Move For Life

 

Move For Life South Surrey White Rock

As part of the Foundation's commitment to ensuring our community is the healthiest possible, we have partnered with Sport for Life, a national not-for-profit organization that strives to improve the health and lives of all Canadians. The innovative project brings community leaders together to spearhead a five-year Physical Literacy for Communities initiative in the areas of education, recreation, sport health and media.


Why is this so important?

Today's children won't live as long as their parents due to an alarming decrease in physical activity and the many diseases and health issues caused by inactivity. Our adults and seniors are facing chronic health conditions that lead to medical interventions and worse due to a lack of exercise and recreational activities. We believe that to effect change upstream and keep people out of the hospital, a healthy lifestyle is key. Peace Arch Hospital will always be here if you need it, but with committing to a being as healthy as possible, hopefully you won't.

Our Vision

A healthy community where people are committed to physical, social and mental well-being.



What is Physical Literacy anyway?

A physically literate community is:

Project Goals:

  1. Change physical activity behaviour through targeted communications and increased awareness.
  2. Deliver creative, safe, inclusive and effective physical activity and programs.
  3. Integrate and coordinate expertise across sectors to create cross-sectoral solutions.
  4. Develop sustainable programs to have ongoing impact in the community.
  5. Improve competence, confidence and motivation of 33,000 community members to be physically active for life.

How will we integrate physical literacy into South Surrey and White Rock?

Phase 1: Educate, facilitating an understanding and awareness of physical literacy.

Phase 2: Train, delivering physical literacy-enriched programs.

Phase 3: Mentor, establishing sustainable physical literacy for our community.






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Community Health Champions

Dave and Rani Mann of Isle of Mann Construction, Ltd. and the Mannkind Charitable Society are a tremendous example of how to harness the power of philanthropy. They gave a $1 million matching gift to the new ER and invited the entire community to take them up on their offer to match every single donation, dollar-for-dollar. More than $1 million was raised to match their incredible generosity in just three short months.

CIBC Wood Gundy - the Yarmoshuk Financial Group is a strong supporter of Peace Arch Hospital, having generously taken on the title sponsorship of the Peace Arch Hospital Gala since 2014. Neil and Lisa Yarmoshuk are passionate about their community and about giving back to their hospital. We can't thank them enough for their philanthropy and ardent spirit of giving.

The Peace Arch Hospital Auxiliary Society has a long history of volunteering their time and resources to raise funds for medical equipment and patient comforts at Peace Arch Hospital. To date, this passionate group of women (and a few good men!) have donated more than $12 million, with their latest gift - their largest ever - of $1.5 million to the new ER.

The caring fire departments of both Surrey and White Rock collaborated on a monumental gift to Peace Arch Hospital, donating $500,000 to the new ER's Mental Health & Substance Abuse Zone. This precedent-setting joint donation is a testament to their commitment to improving health care services in a hospital that serves both of their communities. We are so grateful for our first responders!

With a commitment to supporting the communities they serve, Westland Insurance is an extraordinary corporate partner of the Foundation. As a long-time sponsor of both the Peace Arch Hospital Gala and the Great Pumpkin Run Walk, in 2016 they made a $500,000 gift towards pediatric treatment services in the new ER scheduled to open in 2020. Thank you Westland Insurance!
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