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Pat Miller, Richmond Hospice Association executive director, along with Jennifer Dufour (left) and Amber Davis, invite the public to come fill out a card for the Tree of Remembrance at Richmond Funeral Home. The cards are placed on the tree to honour a loved one. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News
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Christmas time is not always about the gifts, food and general excess of the season. For many, it’s a time of reflection and even closure for those who have lost someone dear to their heart. That’s why the Richmond Hospice Association provides its Tree of Remembrance each year at this time. “Getting close to the end of the year, it’s a time for many people to think about someone special in their
lives who they may have lost,” said Pat Miller, the association’s executive director. “It’s something most hospice organizations provide for their communities, and one we’ve offered for the past 15 years.” The lobby at Richmond Funeral Home is again the site for the tree, where visitors can write their name of the person they want to recall on a paper ornament card and add it to the collection that grows steadily through the holiday season. “We don’t really have enough rituals in our society today,” said Jennifer
Dufour, coordinator of volunteer resources with the hospice association. “Hopefully, this can become one of them each year for people.” While the tree is not primarily a fundraiser, donations to the hospice association can also be made at the same time when filling out a card. Last year, the tree raised around $500. “This is not so much as a fundraiser but a way of remembering someone, and that can be a very effective way of achieving closure,” Miller said. Richmond Funeral home is at 8420 Cambie Rd.
In just five years about 50,000 Richmondites may be without a family doctor, according to a community survey conducted by the Richmond Division of Family Practice. The non-profit group surveyed Richmond residents and doctors and found the city has fewer general practitioners than neighbouring communities in Metro Vancouver. Richmond has one general practitioner for every 1,257 residents, compared to one for every 949 Vancouverites. Roughly 35,000 residents (17 per cent) don’t have a doctor in Richmond and planned retirements of doctors are expected to exacerbate the problem (the survey found at least 19 doctors will retire within four years). According to a City of Richmond report on the survey this week, city planners will explore opportunities to help improve access to family doctors. The goal of the survey was to help connect prospective patients with doctors, increase capacity of the health care system and strengthen patient-doctor relationships. The survey was more anecdotal than scientific, as it surveyed more women, middle-aged people and Caucasians, rather than the statistical averages in the city. The survey found only 15 per cent of doctors in the city were outright accepting new patients. Younger people, new residents and immigrants (having lived in Canada for less than 10 years) were less likely to have a family doctor. Many seek medical assistance outside the city. The biggest factor preventing people from visiting a family doctor include: difficulty getting an appointment (40 per cent), waiting times at the doctor’s office (29 per cent) and availability (22 per cent). Increased access to counselling and psychologists was the number one priority for doctors’ referrals (80 per cent), followed by geriatric community services (73 per cent).
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Is city getting enough bang for its buck? Richmond strategy review could reveal if developers are paying enough into the low-cost housing pot Graeme Wood
opportunities, although Foster admits with the latter “less attention” has been placed. Foster summarizes the problem as such: “We have a finite ability to provide housing Next month, city planners will unveil a with a very high demand,” he said, noting review of Richmond’s Affordable Housing Richmond is locked in by the river and Strategy to city councillors, who must then protected farmland. decide on whether or not the city is receiving Furthermore, Foster says the city is “filling enough bang for its buck. a vacuum” left behind by provincial and The review will come on the heels of federal governments; Canada has no national some debate at council as to whether the city housing strategy and funding for co-op is asking enough of developers to service housing projects is starting to expire. affordable housing, an important component Foster says the city will be reviewing ideas to the city’s local economy. such as modest finishes, smaller units, and According to the BC Non-Profit