Foundation History
Introduction
Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation was created in 1985 to receive and solicit funds for the Langley Memorial Hospital.
Funding
The Hospital's capital equipment requirements each year increasingly exceed provincial and municipal government funding. As the hospital adds programs and services, it must depend more and more on the Foundation to provide funds as government funding alone is not sufficient to cover all these costs. The Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to and actively involved in raising funds for the Langley Memorial Hospital and the healthcare needs of the Langley communities.
Annual Programs
The Foundation has become much more focused and active in its fundraising endeavours. Our Annual Giving Program provides opportunities for community support of the Hospital through such events as the Charity Gala, Annual Golf Tournament and Holiday Mailer.
The Foundation is continuing a community tradition of support for our local hospital dating back to 1943 when residents first began raising money to build the Langley Memorial Hospital.
Purpose
The purposes of the Society are:
- To assist with the provision of Health Care Services to those who live in the area of Langley, British Columbia, whether through direct medical services and facilities or medical research which enhances those services and facilities.
- To receive, invest and administer bequests, endowments, trusts, and other financial programs and investments the purpose of which are to fund the acquisition of capital equipment for Langley Memorial Hospital and other health services in the Langley community.
- To receive bequests, trusts, funds and property, and to hold, invest, administer, and distribute funds and property for the purposes of the Society as presently set out and for such other purposes and activities which are authorized for registered charities under the provision of the Income Tax Act. The directors in their sole and absolute discretion may refuse to accept any bequests, trusts, funds or property; and
- To exercise all powers as be necessarily ancillary to the fulfillment of the purposes of the Society.