Lions Club’s Matching Gift
Matching campaign targets the Hospital Foundation’s Area of Greatest Need campaign.
Every day, the medical teams at Langley Memorial Hospital provide life-saving and life-changing care. As a community hospital, that care ranges from maternity care to urgent surgeries to diagnostic tests, such as MRIs and ultrasounds.
But the excellent care provided at LMH is only possible with the support of the community - residents, businesses, and vital local organizations like the Langley Lions Club.
On January 3, 2024 Langley's Lions Clubs presented a cheque for $50,000 to the Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation as a matching commitment for the Foundation's Area of Greatest Need campaign - funds that, when matched with the $57,086 in individual donations, will go a long way to supporting local health care close to home. The combined gift is from Lions Clubs International Foundation, Langley Lions Club, Fort Langley Lions Club and Aldergrove Lions Club.
Among the areas of urgent need targeted by the donation will be a state-of-the-art ultrasound that will replace an obsolete machine that simply can't provide the crisp, clear images needed for care teams to diagnose and treat an array of conditions.
"It is incredibly important that the community support their local hospital with urgent needs like this ultrasound, so that when people are ill or injured, they can be diagnosed quickly, and get the care they need to return to good health as soon as possible," says Ray Tremblay, Past President, Langley Lions Club.
The Area of Greatest Need campaign was founded to do just that - fund the hospital's current areas of greatest need. The capacity to purchase modern, state-of-the-art equipment to serve a growing and aging population often falls outside of funds provided by government health care resources and must be funded through the Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation.
"Community support is essential to ensuring Langley residents can get the care they need close to home and that the hospital has what it needs to care for the community in the timeliest manner," says Tim Staunton, the Foundation's Director of Philanthropy.
The longstanding support of organizations like the Lions is key.
"We've been very fortunate to have the Langley Lions' support for over 25 years," Staunton says, pointing to timely and essential donations like a new ventilator they provided during the pandemic.
"The response to last year's holiday campaign has been fantastic," Staunton says. "The community is very generous and supportive of local health care, and we are deeply grateful that the community has matched the Lions' generosity."
Beyond the new ultrasound, areas of urgent need are always evolving, and the Foundation maintains a list of requests from hospital teams.