WHY SUPPORT MIHCA?

Your donations, memberships, legacy considerations, and in memoriam contributions help us acquire new technologies and equipment that may not be funded by Island Health but benefit health care delivery in remote communities like ours. Your donations also help us purchase furnishings for the Health Centre and support the costs of its ongoing operation.

Every dollar we invest stays in the Health Centre benefits Mayne Islanders and enhances our health care services. And through MIHCA, every acquisition we make belongs to the community.

When you donate to MIHCA you are also supporting the health and well-being of our entire community through the education and training programs we sponsor.

As a non-profit society, MIHCA’s board is made up of community volunteers, so any administration costs we incur are minimal. That means your dollars go further.

Your donations and memberships helped fund the construction of the Health Centre in 1976, the first addition in 1996 and the Emergency Room addition in 2013. You also helped fund the acquisition of an Electronic Medical Records System (and continue to help us fund its ongoing maintenance costs), most of the AEDs around the island (and their continuing maintenance costs) and community outreach programs like the annual First Aid Training we sponsor.

You will receive a tax receipt for donations of $20 or more.

Annual membership dues are $10/person or $20/family. As a member, you will receive regular updates from MIHCA and our Mayne Island Medical Team, the monthly clinic schedule, the latest COVID-19 news and links to other relevant health care information.

MIHCA needs a robust membership to maintain its status as a non-profit society, and your membership also adds depth to our community’s voice when we advocate for new services or apply for grants to enhance our health services on Mayne. So please become a member of MIHCA and help support our Health Centre and health care programs on Mayne.

Pictured below: New Emergency Room built in 2013. Mayne Islanders donated more than $100,000 to fund this expansion project. The community’s generosity not only achieved our initial fund-raising goal to build a new emergency room, but helped us equip it as well.

And our AED (Automated External Defibrillators) fund-raising campaign in 2017 allowed us to purchase several new units that are installed around the island. Placing them outside at each location makes them available 24/7.

Thank you Victoria Foundation! 

Over the years, the Victoria Foundation has been the source of many grants that support our community. In late 2020, we received a generous grant from the Victoria Foundation to upgrade the computers at our Health Centre. This vital grant was part of the Victoria Foundation’s forward-thinking COVID-19 Community Recovery Program. The COVID-19 pandemic has been the catalyst of a shift in how health care is delivered, especially in rural communities like ours, and the Victoria Foundation’s grant is helping us acquire the robust technology we need to support that shift now and as it expands in the future.

And thank you TB Vets!

We are extremely grateful to TB Vets for their generous grant in 2021 that allowed us to purchase two Oxygen Concentrators for the Health Centre and Field Hospital’s use. The two existing oxygen tanks at the Health Centre must be refilled from off-island. The two new oxygen sources are portable and function via an electric outlet, so in addition to day-to-day use, these two units will be invaluable in an emergency situation when the oxygen tanks can’t be refilled. We were very fortunate to have been a recipient of TB Vets’ generosity.