Dolly Boyko came by my office today to chat.  We reminisced about her daughter Krista. 

Krista had left this world way too young - Only 42 when she died in 2012 -  but before she went she inspired people to donate over $11,000 for the Drumheller Cancer Clinic through the Cuts for Cancer fundraiser at the Chop Shop. 


Krista Jean Boyko passed away at the Drumheller Health Centre in October of 2012. You might have known her from Whifs, where she worked for 17 years.  She was a friendly face there until her diagnosis of cancer made it too difficult to continue working.  Though its sad that she's gone, her legacy lives on at the Drumheller Cancer Clinic in the comfort measures that the Cancer patients enjoy there - the special treatment chairs were purchased, in part, from that fundraising effort.


Leaving a legacy such as Krista did can truly benefit your community.  It can be a small or large as you wish.  If you'd like to do something for your community through donations to the Hospital, please contact our office at the Drumheller Area Health Foundation.  We'd love to help you do so.

Join Us In Celebrating the Tree of Hope

Each year the people of our community open their hearts and support the Tree of Hope Campaign in memory or in honor of their loved ones.  We share a ceremony, with singing, and inspirational message and the lighting of the Tree of Hope.  All fundraising from this go toward the Palliative Care unit.  Pick up an envelope at any of the reception desks or at the Foundation office.  Your ornament* will be placed on the tree commemorating your loved one.  Honorees will also receive a card to let them know of your gift in their behalf.  Their name and yours will be read at the Lighting of the Tree on Sunday, December 11th at 3pm.  Please join us for the singing and refreshments! (*the ornament shown is not exactly as used by us this year.  Come by and see what we have planned for 2016!)

Purdy's Chocolate Fundraiser is Here!

We Remember Donna Frances Morrow (May 13, 1936 to July 10, 2013)

  The family of Donna Morrow gathered today to install a bench in the Drumheller Health Centre’s Palliative Care Garden.  Led by Ken, her husband of 59 years, and her children (pictured left to right) the bench was donated to commemorate a well loved and missed wife, mom, grandma and great grandma. Written on the bench’s plaque is “The love she showered upon us all is not lost, it is merely embracing us from afar.” The donation which installed the bench will also benefit the upkeep of the Palliative Care Garden and will do much to comfort those in need.

(pictured left to right) Daughters Melanie & Patti,
 Husband Ken and Sons Cliff & Greg

Donna (nee Campbell) moved to Michichi from Calgary in 1948 to live with her grandparents.  She attended school there and met her beloved Ken. They were married shortly after in 1953.  They lived in our area all their lives and brought four children to their union.  Donna gardened, raised her children, helped Ken with the cattle and farming and still managed to devote time to the United Church, Community Association and the Home and School Association.  She was also a loyal member of the Royal Canadian Legion for 21 years, serving on many levels of the Executive.  (Her secret batter recipe for “Legion Fish Night” remains legendary).

She’s been gone a year, but her memory lingers on.  She’s much missed and still leaves an empty space in our community.

The Purdy's Chocolate fundraiser has begun!

The Drumheller Area Health Foundation is offering Purdy’s Chocolates to raise funds for the Drumheller Health Centre again this season.  What a sweet way to remember friends and family at the holidays.  (Don’t forget some for yourself).

Purdy’s offers the Foundation a percentage on all sales through this fundraiser, helping to make fundraising for the Foundation a tasty success! 

Best of all, these products are the same premium quality chocolate offered in specialty chocolate shops. 

Have your order delivered in time for the holidays.

Brochures and order forms are available at the Drumheller Health Centre’s reception desk, mail room, Foundation office or the administrative office.  Call us at 403-820-7860 for more information.

Click here to get a PDF Catalog!

All orders must be received by no later than November 6th so we may expect our order to arrive in time to mail to loved ones and to assure delivery in time for the holiday.

You may drop completed order forms with your cheque or cash at the administrative office or order on-line at http://www.purdysgpp.com/JoinAGroup.aspx?c=17093. 

All orders will be delivered on November 20th and may be picked up at the Hospital in conference room #3 between 12:00 noon and 4:00pm that day. 

Thanks to all for helping make this fundraiser a success!

The Drumheller Area Health Foundation has launched their Raffle for tickets to the Calgary Stampede

Check out the action at the Calgary Stampede website!

WIN TICKETS FOR 6 TO THE 100-year Anniversary of the

Calgary Stampede

You could be the lucky winner of 6 tickets to the World’s Richest Rodeo featuring the world’s toughest competitors.

Think of it! On July 13, 2012 the action starts at 1:15pm and you and your family or friends are in your reserved grandstand seats watching the action.   These tickets allow you admission to the Stampede Park with all it’s adventures plus grandstand reserved seats for 6 adults!

Package value is $450.00—Raffle Tickets are only $5.00!