Housing less parking (even no parking) in apartment Association (BCNPHA), after the North complexes, while seeking more coach houses Shore, Richmond is the most expensive place in townhouse developments and secondary to rent in Metro Vancouver. suites in new single-family homes. Of the city’s 15,420 rental households, The city currently allows developers to 48 per cent of tenants are paying more pay cash in lieu of building affordable suites than 30 per cent (the standard threshold of in any development under 80 units (those affordability) of their income on housing. over 80 must include five per cent affordable The city has a housing units). crunch as well, according That strategy came If you start increasing under to the BCNPHA: 2,675 fire at a city council fees, you dampen rental households are too meeting on Nov. 24, when small for their occupants down development in councillors Bill McNulty and the city needs an and Harold Steves voted Richmond. additional 3,560 more against a single-family rental bedrooms. home development on - Dana Westermark In Richmond, housing Moncton Street whereby demand (at least in developer Oris Consulting terms of homebuyers) will tear down one home has outpaced housing growth, according and build three while paying the city $1 per to the Greater Vancouver Homebuilders square foot of building space to the affordable Association. And, only 10 per cent of new home reserve (in this case $5,980). Metro Vancouver homes built from 2011 to “The amount that the developer is paying 2013 were “purpose-built rental.” for this is really next to nothing compared The city currently has a three-pronged to what that suite could be worth,” McNulty approach to affordable housing, according to argued. John Foster, the city’s manager of community However, the bylaw was written as such and social development. that the developer could choose cash in lieu The first priority of the strategy is to of a suite. create subsidized rental units through cityThen councillor, Evelina Halsey-Brandt, sanctioned housing agreements, based on a noted in the meeting the city doesn’t have tenant’s (low) income. affordable housing agreements on singleSecond, the city tries to establish low-end family home suites — an issue that could be market rental units. Third, the city attempts part of the review. to create entry-level home ownership In cases of townhouses, developers must Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com
The City of Richmond relies on fees from developers for income, but some on council, such as Coun. Harold Steves, want to veer away from receiving donations for an affordable housing pot, which, he says, clusters poor people together. File photo contribute $2 per square foot. In the same meeting, council unanimously approved a permit for a 15-unit townhouse project partly owned by councillors Ken Johnston and Derek Dang, who also chose to pay the city cash ($43,921) for affordable housing. In apartments of less than 80 units, the city charges $4 per square foot. According to Oris’ president Dana Westermark “there is an argument for looking at those fees and determining if they are right.” Westermark said the costs of mandating five per cent of affordable units on 80-plus unit developments has kept pace with market forces (inflation) because the units are builtin, however, the cash contributions have not changed in a decade. Westermark said building homes requires a certain profit margin to gain financing. Right now, he said the market isn’t as “hot” as to pass on additional affordable housing costs to the homebuyer. As such, he said developers would likely offer less money to the seller for its land. He noted Richmond has the second highest total package of development charges in the region, after Surrey, and any policy change should factor in development costs. “If you start increasing fees more, you dampen down development in Richmond. “I don’t know if that’s something the city is inclined to do. The city derives a great deal of income from development. …I would expect
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Cans of collected food, or a pile of used coats certainly have their place as donations to needy families at Christmas time. But when Lisa Anderson, one of the teachers at Gingerbread House Parent Participation Preschool, took a look at a pair of tricycles that had logged many a mile at the Lassam Road facility, she thought they could have plenty more life left in them, if given some TLC. Allison Ridley, Gingerbread’s parent group president, said the decision to donate the pair of threewheelers to the metal shop students at Richmond secondary was perfect. “Lisa had heard of the work the students had done over the years, fixing the bikes in the metal shop, and thought that was the best place for them,” Ridley said.
