Flowers are lovely. But a charitable gift lasts. A donation in memory or in honour creates a powerful legacy that has a lasting impact.
Donate to support VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, the leading charity investing in health care innovation in BC.
Your generosity helps fuel groundbreaking research, future cures and world‑class care.
Celebrate a life. Honour someone special. Save lives across BC.
This is the power of VGH+ You.
Ways to Honour and Celebrate Someone Special
Create a Fundraiser
Start a personal fundraising page to celebrate their life with the people who loved them.
Create a FundraiserDonate in Honour
Honour a physician, nurse or health care team member who provided world-class care.
Donate in HonourDonate in Memory. Celebrate their Life.
A gift in memory is a meaningful way to honour someone you love. Your donation fuels the brightest minds, drives breakthroughs and supports better care for patients across BC.
When you give, we can send out a card, e‑card or printed letter for their family — a simple gesture that brings comfort and shows their impact lives on.
Donate in MemoryCreate a Fundraiser in Memory of Your Loved One
Start a personal fundraising page to celebrate their life with the people who loved them.
Share a custom link. Invite friends and family to give in lieu of flowers.
Plus, we can provide donation forms for the celebration‑of‑life or memorial services to make it easy for others to celebrate them.
Create a Memorial FundraiserDonate in Honour
Honour a physician, nurse or health care team member who provided exceptional care. Your donation recognizes their impact — and helps others receive the same world‑class care.
We’ll also send out a card, e‑card or printed letter for your honouree to know they made a difference.
Donate in HonourCreate a Fundraiser in Honour of Someone Special
Start a fundraiser to celebrate someone amazing. Your dedicated page is easy to set up and helps your gratitude go further. Share it to amplify their impact. Save lives across BC.
Create a FundraiserIn Memory of Joseph
Drs. Peter and Stephanie Chung have donated $1 million to advance epilepsy care and research at VGH in memory of their late son, Joseph, who lived with epilepsy and autism. This pledge will strengthen VGH’s Epilepsy Program by improving patient care with specialized staff and new diagnostic equipment, supporting the fellowship program, providing additional training to clinic staff, and bolstering research for epilepsy treatment. Join Peter and Stephanie Chung in improving lives across BC.
Donate in MemoryWe’re Here to Help
Obituary Language
Encourage donations in lieu of flowers by including the suggested wording in a published obituary or memorial service program. If you created your own memorial fundraising page, we recommend using your custom link in the wording below.
Suggested obituary wording:
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in memory of [name] to support VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. Donate at vghfoundation.ca/donate, by calling 604-875-4676 or by mailed cheque made out to VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation (190-855 West 12th Ave, Vancouver, V5Z 1M9).
Brochures and Custom Donation Forms
Brochures and personalized donation slips for both memorial and celebratory events are available for those who prefer to donate offline. These forms are provided with postage-paid envelopes to make donating as easy as possible.
Please email giving@vghfoundation.ca for more information or to have a sample package sent to you or a funeral home.
Contact Us
For more information about our services or to make an offline donation, please email giving@vghfoundation.ca or call 604-875-4676.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions about giving in honour or memory of someone special
As Vancouver Coastal Health’s primary philanthropic partner, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation raises funds for VGH, UBC Hospital, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre and Vancouver Community Health Services. Donations fund groundbreaking research, world-class health care teams and life-saving treatments for the most complex cases across the province.
Yes – Please email us at giving@vghfoundation.ca or call 604-875-4676 for more information.
Yes – As long as the donor can provide an email or mailing address for the recipient you wish to notify, we can send an email or a letter. The notification includes donor name, donor email address (mailing address if email unknown) and special message (optional). We cannot send a notification unless a recipient name and email or mailing address is provided. We do not provide donation amounts to recipients unless we have received donor consent or it has been explicitly requested by the donor.
Please note there are exceptions for Memorial or in Honour fundraising pages, please see question below for clarity.
If you prefer to keep your name and donation amount anonymous when supporting a fundraising page, please ensure you use both of the ‘Hide my name from the public’ and ‘Hide my donation amount from the public’ checkboxes on the donation form. If these checkboxes are not enabled when the donation is submitted, your name and donation amount will be viewable by the person who created the page, and the public donor scroll.
Yes – A tax receipt will be sent to the email or mailing address provided with the donation, with the exception to group donations.
Yes – Please email us at giving@vghfoundation.ca or call 604-875-4676 for more information.
The quickest way to send a notification is to donate online and use our “Dedicate my donation in honour or in memory” checkbox function. This will provide an option to send an eCard instantly as long as you can provide an email address to the person you wish to notify.
Yes – we would be happy to create one for you. Please email us at giving@vghfoundation.ca or call 604-875-4676 for more information.
Ways to Honour and Celebrate Someone Special
Create a Fundraiser
Start a personal fundraising page to celebrate their life with the people who loved them.
Create a FundraiserDonate in Honour
Honour a physician, nurse or health care team member who provided world-class care.
Donate in HonourHow to Give
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