Proceeds will be used for the

Drumheller Health Centre Equipment Fund

The Raffle Draw will be held at the Drumheller Health Centre at 1:00pm in the Cafeteria on June 8, 2012.  Winners need not be present to win and will be announced on this Blog and on the Foundation information Board at the hospital.  

Your chances of winning are great with only 450 Tickets sold at $5.00 each, 

but HURRY!  These tickets will go fast!

Tickets go on sale May 9 and may be purchased at the Drumheller Health Centre’s Reception Desk, Public Health Desk, Site Administration office or the Foundation office.  Must be 18 years of age or over to purchase or be awarded this prize. 

DRUMHELLER AREA HEALTH FOUNDATION     

351 - 9^th St. N.W., 

Drumheller, AB.  T0J 0Y1

Ph. 403.820.7844     Fax 403.820.5076

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License #336069, Registered Charity # BN89095 0041 RR0001

Canada Day Smokie Fundraiser with Drumheller Co-Op

Dr. Nahornick congratulating the management of the Drumheller Co-Op for another successful Canada Day Smokie event. This year the volunteers were able to raise over $1500 in the 3 hour fundraiser selling smokies on a bun, soft drinks and cupcakes. The Drumheller Co-Op provided all the food and the supplies for this event at no cost to the Foundation. All money raised will go toward maintenance and upkeep of the Recreational Therapy and Palliative Care gardens. Thank you one and all for helping to support the Gardens for yet another year.

Pictured left to right: Dave Kosolofski, Controller; G.C. (Gord) Van Kannel, General Manager; Dr. Nahornick, Chair of Drumheller Area Health Foundation; and Chris Irvine, Grocery Manager.

Thank you

The Drumheller Area Health Foundation would like to thank all those who made our 2011 ‘Art in the Badlands’ successful. We were able to earn over $10,000 for the Pediatrics Vital Signs Monitor for the Drumheller Medical Centre. Thank you Drumheller for all you do.

Particular thanks go to the contributors to our fundraiser.

99.5 Drum FM; Alberta Treasury Branch, Drumheller Branch; Athens Café & Greek Restaurant; Bits & Pieces Keepsake Quilting, Ms. Tara Semchuk, Owner; Mr. & Mrs. Alan Avramenko; Ms. Leila Bjerland & Mr. Dan Weibe of WB Studios; The Brick Drumheller, Janice Burke, Owner of Over the Rainbow; Caracol Clay Studios; The Calgary Flames Club; Calgary Stampeder Football Club; Mrs. Deanna Chambers; Drumheller Dragons Hockey Club; Mrs. Dianne Faulter; Carolyn Feir; CIBC Drumheller; Drumheller Co-op Ltd.; Drumheller Elks #54; Grant’s Oilfield Services, Inc.; Mrs. Nancy Guntrip; Gus’s Corner Restaurant, Inc.; H B Industries (Drumheller) Ltd.; Mr. Robert Haines; Highway 9 Express, Ltd.; IGA Drumheller; Mr. Jim Justinick; Mrs. Alice Klassen of JoAl Styles, Linden; Gary & Bev Krabsen; Sharen Krushel; Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Terry Kuhl, Store Operator; Mrs. Amy Kuschke; Martha Lynn of Touch of Class Quilting; Leanne Madsen, owner of the General Store at Deer Valley Implements Ltd.; Ms. Sherryl McBride of Marlin Travel; Mrs. Christeen Neffgen; Mrs. Rosalie Nimmo; Ms. Ellen Nobel; Mr. Mark Notland, owner of Sears Drumheller; Old Grouch’s; Q91 Country, Drumheller; RBC Royal Bank of Canada, Drumheller Branch; R&J Specialties, Inc.; Rosebud Theatre Group; Pioneer Trail Society; Dave & Lori Powel, owners of Sports Room Source for Sports; Mrs. Liselotte Rolf; Terry Ruth; Mr. John Ryning; Ms. E. Gerda Sallows; The Drumheller Mail, Mr. Ossie Sheddy, Publisher; SJ Fashions; Scapa Log Works; Mrs. Joan Snyder, Starland County Municipal Offices; Mrs. Carol Todor; Michael Todor; Barbara Travis, The Tyrrell Museum; Mr. Luigi Vescarelli of Canalta; Patrice Wolf, owner of the Inn and Spa at Heartwood; Mr. Trevor Woodford of Napa Auto Parts Drumheller, the Yavis Family of Yavis Family Restaurant, among others.

To our volunteers who stepped in and helped where needed, a heartfelt thanks to you all: Joan Snyder; Susan Schmidt of ATB; Cathy Morse of the Chop Shop; Monica Sleep; Yvonne Friedley; Lynn Zacharuk; Betty Montgomery; Maxine Popovich; Delphine Viczko; June Currie; Arlene Hunter; Sheila Richmond; Kathy Dudley; Corrie Fortner; Brian Ames and our fine young auctioneer, Travis Cawiezel.