“It was also a unique way of making a donation to someone in need.” The trikes joined a group of about 15 or so bikes the students have been working on since November, said Matt Harmeson, Richmond secondary’s technical education instructor, who took over from Fred Dietrich a couple of years ago. “Fred taught for 40 years and the focus was mainly work on the bikes that would be donated to families that needed them,” Harmeson said. “Our focus has changed somewhat, but we still work
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Twelve additional Canada Line train cars and expanded station platforms to accommodate three-car trains are the highlights of Richmond’s piece of the transit plan pie proposed by Metro Vancouver’s mayors. The Mayor’s Council is now asking residents to approve an extra 0.5 percentage point on the provincial sales tax for items paid for in Metro Vancouver. The added revenue would pay for proposed transit infrastructure improvements, the majority of which lie outside of Richmond. The biggest proposals are two light rail lines in Surrey, a Broadway subway line from Commercial Drive to Arbutus Street in Vancouver and a replacement for the Pattullo Bridge. The Canada Line is arguably Richmond’s biggest
transit sore spot, despite being only five years old. The single-track system to Brighouse Station, along with short platforms, has limited its capacity to move people effectively at peak periods. More frequent and longer trains will accommodate Canada Line demands for the next 10 years only. TransLink is conducting a review of the line to determine demand over the next 30 years. Should authorities decide to double the track, train frequency would increase furthermore. Richmond also stands to see more frequent bus service (at least every 15 minutes through the day as well as more night service) and upgraded Highway 99 bus exchanges. The mayors’ theory is that by improving transit, more people will opt to leave their cars behind, thus clearing congestion on the roads. A referendum is expected on the proposed tax increase
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The Steveston Lifeboat lies stricken last Friday morning after smacking into a supporting wall on the south arm of the Fraser River during Thursday night’s windstorm. Photo by RCMSAR ! More photos online at RichmondNews.com evacuated into a dinghy and were recovered by the Coast Guard’s hovercraft, that had arrived only minutes later. Everyone involved was taken safely back to shore with no serious injuries. The wall hit by the lifeboat — which is mainly used for ceremonial duties but does help tow broken down vessels to safety — is barely visible at high tide, but is known to everyone navigating the Fraser. Horton said a “very experienced” former tugboat skipper was at the helm at the time. “He’s been up and down this stretch of water for half his life,” added Horton, talking to the News Friday morning while out at sea, surveying his stricken vessel, part of which was still above water.
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“A few lessons have been learned.” John Horton, captain of the Steveston Lifeboat, was candid when explaining to the News why his vessel — with 14 passengers and crew on board — crashed straight into a seawall at the beginning of Thursday evening’s windstorm. Horton said moments before the collision on the south side of the south arm of the Fraser River around 7:30 p.m., he was showing “trainees” how to de-tune the radar when they hit the wall, which has been in place for decades and directs the flow of the river. Admitting it was an inopportune moment to reset the radar, Horton said, “mistakes will be made and we made one.” Within minutes, the vessel — which belongs to the charitable Canadian Lifeboat Association and is not part of official rescue details along with the Coast Guard and RCMSAR — was taking on water through a gaping hole and was badly listing. A mayday call was sent and the volunteer RCMSAR crew arrived to save nine of the passengers still on board, despite the darkness, pounding rain, and 60 km/hr winds. Five other passengers and crew had already been
was a wealth of experience on board with former merchant navy and regular navy seamen part of the crew. “Everyone was very professional after it happened. We know what we’re doing; but mistakes are sometimes made aren’t they?” he said. Horton defended the decision to head out on a training mission, despite a windstorm warning of winds up to 90-kilometres per hour. “The sea was at about one and a half feet and (winds) 25 to 30 knots when we headed out, the bad stuff wasn’t coming until later,” he claimed. “We sometimes have to train in bad weather.” Horton claimed the lifeboat took part in 31
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hristmas, as we all know, is a time for digging into your pockets, wallets and purses and finding change or notes to service the jingle of the Salvation Army kettles or Richmond Food Bank donation box. Heck, at every checkout we slide through right now — supermarket, toy store, fast food outlet — we’re asked if we’d like to donate a loonie or toonie to a charity of the premises’ favouring. And judging by our online poll on the checkout charity challenge, many of you have had quite enough of such
ambush tactics for raising funds. It all gets a bit much, we hear you; charity begins at home, etc. etc. and half the time we have no idea where that donation actually goes — most likely out of Richmond. For those still in the mood, however, a quick look through today’s paper will present you with a few hyper local options to give the gift of Christmas to Richmondites in need. Richmond Hospice Association provides its Tree of Remembrance, where visitors can, for a donation, write the name of the person
they want to recall on a paper ornament card and add it to the collection that grows steadily through the holiday season. On Christmas Day itself, if you don’t fancy cooking, the ever-generous staff at the White Spot in Richmond Centre are once again donating their time to serve you Christmas lunch, with all proceeds going to charity. And on Boxing Day, if you can’t stomach the sales, why not give blood at Thompson Community Centre. We hope you’ve got a little bit more spirit left in the bank to give.
