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RIH Foundation | Doan Honorary Chair Announcement

In support of the New Patient Care Tower at the Royal Inland Hospital, Shane and Andrea Doan have been named Honorary Chairs of the 'Together We Rise' campaign, to assist the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation in achieving its $35-million fundraising goal

We hope you enjoy watching this announcement video we created, and learning more about the Doans and their love for Kamloops!

RIH Grateful Patient | Richelle Velestuk

Richelle Velestuk was brave enough to tell her family's story as part of the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation Grateful Patient campaign. A story that showcases the amazing work the team in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Royal Inland Hospital does day in and day out.

The compassion, grace and expertise of the NICU team is relied upon by so many families every year, and this responsibility isn't taken lightly. Thank you to the staff at RIH for all you do, and thank you to the Velestuk family for being brave enough to share your experience with us.

#SocializeSafely Campaign | Emma Christy

“My name is Emma Christy, I am 23 years old and I recently tested positive for COVID-19”

Interviewing Emma and creating this video made me realize just how easy it is to contract COVID-19. It also reiterated that the guidelines aren’t so much about keeping ourselves safe, but keeping the vulnerable populations within our community safe.

Socialize Safely | RIH Foundation

One of our recent videos for the Covid-19 #socializesafely campaign launched by the RIH Foundation.  This shoot brought on a host of new challenges for me, especially being Australian and never having filmed on ice before, I definitely felt like I was in unknown territory for the first few minutes.  Thank goodness for ice shoe grips…they work like a charm 😂

A huge thank you to Logan Stankoven from the Kamloops Blazers, who absolutely nailed his acting debut and put up with me asking him to repeat the same action for the camera about a million times from multiple different angles!  What a champ!

Ultimately, I am very grateful to have been a part of this project and to be involved in promoting a message of such huge importance during this critical time.