BC Children's Hospital Foundation

BC Children's Hospital Foundation
Entrance to the hospital building
Geography
Location	938 West 28th Ave,, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Organization
Care system	Pediatric care
Hospital type	Birth to 16 years old
Services
Emergency department	Over 37,000 patients per year
Beds	142
History
Founded	1982
Links
Website	www.bcchf.ca
Lists	Hospitals in Canada
Other links	BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre [1] Child & Family Research Institute [2]. Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children [3].

BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre [1] Child & Family Research Institute [2].

BC Children’s Hospital Foundation (BCCHF) is a non-profit registered charity that raises money to support the British Columbia's Children's Hospital. The Foundation works with communities to raise funds for essentials including: life-saving equipment, research into childhood diseases, a wide range of medical staff and community child health education programs. Since 1982, BC Children's Hospital Foundation has worked with children, families, caregivers and hundreds of thousands of British Columbians to give BC Children's Hospital and the Family Research Institute the necessary resources.

In 2000, BCCHF merged with the Sunny Hill Foundation for Children (SHFC), which raises funds for children served by Sunny Hill Health Centre.

The “Go to Bat for BC Children’s Hospital” Slo-Pitch Weekend is an annual softball fundraiser consisting of approximately eighty corporate teams during the weekend following the Victoria Day long-weekend in May. As many as 1000 people participate in this annual event, raising money in support of BC Children's Hospital.

The “Go to Bat for BC Children’s Hospital” Slo-Pitch Weekend, a long-time signature fundraising event of BC Children's Hospital Foundation, started in 1991. Since then, it has raised over $5 million to date, and in 2008 alone, this event raised over $540,000 for BC kids. Every year, the money goes toward BC Children’s Hospital’s most urgent needs, including specialized equipment and research.

The event spans three consecutive days, typically during the Friday, Saturday and Sunday following the Victoria Day long-weekend in May. Up to eighty teams are divided into industry sectors such as financial (banks and credit unions), real estate and development, mining, hospitality, retail and wholesale, technology and more. Together, these corporate teams gather to compete in round-robin and competitive divisional softball tournaments.

In addition, there are also recreational round-robin play and creative corporate challenges within the divisions. New in 2009 is the skills competition, where players face-off to raise more money for BC Children’s Hospital, and the Saturday Media Feature game where popular local media personalities will step up to the plate.