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o one gets up in freezing conditions. the morning, pulls They were subjected to PainfulTruth on their socks, and “enhanced interrogation Matthew thinks, “Today I’m going to techniques,” a polite Claxton be evil.” euphemism for beatings, nearEveryone, absolutely drownings, and psychological everyone, from nurses torment of every kind. The tending to Ebola patients to killers for CIA paid two “consultants” $81 million to come up with tortures and to help carry hire, thinks they’re the good guy. them out. Everyone makes up a narrative that justifies what they do. An incomplete partial list is necessary That includes the CIA agents and here, because merely repeating “torture” contractors who spent almost a decade does not convey the awfulness of what systematically torturing prisoners. was done. Be advised, this is ugly stuff. They were fighting terrorism, keeping ! CIA employees played “Russian the world safe for democracy. roulette” with at least one inmate; They did that by locking up people ! They made another inmate stand on without trial, and by inflicting pain. broken feet; The U.S. Senate has just released its ! Inmates were kept awake more voluminous report on torture conducted than 180 hours, resulting in terrifying in its network of secret jails for suspected hallucinations; terrorists. ! Several detainees were locked in small Suspects’ rights were violated on a boxes for hours at a time. One man was massive scale — they were held for locked in what amounted to a coffin; months in barren cells, with buckets for ! Prisoners’ families were threatened, toilets, shackled to walls, kept in nearincluding threats to rape or murder their
mothers; ! Prisoners were slapped in the face and stomach, or “walled,” which is being held by the collar and slammed face first into a wall; ! At least one prisoner froze to death. ! Several prisoners were given “food” or water rectally, or suffered “rectal exams.” If this was done in Canada, the criminal charge would likely be sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault. To make it perfectly clear, the CIA paid people to rape prisoners. There are plenty of apologists for this treatment. Those people can go to hell. Here’s a handy guide to whether torture is justified: Is it torture? Then no, it is not justified. It is never justified. It wouldn’t be justified if it worked (which it doesn’t). It wouldn’t be justified if the victims were the scum of humanity (which many of them weren’t). One of the detainees was the mentally challenged brother of another prisoner,
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Twisting brain a major factor in head knocks Dear Editor, Re: “Don’t play head games,” News, Dec. 12. Congratulations on an excellent article on managing concussions in the Richmond News. Cody Kusch and his team are state-of-the-art in concussion management. I would like to offer a further view. “First line of attack is defence” — as per the headline on the feature — is only true after the event. Current research
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indicates that rotational forces, those that cause the brain to twist, are a major factor in concussions. There is a way, now well established in cycling, particularly mountain biking, and in snow sports, including skiing and snowboarding that reducing concussions using MIPS helmets is the best available prevention. I strongly encourage to parents to insist on the MIPS or similar technology in reducing rotational forces for their
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Local artists gave the Richmond Food Bank a boost recently when they presented a cheque for $2,350 raised at its Guess Who? showing on Nov. 8 that presented paintings for sale, but kept the identity of the artists anonymous. On hand for the cheque presentation to the food bank’s Margaret Hewlett (second from right) were Richmond Artists’ Guild members (left to right) Pat Thorson, Loraine Wellman, and Marv Skelton. Photo submitted
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The second annual Fire on Ice Fundraiser at Richmond Ice Centre on Dec. 7 raised a total of $6,428 as the Richmond Sockeyes Alumni took on Richmond Firefighters, beating them 9-2. Funds raised were divided between the Sockeyes’ Alumni Scholarship Fund and Richmond Firefighters Society. On hand for the game’s puck drop was (left to right) Firefighters’ Mark Brevner, Corey Parker, Local 1286 president, mayor Malcolm Brodie and Sockeyes’ Alumni Brooke Odenvald. Photo submitted Members of the Seafair Peewee A1 hockey team tapped into the generosity and caring of the community Dec. 6 as their 3rd annual Fill Our Hockey Bags with Food drive at two Save On Foods (Ironwood and Terra Nova) locations collected $1,410.15 in cash, plus 334 items of food for the Richmond Food Bank. Photo submitted
