If you’ve ever experienced a serious illness or injury, then you know that in these challenging situations, all you desperately want is to recover: to feel like yourself again, to be able to do all the things you used to do with ease and to get back to spending your time with friends and family doing the things you love. In the rehabilitation program at Grand River Hospital’s Freeport Campus, music therapy makes a tremendous difference for patients working towards these goals on their road to recovery.

Grand River is grateful to the Optimist Club of Conestogo Winterbourne for their generous donation to mental health care in support of the people in our community who have struggled with mental illness. A contribution of $4,000 was made to lend support to child and adolescent mental health care.

Earlier this year, Grand River Hospital proudly became the first teaching community hospital in Canada to partner with Signal 1 to explore a clinic...

As a part of the Women Empowering Women Digital Community’s International Women’s Day initiatives this year, we invite you to attend the Youth Program: Non-Profit Organizations session. This is a fantastic learning opportunity for our next generations of non-profit leaders, who will one day play an integral role in leading both our health care system and community to reach our vision of becoming world class and beyond.

For the past two years, local performing artist Mary-Catherine Pazzano has been raising money for Grand River Hospital with her new live album. Recorded right here in Waterloo and distributed by the Grand River Jazz Society, her album Christmas Live at the Jazz Room was released in 2022 and raised an impactful $1,400 for mental health music therapy!

On Sunday, May 28, come out to Beaverdale Golf Club in Cambridge, ON to play a round of golf in support of Grand River Hospital at the first annual Alain Vienneau Memorial Golf Tournament. Alain was a charge nurse for Grand River’s renal program, who suddenly and tragically passed away in March 2022. His hospital colleagues, family and friends have organized this tournament to celebrate his passion for nursing and give back to the hospital—the proceeds from the event will support Kidney Care.

You are invited to attend our Income Tax Reduction & Estate Tax Elimination on April 26, 2023 and taking place at Foundation House, Grand River Hospital Foundation's new home across the street from the hospital at 914 King St.

Make a difference for the children and families at Grand River Kids by generously donating new or like-new baby blankets to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The NICU is looking for

• Flannel baby blankets (30" x 40" or 40" x 40" in size)
• Fitted sheets for bassinet mattresses measuring 26" x 12" x 1.5" (smaller than a fitted crib sheet)

Several times per week and sometimes for years, patients with chronic kidney disease spend hours receiving lifesaving dialysis treatments at the hospital. Bernard Wilson, better known as Bernie, is a familiar face to many at Grand River Hospital. Bernie is a kidney care patient who is frequently at the hospital for dialysis and is known for his friendliness, his outgoing, positive spirit and always having a smile on his face—aptly, his motto is, “Keep smiling!”

When you support Grand River Hospital, you not only make a significant difference for local patients and their families, but you have a vital impact on hospital staff, making it possible to offer additional programs to promote team member health and wellness. By caring for our hospital teams and ensuring they are taken care of, you in turn help them provide the most exceptional care right here in our community for everyone who needs it.

Community collaborations have always been embraced by Four All Ice Cream, a Waterloo-based scoop shop offering handcrafted ice cream made from all-natural, locally-sourced ingredients to provide a better choice for ice cream lovers who want to indulge in a sweet treat without compromise to their well-being. And their collaboration and partnership with Grand River Hospital Foundation has made a significant impact on well-being in our community in more ways than one: Over the past two years, Four All Ice Cream has raised more than $6,000 for Mental Health, Cancer Care and the Blue Ribbon Fund at Grand River with their custom, limited time flavour, Our Heroes Eat Ice Cream.

Featuring the works of Catherine Mellinger, Claire Donnison, Esther Slevinsky, Jim Blomfield, Michael ManChoi Chow, Roshan James, and Roslyn Ramsay, the Hearts, Arts and Healing art show is about how artists express trauma and the healing power of the artistic practice and results. Art pieces can be viewed online and purchased from our website, and a portion of the proceeds from these purchases will support Mental Health at Grand River Hospital.