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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 fundraised approximately $8.5 million of the estimated $12 million total project costs.
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 fundraised approximately $8.5 million of the estimated $12 million total project costs.
For more information and to donate in support of this vital North Shore project and resource, visit our campaign website:
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.
Care BC has raised $8.5 million of the $12 million project costs but we have a way to go yet to fully fund the new Centre. For more information about the centre, donation options and to donate, please visit: www.becauseyoucarebc.ca
UPCOMING EVENTS
We hope you’ll join us for this scenic Japan Coastal Cruise aboard the beautiful Diamond Princess.
*Net proceeds will support the development of Care BC’s North Shore Family Respite Centre.
*Net proceeds will support the development of Care BC’s North Shore Family Respite Centre.
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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