Our Stories
"Cardiovascular health is important for everyone, regardless of your age, and I think that the Royal Alex and the CK Hui Heart Centre do an incredible job at providing cutting edge therapies to patients and their families."
When women are forced to spend days, weeks, and sometimes even months on bedrest in the hospital due to complications during their pregnancy it is not only their physical medical needs that need to be addressed. Caring for a patient's…
When mental health services are set up, the focus is naturally on the client. But there are often unaddressed stresses experienced by those closest to a person experiencing mental illness or addiction: their family.
“When I share with people that more women will die of lung cancer, nearly 70%, than breast cancer at 18% they are shocked. After his own lung cancer diagnosis Tim Monds is on a personal mission to spread awareness about the lung…
“I am so grateful to the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation for their support, and to Dr. Tyrrell and Dr. Cheung, not only for their training but their support as well. I never thought that this would happen and I am very thankful.”
“The Stollery Charitable Foundation has a long history of supporting the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation and we have faith and trust them to administer the projects that we fund.”
Gifts to the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation come in many shapes and sizes and are valued, appreciated and celebrated in our annual report. This year, however, we are doing things a little differently.
BRA Day Edmonton, hosted by the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation, in partnership with local reconstruction experts and the Canadian Cancer Society, is designed to help women with questions about breast reconstruction easily find…
From October 5th to November 1st, the Shoppers Drug Mart LOVE YOU program will be collecting donations at twenty-six local Edmonton and area locations all in support of a seventh operating room at the Lois Hole Hospital for Women.
In its final act of community support before closing its doors on more than 108 years of community service, the Women's Canadian Club of Edmonton made a significant contribution to the Lois Hole Hospital for Women.
Each year droves of Edmonton's most notable citizens reunite after the summer to welcome the harvest season. Harvest Celebration, now in its ninth year, is the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation's gala supporting the Lois Hole Hospital…
Director of Communications for the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation Lindsay Peddle named in the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) 2019 40 Under 40 list.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation extends heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and former colleagues of Dr. Bill Black, who passed away August 24.
When Jackson Johnston's parents Chris and Kate asked their son what he wanted for his ninth birthday his answer was one that warmed their hearts, and one that would benefit some of the city's smallest and sickest patients.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation is once again pleased to share Honour Roll; a celebration of you - our donors!
Patients and families with adult addiction and mental health concerns in the Edmonton area can now access services through a single point of contact.
Women now have access to an enhanced treatment for certain gynecological cancers with a new state-of-the-art attachment to the da Vinci surgical robot at the Royal Alexandra Hospital’s Lois Hole Hospital for Women.
The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation (EOCF) announced today a $1 million donation over five years to the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation to purchase a Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography (PET/CT) Scanner.…
According to the World Health Organization, one in three women are affected by mental health disorders like depression and anxiety, [i] a statistic that doubles that of men.[ii] In its sixth year, the Shoppers LOVE. YOU. Run for…
"The Royal Alexandra Hospital provided us with the first glimpse of our daughter's hair, her fingers, her little body. We were so impressed with the technology and the care we received that we wanted to give back by becoming lifelong…