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Brain Injury Society (Powell River)
4741 Marine Avenue, Powell River V8A 2L2
604 485 6066 Toll free: 1 (866) 499 6065
Email
Debbie Dee 604 485 6065 Email
The Powell River Brain Injury Society is the local Centre for Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury. Our mission is to promote prevention, recovery, education, community awareness and life beyond acquired brain injury.We help people who are dealing with acquired brain injury and the people who care about them.
Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society (National Headquarters)
4484 Marine Avenue, Powell River V8A 2K2
604 485 8488 Email
Fund raising for the Canadian Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry Program.
Cancer Society Regional Website
PO Box 411, Powell River V8A 5C2
Nan Seney 604 483 9224
Info line: 1 888 939 3333
National, community-
Fire Fighters Association Burn Unit
Powell River Professional Fire Fighters
6965 Courtenay Street, Powell River, BC V8A
1X6
604 485 9498 Email Fax: 604 485 2101
A registered charity established in 1978 by the BC Professional Fire Fighters Association,
the Burn Fund provides life saving, life supporting, and life enriching services
to the people in
British Columbia. Read more... (scroll down page)
Jena Lorbach, President 604 483-
Library advocacy and fundraising. New members welcome!
Friends of the Historic Patricia Theatre
Roberta Pearson 604 483 7755
Dedicated to the restoration, revitalization and sharing of the historic
Patricia
Theatre, the oldest continuously operating theatre company in Canada. New members
welcome.
Heart and Stroke Foundation, BC & Yukon
In Memoriam Donations: PO Box 416, Powell River V8A 5C2
Area Office: 250 754 5274
Heart
information: 1 888 473 4636
Regional Line: 1 888 754 5274
Eileen Brown 604 485 5118
Marica Benvin, Area Administrator Email
Texada Island Unit
Call the Area Office for contact information; memorial donations
accepted.
Hospital Auxiliary Economy Shop
7030 Alberni Street, Powell River V8A 2C3
604 485 0110
Every week, from 100 to 125 volunteers are at work to keep the Powell River Health Care Auxiliary Economy Shop's doors open. On a typical day 20 to 25 volunteers are in the store.
When bags of items come in, donated by the people of Powell River, they are put into an area called the pit before they are sorted. The shop keeps what is valuable. What is not valuable has to be hauled away.
The Economy Shop does not accept electrical appliances such as stoves, washers and
driers. Ripped, stained or torn chesterfields or mattresses are also not welcome;
nor clothes that are torn or very dirty. "We do have to pay to have them taken to
the dump....it costs the group in excess of $800 a month to take non-
The preferred time for dropoffs when the shop is open.
Proceeds are donated to health care in the community.
Read more about the Econo Shop (scroll down past the photos) on the Powell River Health Care Auxiliary website. Although not updated since 2007 the website has a lot of interesting information about this important group in our community.
Hours: 10 -
Hospital Foundation, Powell River General Hospital
5000 Joyce Avenue (Hospital), Powell River V8A 5R3
604 485 3211 Ext. 4349
Rod Tysdal, President 604 485 4165
David Harper 604 485 5145 Email
Mike Chisholm
604 223 0750
Peter Maitland 604 487 4232
Furthers the improvement of patient care in Powell River General Hospital through providing support for development and equipment, which is not funded. Donations, benefices and legacies gratefully accepted. Funds are designated to current foundation projects.
Hours: Wednesdays 9 to noon
Kidney Foundation National Website
Kim Miller 604 414 0024
Door-
Powell River Professional Fire Fighters
6965 Courtenay Street, Powell River, BC V8A
1X6
604 485 9498
Chris Phyall 604 485 9498
A local charity started in 1994 bringing together local paramedics and Powell River
Professional Fire Fighters. It is a non-
As an ongoing fundraiser reflective address signs are being sold in the community and can be purchased at RONA.
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada National Website
Powell River Professional Fire Fighters
6965 Courtenay Street, Powell River, BC V8A
1X6
604 485 9498
Bill Grantham (Fire Hall) 604 485 4431 Email
Since its inception in 1954, Fire Fighters have been the backbone of Muscular Dystrophy Canada. As of 2007, Canadian Fire Fighters have raised over 61.3 million dollars in support of the tens of thousands of Canadians affected by neuromuscular disorders.
Powell River’s Professional Fire Fighters have been supporters of MDC since 1961, and every September we take part in a national boot drive in uniform on our off duty time. Through the generous support of the citizens of Powell River, we raised $6,700 in 2010, and since 1961 we have raised over $100,000 for this great cause. Thank you for your continued support, we couldn't do it without you.
Sunshine Gogos of Powell River
Dorell Meikle 604 487 4122 Email
“Gogo” is a Zulu word that means Grandmother. Since 2006 Grandmothers to Grandmothers’ Campaign Groups have been forming in every province of Canada. To date there are over 5,000 women in over 240 groups, each with the goal of reaching grandmothers in Africa and the orphans in their care with financial aid and reason to hope. Powell River joined the effort to raise awareness and funds to gogo’s by forming a group in 2009.
Read more at Stephen Lewis Foundation and Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.
Donations of $20 or more will receive an income tax receipt from the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Help for Grandmothers caring for AIDS victims in Africa. See Sunshine Gogos (Zulu
for grandmother) is helping.
Click here to see what you can do.
Fund Raising Groups & Organizations
that raise money through donations and events to support the Powell River General Hospital, health research and grandmothers in Africa.
