FCHS Foundation - Our History - 1984 - 2022

In October 1984, the forming of a fundraising committee of the hospital board with representation from the four counties catchment area had a goal to raise of $575,000.

By May 1986, the fundraising committee had raised $464,889, with a further $35,000 pledged. The committee had reached $500,000 or 86% of their goal.

The board realized then that fundraising for the hospital was going to be an ongoing need as equipment reached end of life or became obsolete. The need to replace or introduce new medical equipment continues to be paramount to this day, as governments do not provide funding for capital medical equipment.

In January 1987, the Four Counties General Hospital Foundation was established. The foundation was 'chartered' on April 22, 1987. The Role of the Foundation was to 'Generate, Receive, Manage and Disburse' donations to Four Counties General Hospital.

Some statistics that may be of interest, funds raised from January 1987 to March 2022 are over $11.1M in donations plus investment and interest income of $1.35M for a total of $12.4M.

Over this same period, FCHS Hospital has received over $8.8M for projects and medical equipment funded by your donation via the foundation.

The foundation continues to maintain and hold funds in various investments.

In 1997 when the Hospital name changed to Four Counties Health Services, the foundation also changed our name to Four Counties Health Services Foundation.

Fund raising for 2022/2023 includes several pieces of equipment to be located in the Emergency, Diabetes, Lab, IT, In Patient Departments for a total of $260,899.