About Us

The primary purpose of the Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) is to enhance the quality of healthcare available to the citizens of Chatham-Kent by raising funds and providing other resources to support CKHA. It accomplishes this through annual campaigns, capital and endowment campaigns, memorial giving, special events and planned giving. The Foundation of CKHA is governed by a Board which consists of 12 volunteer directors.

Since it’s inception in 1998, The Foundation of CKHA has lead activities formerly carried out by the Foundation of Public General Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Sydenham District Hospital. The generous support of these three Foundations was instrumental in helping the Foundation achieve the goal in its first capital campaign, “Your Health, Your Future” which successfully raised $20 million towards the renovation and construction directed by the Health Services Restructuring Committee.

The Foundation of CKHA has since successfully raised $1.2 million towards “The Future’s In Sight” Ophthalmology campaign - where $700,000 was raised to create a centre of excellence for vision care. The Foundation has also raised $2.7 million towards the Every Life Counts, Chatham-Kent Physician Recruitment Fundraising Campaign to help retain and recruit physicians to Chatham-Kent. Recently, through an outpouring of community support, the Foundation of CKHA successfully completed Making the Right Investment - MRI Campaign, raising over $3.5 million.

Through capital fundraising initiatives like “Your Health, Your Future”, “The Future’s in Sight”, “Every Life Counts" and the, Making the Right Investment - MRI Campaign, and ongoing capital campaign achievements, you and your family have the ability to access leading edge healthcare delivered within local modern facilities by highly trained professionals.

The success of the Foundation depends on your generous support. With your contributions and participation, we can all work, Together Today for a Healthier Tomorrow.