TB Vets Gives Over $5,500 Grant To Burnaby’s St. Michael’s Centre

Burnaby, B.C. – TB Vets Charitable Foundation, a Burnaby-based registered charity, recently provided $5,589 to St. Michael’s Centre for the purchase of six portable oxygen concentrators and six nebulizers.

Each year, TB Vets provides funding to B.C. medical facilities to purchase vitally needed respiratory equipment that gives better diagnostic services, treatment, early detection, and patient services for those being treated with respiratory ailments and in respiratory distress. They also provide grants for tuberculosis and other respiratory research. This past year, more than $350,000 has been donated to hospitals and research facilities throughout the province.

“Generous donors to TB Vets Charitable Foundation have helped fellow British Columbians with breathing difficulties for more than 60 years,” says Executive Director, Ron Goyette. “There are immediate and often lifesaving results from the financial support that TB Vets receives. We would like to thank all of our donors; it is this support that allows us to award grants to these deserving organizations.”

Lara Fares, Resident Services Coordinator at St. Michael’s Centre, noted that this equipment will assist patients being treated with respiratory problems. “With increased demand for health services and the pressures on hospital budgets, this funding from TB Vets is very welcome indeed,” said Ms. Elias. “Our foundation is grateful that TB Vets was able to respond to our hospital’s needs.”

TB Vets donated $5,589 to St. Michael’s Centre for the purchase of six portable oxygen concentrators and six nebulizers. In 2008, TB Vets donated more than $350,000 to hospitals and research facilities throughout the province to help those in respiratory distress.

TB Vets Charitable Foundation receives no government funding. Donations to their annual Key Tag Campaign and other initiatives allow TB Vets to help children and adults across B.C. in respiratory distress. Since 1946, TB Vets has provided grants in excess of $10 million to purchase vital respiratory equipment in B.C. hospitals, fund local respiratory research and education, and support the training of future Respiratory Therapists. TB Vets also provides employment for people with disabilities, in honour of the disabled veterans who founded TB Vets. For more information on TB Vets or to find out how to donate or volunteer, please call 604-874-5636 or visit www.tbvets.org.

Shown left to right are: Bing Lee, a St. Michael’s Centre resident and Jane Harding, Planned Giving Officer, TB Vets.