between East 1st and East 2nd, in Lower Lonsdale.
Mike Boehm, the recent past Chair of the North Shore Community Foundation (NSCF), reaffirmed the organization's support for the campaign by offering an additional $20,000, contingent on matching donations that evening. A generous guest stepped up to meet this challenge, making the match possible. This significant contribution builds on the NSCF's earlier gift of $50,000 raised during their June golf tournament.
Care BC has fundraised $8.5 million of the estimated $12 million total capital costs. The goal now is to secure the remaining funds needed as soon as possible to complete the project on time (currently scheduled for Fall 2025).
For more information about the project and on how you may contribute, visit www.becauseyoucarebc.ca.
Because YOU care, we’ll be there for those who need Care BC.
North Shore Community Foundation proudly chose The Health and Care Home Society of BC (Care BC) as the designated charity for their 2024 Golf Tournament.
Photo Credit: Gary Nguyen
Jordan Willms (NSCF), Carrie Russell (Care BC), Mayor Linda Buchanan (CNV), Mayor Mike Little (DNV), David Webbe (Darwin, Presenting Sponsor), Inge Schamborzki (Care BC), Doug Hayhurst (Care BC), Micheal Boehm (NSCF), Jason Pires (Global News) celebrate funds raised towards the development of a North Shore Family Respite Centre.
Many thanks to all the players, sponsors, community supporters, and volunteers, and the North Shore Community Foundation, for their generous support in helping us raise $50,000 toward the development of Care BC’s North Shore Family Respite Centre.
These funds will be used to assist with construction costs of a much needed, state-of-the-art 18 bed adult day care and overnight respite centre for North Shore seniors diagnosed with dementia, who are living at home, thereby enabling their caregivers to get the periods of “respite” or the rest they need to continue caring for their loved ones at home. Construction is well underway with a projected completion by the late Fall of 2025.
About Care BC's Programs
Meals on WheelsCare BC's Meals on Wheels programs (Western since 1967 and Chinese since 1996) serve isolated and homebound seniors across Vancouver & Richmond. Care BC also operates the North Shore Meals on Wheels program.
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Vancouver Family Respite CentreCare BC's Family Respite Centre (since 2002) provides a welcoming and safe home-like environment, where seniors with mental or physical frailties are cared for enabling their caregivers to get a much needed break from their daily caregiving duties.
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North Shore Family Respite CentreCare BC is working in partnership with the City of North Vancouver (City) and the Catalyst Community Developments Society (Catalyst) to build a Family Respite Centre (FRC) on land owned by the City on East 2nd and St. Georges Ave in Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver.
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Community Integration ProjectCare BC's Community Integration Project (since 1999) helps people with newly acquired physical disabilities to adapt to their daily living and housing needs. Our clients are provided an accessible apartment unit for up to 6 months to assist them in their transition back into the community.
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