March 3, 2008
Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation > Media Room > March 3, 2008

Coast Capital Savings makes $250,000 gift to Emergency Centre Campaign

Surrey, B.C. – Canada’s second largest credit union has given to B.C.’s busiest E.R.

Coast Capital Savings has contributed $250,000 to Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation’s $15 million Emergency Centre Campaign. Coast Capital Savings has agreed to sponsor the waiting area of the new facility’s Children’s E.R., which is being designed to offer a safe and comfortable environment for both children and their parents.

“Coast Capital Savings has been giving to the hospital for as long as the Foundation has been around,” says Foundation President/CEO Jane Adams. “The Foundation is thrilled to receive another substantial donation from such a valued partner.”

“We are delighted to be able to contribute to the Children’s ER,” said Lloyd Craig, president and CEO of Coast Capital. “Investing in the health and wellness of children is also investing in the future of our community.”

Surrey Memorial Hospital’s current E.R. – the busiest in B.C. - was designed to handle about 44-thousand visits a year but has instead been seeing close to 70-thousand patients a year.

The new Emergency Centre, at triple the size of the current facility, will include a separate children’s E.R., as well as a separate mental health and addictions area, an enhanced minor treatment unit, and an improved area for acute patients.

The B.C. government has committed to funding the essentials of a replacement to Surrey Memorial Hospital’s current E.R. The Foundation’s $15-million campaign will ensure the new Emergency Centre is state-of-the-art.

Coast Capital Savings is Canada’s second largest credit union with $9.9 billion in assets, 380,000 members and 49 branches in the Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island regions of British Columbia. Product innovations from Coast Capital Savings include Canada’s first free chequing account from a full-service financial institution and the first business account in the country to offer unlimited transactions for a flat fee. The credit union is one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies and is designated a Caring Company by Imagine Canada.

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For more information or interviews, contact:
Jason Howe
Public Affairs Director
Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation
604-585-5666 ext 8284
cell: 604-613-6873
jason.howe[at]fraserhealth.ca