To editor@richmondnews.com with The Pulse in the subject line. For more photo galleries, visit richmond-news.com John Yap, MLA for Richmond-Steveston presented a cheque for $40,000 to Erin McRae and ‘Miles’ for the Richmond Therapeutic Equestrian Society. Photo submitted Holiday gifts came early for Lord Byng and Homma elementary schools in the amount of $4,950 thanks to the generosity of O’Hare’s GastroPub. Erin and Grant Bryan (far right) donated proceeds from their inaugural Steveston Wine Fest on July 18. Both school PACs along with the Richmond Christmas Fund benefited. Photo submitted
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Give gift of blood If you’re completely stumped as to what charity should benefit from your generosity this Christmas, why not give the gift that’s inside you — blood. On Boxing Day, the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is inviting Richmondites to show their support for hospital patients and blood donors by participating in the Wrap It Up Red Holiday Campaign. As part of the nationwide push for more blood donations, CBS will be hosting its clinic at Thompson Community Centre, 5151 Granville Ave. on Friday, Dec. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A total of 91 appointments are open right now and CBS is asking the community to show their appreciation and consider donating blood during the holiday season. Richmondites and
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Hit the Spot for charity White Spot in Richmond Centre is preparing to embrace the holiday spirit yet again with their annual Christmas Day Luncheon in support of two local charities. On Christmas Day, management and staff will continue a decade-long tradition of donating their time, tips and proceeds to the Richmond Hospital Foundation and Variety – The Children’s Charity. Everyone is invited to White Spot management and staff at the Richmond enjoy a Christmas Day lunch Centre restaurant have given up part of their Christmas between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Day for the last 10 years to raise money for charity.
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Friday Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie will proclaim Ugly Sweater Day for the City of Richmond Dec. 19 encouraging residents to “get ugly and grant wishes” for the Children’s Wish Foundation, and expressing the city’s support for Now That’s
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It’s taken a week for the Cambie Crusaders to prove they are easily the most improved team in the Richmond Senior Boys Basketball League. Coming off a 1-8 regular season campaign a year ago, the Crusaders served notice in their league opener with an impressive 95-69 win over eight-time defending champion RC Palmer. They then proceeded to place second at their own Cambie Classic Tournament, falling 79-65 to McNair in Saturday’s championship game. The Marlins, sitting at No. 10 in the latest provincial AAA rankings and poised to climb higher, took control of the final with a big second quarter to erase an early Cambie lead. They were led by Grade 12 guard Kevin Yang who earned tournament MVP honours. Owen Vint was named to the all-star team. The Crusaders reached the final with an 89-70 win over Gladstone. Justin Dhillon led the way with a rare quadruple double — scoring
An all-Richmond final at the Cambie Classic saw the McNair Marlins defeat the host Crusaders 79-65. Both teams are off to impressive starts to the senior boys basketball season. Photo by Mark Booth 26 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, dishing out 14 assists and creating 11 steals. Riley Paulik added 18 points and seven rebounds, while Levin Ursel (12) and Tam Dhaliwal (11) also hit for double figures. Dhillon, Ursel and Paulik were later
named tournament all-stars. Cambie had opened the tournament with a 65-53 win against Seycove. McNair’s road to the championship began with an impressive 90-73 win over AAA No. 7 Byrne Creek. The Marlins then
won a hard-fought battle against Argyle in the semifinals, 73-68. Palmer was also part of the eight-team event, opening with a 73-54 loss to Arygle before rebounding with wins over Byrne Creek (82-77) and Seycove (71-64).
In the final Richmond League games before the holiday break on Wednesday night, Burnett visits Boyd, Richmond Christian is at McMath and StevestonLondon travels to Palmer. All games start at 7:30 p.m.
