Month: March 2023

A Shared Vision for Better Eye Health in Hamilton, and Beyond A grateful patient’s gift of $200,000 has secured a state-of-the-art Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) scanner for the Hamilton Regional Eye Institute at St. Joe’s. The new technology is helping to realize both the donor’s and his doctor’s shared vision…

Global Team, Local Impact: Team 3 Wishes is Taking on the Bay Race Internationally to Support Patients here in Hamilton Fundraising for St. Joe’s through Hamilton’s iconic Around the Bay Road Race has gone global! While her fellow colleagues from St. Joe’s intensive care unit (ICU) laced up their sneakers…

Back with a Bridge & a Bang: The Bay Race Results are In St. Joe’s Crosses Fundraising Finish Line to Raise over $350,000 Construction surrounding the Lift Bridge on Beach Boulevard finished just in time for the 129th edition of the Around the Bay Road Race on March 26, and…

Colouring to Cope: A Donor-Funded Book of Drawings is Helping Patients Heal With support from St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation’s Patient Comfort & Kindness Grants, a new colouring book is brightening the days of those being cared for at the Hospital. Once considered child’s play, adult patients at St. Joe’s are…

Three Generous Donors Help our Hospital to Cross the Fundraising Finish Line There’s just under two weeks left until the Around the Bay Road Race returns on Sunday, March 26, 2023! Yesterday, we heard from 3 generous donors who want to help our Hospital to cross the Bay Race fundraising…

Lending A Hand for Healthcare: Team LiUNA Meets Million-Dollar Fundraising Milestone Raising funds for an important community cause can be a marathon, not a sprint. But one Around the Bay Race team has just crossed the finish line on cumulatively raising more than $1 million for St. Joe’s through their…

Thriving Well in the Workforce A $20,000 grant from Co-operators Community Funds is helping Hamilton’s young Black, Indigenous and Racialized communities meet their career goals, while gaining access to mental health care. The program is called Thriving Well and is made possible, in part, by a new grant of $20,000…

Honouring the Life of Dr. Anil Kapoor It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Dr. Anil Kapoor. Dr. Kapoor passed away in the early hours of February 28 after a short and courageous battle with an acute illness. His loss is deeply…