Celebrate HOPE
“I want to thank all of you as donors. I am a result of your giving.”
– George, former St. Paul’s Hospital patient
ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018 Celebrate FAMILY
The Mills became part of our St. Paul’s family when Barbara gave her son-in-law a kidney so he could watch his son grow up. Read their story at helpstpauls.com/mills.
2 | ANNUAL REPORT | 2017 - 2018 Contents
Leadership 4
Highlights 5
Financials 14
Governance 15
Acknowledgements 16 Message from LEADERSHIP
What an honour to look back on a year defined the foundation for the new St. Paul’s within by innovation, achievement, and compassion the Jim Pattison Medical Centre. right across the Foundation. As we reflect on the many accomplishments, one word comes Noteworthy alliances. We marked the first to mind: celebration. Truly, this year’s highlight year since the amalgamation of St. Paul’s reel is one to celebrate. Foundation and Tapestry Foundation. It is a privilege to raise funds for enhanced patient Providence Health Care (PHC) launched a care, capital projects, equipment needs, compassionate new approach to elder care. research, teaching and innovation to improve We supported a ground-breaking new clinic the care of patients across all Providence at St. Paul’s for people with mental health Health Care hospitals and residences in and substance use challenges. PHC became British Columbia. a founding member of Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster. And that’s Annual traditions. In November, we not all. Here are a few more of our most celebrated the 20th anniversary of St. Paul’s inspiring milestones: inspiring Lights of Hope campaign. Thanks to you, we raised $3.1 million to support the Unprecedented generosity. We received greatest needs of our patients, residents, and one of the largest private donations caregivers. Not long after that, we hosted in Canadian history with Jim Pattison’s Feast of Fortune to welcome the Lunar New transformative $75 million gift to the Year. And again, your generosity helped us Foundation. His donation will literally lay raise more than $900,000 to purchase an
4 | ANNUAL REPORT | 2017 - 2018 ultra-high-tech mammography machine for brand new St. Paul’s. Thank you, Dianne: you the Providence Breast Centre at Mount Saint inspired us with your leadership and guidance. Joseph Hospital (MSJ). Extraordinary donors. Everything you see New beginnings. We are delighted to in this report is a celebration of our donors’ welcome Fiona Dalton, the new President & generosity, and the crucial role you have played CEO of PHC. Fiona brings us almost 25 years in our many achievements. Together, we are experience leading complex, publicly-funded building the future of health care and that’s health care organizations, notably with the yet another reason to celebrate. Thank you. UK’s National Health Service.
Fond farewells. We bid a very fond farewell to Dianne Doyle, who began a well-earned retirement after 12 years as PHC’s President & CEO. Dianne was a tireless advocate for DICK VOLLET KATHRYN YOUNG improving the hospital’s aging infrastructure President and CEO Board Chair and she leaves us having set the stage for a