Special thanks to all the people in the maintenance, housekeeping and dietary departments of the hospital. You were SO helpful and willing.

Lastly, to those of the community who came out and supported us with donations and purchases and all those who I may have missed that helped make our event a success – many thanks. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Art In The Badlands will be on June 23, 2011!!

(for pictures of the submissions, click on the title of this blog)
Last year, submissions from our artist supporters and local businesses garnered a whopping $20,000 for much needed Laparoscopic Equipment. That equipment has been ordered and will soon be in service.

This year the proceeds will go toward the purchase of a Pediatrics Vital Signs Monitor
for the smallest members of our community.
Please join us at the Drumheller Health Centre
Thursday, June 23 from 4:00pm to 7:30pm. The Silent Auction opens at 4:00pm, the Live Auction is at 5:30 pm featuring Local Artists. Silent Auction winners will be announced between 5:30 and the end of the live auction. Admission is free. You must sign in and receive a bidder’s card to be eligible to bid. Refreshments are available for your enjoyment for a fundraising fee.

For more information: contact the Secretary’s Office by calling 403-820-7266,
Email: Linda.Ames@albertahealthservices.ca,
or check out our pictures on our Face book page located at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Drumheller-Area-Health-Foundation/129598297065194 (See last year’s submissions there too!)

Linda Ames
 your Foundation
Secretary

Summer is quickly getting away from us all. After the ‘Art in the Badlands’ fundraising event, I spent a few weeks with my new granddaughter. Now it’s back to business as usual!

The ‘Art in the Badlands’ fundraising Auction was truly a wonderful success. With the support of the businesses, artists, craftspeople and all our neighbors, we were able to raise over $20,000 for Laparoscopic Equipment for our hospital’s Operating Room. Thanks goes especially to the contributors that helped make our event better than ever! All together, we had 40 submissions for the Fine Art, Quilts and Crafts Live Auction, 32 submissions for Silent Auction, and 4 really great Raffle items. Admission was free and there was Strawberry Shortcake, punch and coffee provided by the Drumheller Co-op, Extra Foods, IGA, Drumheller Wal-Mart and our wonderful volunteers.

The weather cooperated (after a delay due to rain on the original scheduled date) and all was sold on June 24th. The submissions were displayed in the hospital’s front lobby shop and on Facebook. We hope to be able to do the same next year.
Next year our tentative date for the 3rd Annual ‘Art in the Badlands’ Auction will be June 24th (a Thursday again). We’ll do it rain or shine – outdoors if it’s nice, indoors if it isn’t.
The Drumheller Area Health Foundation would like to thank the following for their Fine Art and Craft submissions:
Dan Weibe of WB Studios; Leila Bjerland of WB Studios; Janet Grabner of Caracol Clay Studio ; Rosalee Nimmo; Christeen Neffgen; Bertram Drilling Corporation; Mr. John Ryning; Mike Todor; Gwen Hampton of Mountain View Credit Union-Morrin Branch; Royal Sproule; Dianne Faulter; Home - Town Realty, Inc; Robert Haines; Amy Kuskee; Mark's Work Wearhouse; Harry and Di Stack of Scapa Log Works; Jane Dau; Bits and Pieces Keepsake Quilting; Nancy Guntrip; Gerda Sallows; Pioneer Trail Society; and Martha Lynn of Touch of Class Custom Quilting.

We’d also like to thank the following for their support by providing sponsorship, the Silent Auction submissions and the Raffle Items:

99.5 Drum FM; Gus and June Mattheis of Alberta Cottage Rest A-While Bed and Breakfast; Alberta Treasury Branch, Drumheller Branch; Mr. Nick Schinnour of Auto Sense Auto Parts/Allied Distributors; Joyce Bell; Bertram Drilling Corporation; Bill Cross Men's Shop; BMO - Bank Of Montreal, Drumheller Branch; The Calgary Flames Club; The Calgary Stampeders; The Canadian Badlands Passion Play; Chinook Credit Union of Drumheller; The Chop Shop; Curves of Drumheller; Drumheller Centre of Natural Foods; Dr. Ivan Chan of Drumheller Chiropractic Centre; Drumheller Co-Op Ltd; Drumheller Dragons Hockey Club - Drumheller Minor Hockey Association; Drumheller Equipment Sales; Drumheller Mail; Extra Foods, Drumheller; Gus's Corner Restaurant Inc.; H and H Optical (Drumheller) Ltd.; Highway 9 Express, Ltd. ; Karen Hansen; IGA Drumheller; Sherri and Don Tchir of Kneehill Creek Trees; Bev and Gary Krabsen; Darrell and Barb Steeves of Looking Good Fashions; Dr. and Mrs. Boris Nahornick; Old Grouch's; Janice Burke of Over The Rainbow Giftware; Q91 Country, Drumheller; RBC- Royal Bank Of Canada, Drumheller Branch; R and J Flowers (Specialties, Inc); Reality Bytes Of Drumheller; Rosebud Theatre; Cindy Malmberg of The Rosebud Theatre Gift Shop; The Royal Tyrell Museum Cooperating Society; Mr. Arsen Gincher of Shoppers Drug Mart, Drumheller Store #2346; SJ Fashions, Inc.; Joan Snyder;  Dave and Lori Powell of The Sports Room Source For Sports; Doug and Carol Stanford; Starland County; Strings and Things Drumheller; Wade's Jewellery Ltd;  Wave Electronics; Westergard Motors Drumheller; Yavis Family Restaurant; and many anonymous donors, Thanks so very much!

