Aron Burke, Community Liaison for Kootenay Savings (right), and Lisa Pasin, Director of Development KBRH Health Foundation (right), recently came together – safely and socially distanced – to celebrate Kootenay Savings continued commitment to healthcare in the Kootenays. Photo submitted.

Aron Burke, Community Liaison for Kootenay Savings (right), and Lisa Pasin, Director of Development KBRH Health Foundation (right), recently came together – safely and socially distanced – to celebrate Kootenay Savings continued commitment to healthcare in the Kootenays. Photo submitted.

Kootenay Savings donates to regional health care initiatives

Kootenay Savings has donated $20,000 to health care efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic led by regional health foundations.

Kootenay Savings has donated $20,000 to health care efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic led by regional health foundations.

The donation will be split — $10,000 toward the East Kootenay Foundation for Health, which will help health care programs and initiatives of greatest need at the Kimberley Health Centre. An additional $10,000 will go to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation’s COVID-19 Greatest Need Fund, which secures priority medical equipment to patients in the Kootenay Boundary region.

Pictured above: Aron Burke, Community Liaison for Kootenay Savings (right), and Lisa Pasin, Director of Development KBRH Health Foundation (right), recently came together – safely and socially distanced – to celebrate Kootenay Savings continued commitment to health care in the Kootenays.

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