Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation has successfully completed its most ambitious fundraising campaign to date, raising $18.25 million to build a new state-of-the-art long-term care facility.
The foundation launched its ambitious “Coming Home” campaign — the organization's largest-ever fundraising effort — in June of 2023, at the same time as the province announced it would be constructing a new facility to replace the aging Mountain View Manor adjacent to Delta Hospital.
“Thanks to the incredible generosity of our supporters, we have reached our original goal of $18.25 million in under two years of launching our campaign,” FHCHF executive director Lisa Hoglund said in a press release.
“Our community’s unwavering commitment has made this vision a reality in record time. While we’ve achieved our initial goal, there is still an opportunity to contribute and help ensure the highest standard of care for our seniors."
Mountain View Manor opened in 1977 and currently serves 92 residents. The new 200-bed facility will more than double capacity and offer a modern, home-like environment focused on small “households” accommodating 12 or 13 residents, each with their own single-bed room and bathroom, according to a Ministry of Health press release.
These units will also feature social and recreational spaces found in a typical home, such as a living room, dining room, activity space and access to the outdoors.
There will also be community spaces and services for residents, families, visitors and staff, including art and activity rooms, a hair salon and a sacred space.
Plus, a 32-space adult day program (to be named in recognition of the the Delta Hospital Auxiliary Society’s $3-million donation in January of 2024 — a record amount for the auxiliary and one of the largest donations ever made by a hospital auxiliary in B.C.) and an innovative 49-space standalone childcare facility will foster opportunities for intergenerational programming.
The Beedie Long Term Care Centre — named in recognition of Ryan and Cindy Beedie's $5-million donation (the largest in the hospital foundation’s history) — will be built, owned and operated by Fraser Health Authority on currently vacant land next to the hospital.
Capital costs are being covered by $179.7 million from the Ministry of Health, supported by the funds raised by the hospital foundation.
“On behalf of the board of directors, I am incredibly proud of this tremendous accomplishment and the profound impact this project will have on our community,” foundation board chair Andrew Jackson said in a press release.
“Thanks to our generous donors, construction is now underway, and we are one step closer to redefining the standard of senior living in Delta.”
Early work including site preparation and parking modifications has begun, and the east gravel parking lot at Delta Hospital will be temporarily closed for around two months while it is being paved.
Construction is expected to be completed in 2027.
The foundation is still accepting donations to fund equipment and other needs at the Beedie Long Term Care Centre. To learn more, visit dhchfoundation.ca/capital-campaign.