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Watson shines for Canada in tune-up tourney A hat trick from Richmond field hockey standout Kaelan Watson powered Canada to a win over South Africa and first place at last week’s Four-Nations Invitational in Toronto. The event was a tune-up for the 2015 Indoor World Cup, slated for Leipzig Germany in February. Canada entered two teams in the tournament as head coach John D’Souza
attempts to finalize his roster of just 12 players headed to Europe. Watson was already a near lock to make the team. She only enhanced her chances by finishing second in tournament scoring with five goals “This was a really good work out for testing things out,” said Watson. “Seeing what was going to work, what wasn’t, and I think we made the
most of it.” It was back in 2013 when the 25-yearold McRoberts graduate made a full-time commitment to Field Hockey Canada’s outdoor national team program after a standout CIS career at the University of Toronto. She was a four-time First Team All-Canadian. With files from Field Hockey Canada
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Streaking Sockeyes win again Richmond Sockeyes are streaking towards the holiday break. The Pacific Junior Hockey League club remained perfect in December (4-0-0) with a 5-3 home ice win over the Langley Knights on Monday night at Minoru Arenas. Richmond has now won 12 of its last 14 games and taken over top spot in the Tom Shaw Conference with 24-5-0-2 record. The second place North Vancouver Wolf Pack (233-0–2) sit two points back but do enjoy three games in hand. Troy Kaczynski continued his outstanding season by scoring a pair of late third period goals to snap a 3-3 tie. The 20-year-old Richmond Minor product now has 33 goals and 61 points in 29 games — both tops in the league. The Knights had pulled even with goals 62 seconds apart midway through the final stanza. Matthew Bissett also scored twice, while Tyler Andrews had the other. Nathan Alalouf made 21 saves for the win. Richmond also recorded a 4-2 triumph over Ridge Meadows last Friday. Among the goal scorers was Jacob Wozney who recently re-joined the club from the Nanaimo Clippers of the B.C. Hockey League. The 18-year-old local product had 34 points in his rookie campaign a year ago. The Sockeyes host the Grandview Steelers on Thursday (7 p.m.), then play their final game of 2014 on Friday night at Abbotsford.
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ike holiday gifts, Christmas traditions come in all shapes and sizes and for White Spot Richmond Centre, tradition means the restaurant will be open once again this year on Christmas Day for lunch. For the 13th year, White Spot Richmond Centre will open its doors from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with all staff time, tips and net proceeds being generously donated to Richmond Hospital Foundation.
A staff-led event, more than 50 staff members choose to generously volunteer their time and donate wages and tips on a day when most families are celebrating at home. “The credit goes to the staff for making this happen. It’s a team effort,” says Prakash Ganatra, owner of White Spot Richmond Centre. “Staff feel very proud of this event. More than 80 percent of the staff here will volunteer. White Spot’s own CEO, Warren Erhart, also joins us.
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We recognize everyone sacrifices a lot to come here on Christmas Day.” Originally from India, Ganatra emigrated to Canada in 1973 and has worked almost exclusively at White Spot. “When I came from Bombay, hardly anything was open on Christmas Day here. I wanted to provide an opportunity for somewhere for people to go—people who may be single and on their own, seniors, people without families nearby.” For Ganatra and team, the day is the busiest of the year. “Guests come from all over the Lower Mainland. And they come early—three quarters of the restaurant fills up by 11 a.m. The success of the event would not be possible without them. And it’s all because they know it’s for a good cause.” For the entire team who puts in the hard work, that cause is personal. “Staff said,
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‘we live in Richmond. We use Richmond Hospital. Anytime we have an emergency, we go to Richmond Hospital,’” said Ganatra. Since the event’s inception in 2001, staff tips and net proceeds from the event have totaled more than $90,000 to help improve local care at Richmond Hospital. “We rely solely on Richmond Hospital,” says Ganatra. “But health care costs are going up. Taxes are going up. We can’t expect government to do everything. The hospital needs newer equipment, newer facilities. The government has only so much. The general population is getting older. The population is growing. We will all use Richmond Hospital.”
How can you and your company get involved in improving health care in Richmond? To take an active leadership role to support Richmond Hospital, please contact Richmond Hospital Foundation to learn more about sponsorship opportunities to help purchase new medical equipment, improve patient care services and help save lives right here at home.
Prakash Ganatra, Owner White Spot Richmond Centre
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