2024 Annual Report

Advancing care for better lives

Message from our leaders

More firsts for healthcare in Calgary We all deserve healthy, happy lives, with access to world-leading healthcare right here in our city. Advancing that vision is why our team at Calgary Health Foundation comes to work each day. We strive to make a meaningful impact on people’s lives through better healthcare for everyone.

We are very grateful for the strategic leadership and thoughtful guidance Sandy Edmonstone offered as Calgary Health Foundation’s Board Chair over the past four years and throughout his 14 years on our Board. We are also thankful to Board Vice Chair Sarah Kennedy, who was appointed Interim Board Chair and has been involved with Calgary Health Foundation for over 11 years. The transition of Calgary Health Foundation Board leadership was completed in April. Thanks to their hard work and dedication, our staff are meaningfully impacting the lives of people in our community every day. As you will see throughout this report, donor contributions have a direct impact on advancing care and improving patients’ lives—now and in the future. Thank you to our donors, partners, staff, and volunteers. Your support all adds up to more firsts for more people, helping us advance care for better lives.

Welcome to Calgary Health Foundation’s 2023-2024 Annual Impact Report, “More firsts made possible.” This report shows how, thanks to your support, more people have been able to enjoy life’s big moments and milestones. We have seen more medical advancements, more breakthroughs, and more firsts for healthcare in Calgary. Over the past year, we celebrated some great firsts and ensured significant advancements for the future. Thanks to close collaboration with our stakeholders and the generosity of our donors, we have approved funding—and are actively fundraising for—four transformational and innovative initiatives in minimally invasive surgery. Each of these four initiatives will employ leading-edge technology, resulting in shorter hospital stays and faster recovery times, decreasing the potential for complications, and ultimately enhancing patients’ quality of life while reducing costs to our healthcare system. Through collaboration, philanthropy, and strategic investment, Calgary Health Foundation enables new levels of excellence across the entire healthcare system.

Rob Peabody Board Chair

Murray Sigler President & CEO

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