A huge thank-you goes to our tireless volunteers who answered questions in the display centre for the weeks prior to the auction and helped throughout the event:
Monica Sleep; Yvonne Friedley; Lynn Zacharuk; Maxine Popovich; Delphine Viczko; Rita Pallesen; Betty Montgomery and June Currie.

Special thanks to
Joan Snyder and Don Pontifex who organized all the art and silent auction submissions; Kathy Dudley for her tireless assistance throughout the planning and implementation of the event; Linda Krieger who coordinated the volunteers; Aaron Krabsen, who tickled the keyboard; Dr. Neffgen (maestro extraordinaire); Skip McArthur, our tireless auctioneer; Lisa Simmil and her recreation therapy assistants; and the wonderful Maintenance and Food Service workers who made things run so smoothly.

Let’s do this again next year!

Art in the Badlands - Auction items are coming in!

Donations for the Art in the Badlands auction have been coming in from our local artists. We now have works from Dan Weibe(see one of his to the left), and Leila Bjerland, with many more expected in the next few days. These items will be shown at the Drumheller Health Centre starting on Monday, June 14th.

We also have 5 quilts being shown in the centre hallway of the hospital. Shown here is the offering from Bit's and Pieces Keepsake Quilting called 'Japanese Lanterns'. It is a large 'throw' approximatetly 66 x 82 inches in size. We have quilts sized from Crib to King. Be sure to check out these lovely items. They, too, will be offered for auction and have been donated with no reserve! Be sure to arrive early enough to get a bidder's number so you can participate.

The silent auction has donations from our local businesses and what a selection there is! The Rosebud Theatre has donated tickets for 2 to their dinner theatre, the Badlands Passion Play has donated tickets for 2, the Calgary Stampeders and the Calgary Flames both have donated items and there are many more!

Doors open at 4:00pm on June 17th for the Silent auction and the live auction will begin at 5:30pm.

Donations - Caring for your health needs:

Thanks to the generous members of the community, the Drumheller Area Health Foundation has been able to purchase an ambulance, birthing bed, colonscope, CT Scan, Ultrasound and Cardiac Monitoring equipment plus a wide range of critical patient-care equipment and assistance.

Every donation is important and appreciated

But Best of All!

ALL donations stay in the Drumheller area!

Make a difference today and support healthcare in the Valley.

Thank you for your support.

About Us

The Drumheller Area Health Foundation seeks and administrates funds for the purchase of equipment and the enhancement of existing programs relating to health care in our area, not funded by Alberta Health Care.

The Foundation serves the greater Town of Drumheller, Alberta and the surrounding area including Kneeland County, Starland County, and Wheatland County with board representatives from these areas. The Board of Directors meets monthly and reviews requests for funding the various medical units associated with the Drumheller Health Centre. Our areas of interest include 'Enhancing the Patient Experience', 'Learning Advantage', 'Leading Through Innovations' and 'Living Well Staying Well' programs.

The lion's share of funding is raised from individuals, organizations, businesses and corporations. We depend on our constituents for the continued success of our fundraising

We are a non-profit charitable organization governed by the Societies Act of Alberta and registered through Revenue Canada's Registered Charities, BN# 89095 0041 RR 0001. Donations are recognized and receipted as such. Our incorporation was March 22, 1994 and since then we've been able to facilitate improvements to the care of Albertans by raising funds and purchasing a CT Scan, Ultrasound, ambulances and associated equipment, Cardiac Monitoring Equipment, Specialized Operating Room equipment, Emergency Room Equipment, 2 Healing Gardens, Palliative Care Equipment, Equipment for the Continuing Care Unit, care enhancements and equipment for the Cancer Centre, Lab equipment and much more. Best of all EVERY DOLLAR DONATED TO THE DRUMHELLER AREA HEALTH FOUNDATION STAYS IN DRUMHELLER.

Thank you for your interest in our organization. Please stay 'tuned' for event information and updates in the near future.