The Grand River Hospital Foundation engages its communities to inspire their support of the people,

spaces, equipment and learning of Grand River Hospital. Through us the community funds the needs of

15 clinical programs at Grand River Hospital, one of Ontario’s largest community teaching hospitals.

We organize these 15 clinical programs that include regional cancer and renal programs, critical care,

emergency, pharmacy services, childbirth & children’s services, mental health & addiction services,

medicine, surgery, medical imaging, laboratory medicine, stroke, rehabilitation, and complex continuing

care into eight (8) Care Areas that we fund. As a Foundation, we are preparing to support the Hospital

not only with ongoing & regular equipment and program needs but also a significant new build, a new

innovation health sciences centre for the Region of Waterloo and beyond, through the Building the

Future of Care Together project, trailblazing with a very large fundraising “Community Share” goal as

mandated by provincial rules on Hospital building projects. In service and hospitality with our Guest

Services team we actively serve guests of the hospital through activating the community by running the

hospital volunteer program of more than 1000 active volunteers. These volunteers support many

departments throughout the hospital, our Welcome spaces at the main entrances of both campuses and

all over the community at events and with our partners. We are working to rally every member of our

communities to ensure world-class health care right here.