BUILDING A HEALTHCARE LEGACY
For nearly 40 years, the Bethesda Foundation has been the vehicle through which community contributions to healthcare in our region have been raised. This has resulted in significant enhancements to fulfill specific needs. Your donations will help make these much-needed facilities and services possible. Help us advance health services and infrastructure in our community for generations to come.
Stay informed through our capital campaign media and learn about the significant enhancements we’re pursuing to fulfill specific needs in our healthcacare community.
Watch the VideoUSE OF FUNDS
Our objective is to raise $15,000,000. As of May 1, 2019 the Bethesda Foundation has raised $9,600,000. We look to the community to help us raise an additional $5,400,000.
REST HAVEN NURSING
HOME EXPANSION
The Province of Manitoba recently announced that Steinbach would be getting 83 additional personal care home beds through a significant expansion at Rest Haven Nursing Home. The 60 bed facility will more than double to a total of 143 beds.
These additional beds are urgently needed as the wait list for placement is long, and all too often our seniors are having to move far away from family and friends when they need personal care home support.
The current 60 bed facility will more
than double to a total of 143 beds
HOSPICE CARE FACILITY
Bethesda Foundation has a vision to provide enhanced palliative care services to Steinbach and area. We want to create a peaceful, home-like environment, with private rooms for patient dignity, and space for families to gather. The population over the age of 75 in Steinbach and area is expected to grow by nearly 25% in the next four years. Some of these residents will be in need of acute or long-term palliative care. This type of care is currently provided by the regional hospital, and we believe using a different mix of staff and volunteers there would be some significant cost savings.
Benefits include:
- Private rooms for patient dignity
- Peaceful, comfortable environment
- Space for family meetings and activities
- Less costly than hospital stay
- More acute care hospital beds become available
SURGICAL SERVICES
IMPROVEMENTS
The current surgical program operates out of the Bethesda Regional Health Centre & Hôpital Ste. Anne Hospital, and provides general surgical and arthroscopic procedures as well as shoulder arthroscopes. Bethesda Regional Health Centre is equipped with two operating theatres, one endoscopic suite and a six bed recovery/same-day surgery unit.
Urgent needs at the Bethesda
Regional Health Centre:
- 2 large operating rooms
- 1 small operating room
- 2 scope rooms with separate wash and storage, a new post anesthesia care unit
- 8 surgery beds, new day-surgery clinic, reception, prep and recovery, new staff areas
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
MILTON PENNER
HONORARY CHAIR
DR. CURTIS KRAHN
CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR
CARI PENNER
CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR
GARTH PEIMER
CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR
DARREL PENNER
CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR
LINDA PETERS
CAMPAIGN ADMINISTRATOR
KEITH UNGER
DIVISION CO-CHAIR,
CORPORATE & PERSONAL GIFTS
CHRIS GEORTZEN
DIVISION CO-CHAIR,
CORPORATE & PERSONAL GIFTS
HENRY VAN DE VELDE
DIVISION CHAIR,
AG GIFTS
MARG REMPEL
DIVISION CHAIR,
PROMOTIONS & LAUNCH