We did this, together
Helping all aspects of our community:
Community Care Programs
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Spiritual Care Chaplain Program
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24/48 Hour Holter Monitor and Services
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Foothills Community Counselling Volunteer
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Driver & Emergency Support Program
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Okotoks Family Resource Centre
Patient and Family
Centered Care
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Staff Caring Collective
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Emergency Patient Personal Supplies
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Pocket Talkers x6
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Main Entrance Seasonal Flowers
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Therapy Garden Volunteer Service Appreciation
Families
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Families Baby Home Safe
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It Takes a Village Community Foundation
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Back to School Safe, COVID Support Program
Seniors
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Common Room Television
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at Rising Sun Long Term Care
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Atlanta Regency Chair
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Adult Day Support Program
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Multi-Sensory Equipment for Dementia patients
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"Keeping the Music On" Music Therapy Program
Children + Youth
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School Meal Program, 12 Schools in the Foothills feeding over 5,000 breakfast & lunches every year.
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Post-Secondary Science Studies Bursaries for High School Students
Medical
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Ceiling Lifts at the Rising Sun Long Term Care
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General Use Aspirator
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Diagnostic Imaging Chairs x2
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Vital Signs Machines x2
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Isolation Carts x2
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Telemetry Monitoring System Portable
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Ultrasound Machine at Oilfields General Hospital
2022 Radiothon
To date Radiothon has raised over $503,000 for health and wellness in the Foothills.
2022 marked the 9th annual Radiothon!
With your support we were able to fund many projects: Okotoks Public Library, Helping Families Handle Cancer, Foothills Community Counselling, Literacy for Life, Okotoks Family Resource Centre, keeping the Music On at RSLTC , It Takes a Village, Accessible Playgrounds, Trauma Stretchers, Seniors Bus, Oximeters & Thermometer, and so much more!
Pillars of support
The Sheep River Health Trust works directly with both the Oilfield’s General Hospital and Okotoks Health & Wellness Centre to help with the growing demand for Medical Equipment & facility enhancements. This has been our primary pillar of support.
To promote a more proactive approach to health care the Sheep River Health Trust expanded our focus to include support for programs that serve the health and wellness needs of the complete family unit – babies to grandparents. This programming falls under our 3 additional pillars – Children/Youth, Families, and Seniors..
Recognizing that sometimes other amazing health and wellness activities occur outside of our service area, or that do not fall under our traditional 4 pillars but provide a significant benefit to the Region we created our 5th pillar of support 3 years ago – the Community Cares Pillar. Over the past 3 years this has included things like the expansion of the Cancer Clinic in High River, the Chaplain at Oilfield’s General Hospital, and Rowan House Healing Minds, Bodies & Spirit Program.
Some of the current needs that have been identified in the region for possible funding are Child Centric Play Centre in Urgent care, Renovation of the 1970s Tub Room at Oilfield’s Hospital, DASH Monitor for Urgent Care, replacement of the baby weigh scales, support for the Health Eating Program, Dementia Friendly Project, expansion of the Wanderguard System, and support for Early Childhood Programming.
