Previous Campaigns: HYDRECS Special Projects

HYDRECS (BC Hydro Employees' Community Services Fund) special projects are awarded to charitable agencies each year. HYDRECS features these Special Project agencies during the two-month annual employee/retiree campaign.

HYDRECS has supported the following agencies through 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

2008 HYDRECS Campaign
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
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, BC $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, BC $10,000 toward the construction of a Snoezelen Sensory Room.
2006 HYDRECS Campaign
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
2005 HYDRECS Campaign
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 (BC 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
2004 HYDRECS Campaign
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
2003 HYDRECS Campaign
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
2002 HYDRECS Campaign (prior to 2002, regional project funding rotated between the regions outside of the Lower Mainland)
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

Last Modified: February 4, 2008