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Niagara Health Foundation invites you to join our annual Celebration of Lights to celebrate recovery, support healing and honour someone special. When you make a donation to the Celebration of Lights, every dollar raised stays right here in Niagara and goes towards urgently needed equipment at our local hospitals.
When you make a gift of $50 or more, you can add the name of a loved one to a paper light bulb or our virtual tree to cheer them on in their recovery or to celebrate their memory.
Latest Stories
January 18, 2024
The Niagara Health Foundation and Niagara Health proudly announce a monumental step forward in healthcare as the Marotta family has pledged to make a transformational contribution to the St. Catharines hospital of $15 million. The Marotta family's generous donation will significantly impact the future of care at the St. Catharines hospital, fostering innovation, enhancing services and vitally-needed equipment upgrades that will benefit our community for generations to come.
January 2, 2024
“Everybody gets sick some time. Even if it’s not you personally, then you have a friend or a relative and want them to have great care!” For Niagara Health Foundation supporter Kim K., giving to your local hospital is a no-brainer. The Niagara Falls resident has had several surgeries over the years and says she couldn’t be more grateful for the staff at the different hospital sites.
December 20, 2023
At this time one year ago, Ashley was expecting her second child and was busy planning the holidays with her husband and their then one-year-old son Henry. In February, 2023, Ashley went to the St. Catharines hospital for her 9:30am C-section, ready to hold her newborn baby. Towards the end of her C-section, her doctor called for a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) team member, sensing that Ashley’s little boy was going to need a little bit more help. “It was such a good call by my doctor because as it turns out, Charley needed to go to the NICU right away,” Ashley remembers.
December 17, 2023
Life was good when Barbara headed to the racetrack with her husband for a Father’s Day outing earlier this year. About halfway through the afternoon, Barbara put her head on her husband’s shoulder. That simple moment would be one of the last things she remembers about that day. Barbara couldn’t move her left leg or left arm and the left side of her face was drooping. A friend rushed to get a first responder and 911 was called. Barbara was having a stroke.
December 12, 2023
Eight years ago, Alan was feeling terrible for quite some time and couldn’t figure out what was happening. Eventually it got so bad that he had to call an ambulance. “I was almost passing out,” he remembers. After several tests, he was given news that would change his life forever. “My doctor told me that my kidney was failing and that I would need dialysis treatment,” Alan remembers. “That was quite a shock.”
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Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the land on which we work is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today.
This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Agreement.
Today this gathering place is home to many First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and acknowledging reminds us that our great standard of living is directly related to the resources and friendship of Indigenous people.
