Every year, HYDRECS (BC Hydro Employees' Community Services) provides project funding to a number of charities, and each year we identify five Special Projects for support. These are more intensive plans that are promoted during our annual two-month BC Hydro employee/retiree fundraising campaign. Here's how we disperse Special Project funding:
- Provincial project funding up to $100,000
- Regional project funding:
- Up to $30,000 for the Lower Mainland
- Up to $10,000 for Vancouver Island
- Up to $10,000 for Northern
- Up to $10,000 for the South Interior
We've been proud to support the following charities through HYDRECS Special Project funding.
| 2008 HYDRECS Campaign |
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| Provincial | BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities
HYDRECS is funding renovations to the kitchen at Camp Squamish Easter Seals Camp. | | Lower Mainland | Lower Mainland Habitat for Humanity, Greater Vancouver
Funding will support the purchase of a three-stage electric forklift with charger for use in ReStores located in Burnaby and servicing Greater Vancouver area. ReStores accepts donations of new and used building materials and sells them to the public at bargain prices. Profits pay operating costs and help build local Habitat for Humanity homes. ReStores holds building surplus materials for sale to customers for building renovations (sold at cost to low income families). | | South Interior | Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Foundation
Funding will support the purchase of fetal heart monitors for monitoring of mothers during their pregnancy to ensure the health and condition of the unborn babies and their mothers. The Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital serves 80,000 residents. | | Northern | Hudson's Hope Health Care and Housing Society
Funding will support the Hudson's Hope Health Care and Housing Society with part of the purchase of a Kodak CR825 x-ray machine serving 1,100 people from expectant mothers, babies, children, adults and elderly. This will lead to diagnosis that will be much faster and regional specialists will have immediate access to images. | | Vancouver Island | Nanaimo Unique Kids
Funding will support the purchase of a coach from Variety Club Sunshine Coast for transporting people to and from summer camp. Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization (NUKO) is a registered non-profit organization in Nanaimo formed by a group of parents of children with neuro-developmental disabilities like ASD. | | 2007 HYDRECS Campaign |
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| Provincial | Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation. $100,000 to the delivery of CPR training to all grade ten students across British Columbia. | | Lower Mainland | St. Vincent's Health Care Foundation, Vancouver. $30,000 to support the electrical upgrade at Marion Hospice located across from Vancouver General Hospital. | | South Interior | Castlegar and District Public Library Association, Castlegar. $10,000 to upgrade the ramp that leads to the front door of the library and install three push buttons for automatic access. | | Northern | BC Schizophrenia Society, Prince George. $10,000 to support the purchase of equipment and launch a new lawn maintenance program within their Skills Development Employment program. | | Vancouver Island | Our Place Society, Victoria. $10,000 to purchase new furniture and equipment for the bed/sitting rooms in their new facility that provides resources including housing for the homeless and employment assistance. | | 2006 HYDRECS Campaign |
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| Provincial | VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation.
$100,000 for the purchase of two specialized pieces of cancer skin care equipment. | | Lower Mainland | Salvation Army – Belkin House, Vancouver, B.C.
$27,000 for the purchase of kitchen equipment for their Food Services Pre-Employment program. | | South Interior | Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), Various
$10,000 for the purchase of a closed circuit TV reader and laptop for a portable unit that travels between communities in the South Interior. | | Northern | Canadian Cancer Society, Cops for Cancer, Various
$10,000 for the purchase of eight bicycles for eight day the fundraising event between Prince George and Prince Rupert. | | Vancouver Island | BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilites, Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
$10,000 toward the construction of a Snoezelen Sensory Room. | | 2005 HYDRECS Campaign |
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| Provincial | The Zajac Foundation: the Zajac Ranch Project, Stave Lake, B.C. | | Lower Mainland | Vancouver Community College: certification program in IT for visually impaired adults | | South Interior | Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital & Health (KBRH) Foundation: MRI Close to Home Campaign | | Northern | Canadian Red Cross, Prince George: Medical Equipment Loan Program | | Vancouver Island | Haven Society: A Society for Women & Children: the Transition Housing Program | | 2004 HYDRECS Campaign |
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| Provincial | Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia: BC Crisis Line Network – 1 800 SUICIDE prevention phone line | | Lower Mainland | Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS): construction of a dormitory to house clients during the training period with their new assistance dogs | | South Interior | The Canadian Red Cross Society (B.C. Southern Interior region): medical equipment loan service | | Northern | Dawson Creek & District Hospital Foundation: purchase of a bone densitometer | | Vancouver Island | Greater Victoria Hospitals Foundation: digital mammography unit for Victoria General Hospital | | 2003 HYDRECS Campaign |
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| Provincial | BC Women's Hospital: purchase of breast ultra sound machine | | Lower Mainland | Pacific Riding for the Disabled: construction of a riding arena and paddocks | | South Interior | Vernon Jubiliee Hospital Foundation: Ray of Hope Campaign – Holmium Laser | | Northern | Mills Memorial Hospital: ophthalmic operating microscope | | Vancouver Island | Ty Watson Home Foundation: renovations to Ty Watson Hospice House | | 2002 HYDRECS Campaign |
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| Provincial | Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, B.C. Division: Equipment Load Cupboard program | | Lower Mainland | St. James Community Services Society: HYDRECS Healing Room in Florence Apartments | | South Interior | Kindale Development Association: construction of the B.C. Interior Assistive Devices Resource Centre | | Northern | Quesnel & District Palliative Care: three specialized beds | | Vancouver Island | Cowichan Distrist Hospital Foundation: CT Injector Project | 2001 HYDRECS Campaign
(prior to 2001, regional project funding rotated between the regions outside of the Lower Mainland) |
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| Provincial | Down Syndrome Research Foundation: Research Foundation and Resource Centre | | Lower Mainland | The Autism Society of BC: Purchase of capital equipment and outreach program | | Vancouver Island | Campbell River Hospital Foundation: purchase of specialized surgical instrumentation for Urology |
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