Want to join an exciting and upbeat team this summer? The Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation is looking for a top-notch, event coordinator who is detail oriented, enthusiastic and able to assist with a variety of events and fundraising projects.

The successful candidate will work with the Director of Events to: coordinate events, implement set-up, staging, seating, parking and communication plans as well as all event related details; coordinate, recruit and supervise volunteers; to research new registration systems; assist with writing and implement marketing and promotional plans. The successful candidate must have access to a vehicle, be willing to work evenings and weekends (as determined by events), be flexible and able to self manage

To be eligible for this position, you must be:

• be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment;
• have been registered as full-time students in the previous academic year and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year;
• be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; and,
• be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations
• speak, read and write English
• be proficient in Microsoft Office applications, be familiar with social media and other technology tools and approaches

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to info@erhf.ca. Please quote “Event Coordinator Application” in the subject line of your email. We thank everyone for their interest in this position; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The Editor,

Frequently, it seems, we hear bad news about patient experiences in some B.C. hospitals. Our family knows something about this personally.

Happily, our experiences with Eagle Ridge Hospital over the years since it opened in 1984 have been good ones, with high-quality service in a welcoming environment from a thoroughly professional medical staff.

We want to see our Tri-Cities health centre develop so it has the resources to continue to deliver such fine outcomes to patients whose numbers are increasing with changing demographics and a growing population in Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra.

That’s one reason, as a volunteer supporting the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, I was pleased to join a community advisory group providing input to a team developing a Master Concept Plan for ERH through a project jointly sponsored by the foundation and the Fraser Health Authority.

At a recent workshop, the group heard about significant progress in this project, with clinical needs and desires being identified and with base engineering and architectural work being done so priorities for the growth of ERH can be fully and properly established perhaps by mid-year.

At least two members of the advisory group have personal stories of life-saving attention at ERH. They have no hesitation in expressing pride in ERH and its competent, dedicated and, as one said, “all too humble” team of medical service providers.

The FHA team demonstrated their professionalism and their willingness to listen to and encourage feedback from the community as they seek to set out priorities for the next five, 10 and 20 years.

Then there will be a need for the community to support of a capital plan to help fund the growth at a site the architects and engineers believe offers excellent opportunities to create a super wellness environment for staff, patients and visitors.

I encourage anyone in our community with good ideas to communicate them to the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, Fraser Health or ERH. It’s worth the effort to keep this valuable resource strong and healthy.

Jim Peacock, Port Moody

Your generous gift will now help countless patients:

• attain mobility when they are least able to move
• prevent bed sores
• prevent infections like pneumonia
• improve nursing with new technology at the bedside

On behalf of the patients who will benefit from this special bed at Eagle Ridge Hospital, as well as the compassionate staff who strive to give patients the best medical care, thank you for helping us make a difference in the lives of so many in our community!

Donna Osachuk, RN
Clinical Nurse Educator,
Monitored Care Unit, ERH

3 Tri-Cities locations to choose! Barnet Hwy, Coquitlam Centre or Port Coquitlam near Costco.
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 pm.

Volunteers also welcome. Contact us at info@erhf.ca

? Join us!

Because of your generous gift:

• Your friends, family and neighbours can receive diagnosis at Eagle Ridge Hospital
• Patients no longer need to be transferred out of the Tri-Cities area for treatment of ureteral tumours, kidney tumours and in the future, kidney stones.

On behalf of my son and I, thank you for donating to the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation.

Dr. Brian Yang
BSc (hon), MD, FRCSC, Urology
Eagle Ridge Hospital

Date: Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Location: Port Moody Social Rec Centre
Start Time: 9:00 a.m.

Go to www.phoenixrunningclub.com for more information. Chip timing. All ages welcome!

For the first time, Canadians across the country will have an online tool to help them figure out which hospitals have stronger track records for treatment after major surgery, heart attack or stroke.

A new interactive website produced by the Canadian Institute of Health Information will allow patients to compare how their local hospitals are performing on different measures of patient care. These include in-hospital death rates after major surgery, acute heart attack and stroke; re-admissions following hip or knee replacement; and even the incidence of bed sores, falls and other “nursing-sensitive adverse events.”

Read the full article on Canada.com.

$22,000 was raised from our generous community this past year to purchase these Event recorders.

6 Tri-City Restaurants will feature an “Eat Your Heart Out” Menu with $10 from each dinner going to the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. Feature menus available by reservation only. Reserve at your restaurant of choice.

Click here for more information and to view the feature menus.

On the burrito weight scale Mayor Moore’s burrito was beefier but the judges deemed Alison’s burrito had the most flavour!

Come on out January 20th – 22nd where a dollar from every burrito sold at Taco Del Mar will be donated to Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation!

Saturday, Jan 21st  – See our Fire Fighters from all three districts compete for bragging rights on the 5 Pound Burrito Challenge! 

Thank you Taco Del Mar for donating back 1 dollar for every burrito sold to Eagle Ridge Hospital January 20 – 22nd!

Photos from the Event

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