More than $75,000 was raised for long-term care in Delta Thursday night (Aug. 22) at the inaugural Supper at Sunset benefitting Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation’s (DHCH Foundation) ‘Coming Home’ capital campaign for the new Beedie Long-Term Care Centre.
Created by John Gross, the founder and CEO of Peak Products, who is also a Tsawwassen resident, the elegant long-table dinner attracted more than 230 residents and Foundation supporters for an evening of fine dining and entertainment on the beautiful Tsawwassen First Nation boardwalk overlooking the Salish Sea near the Tsawwassen ferry terminal.
Richmond-based Peak Products is one of Canada’s leading home renovation products manufacturers, and Gross and his wife Rose have been generous donors to health care facilities and foundations throughout the Lower Mainland for nearly two decades. With Peak covering all costs for the event, every dollar raised through ticket sales, auction items and raffles will go directly to the construction of the new centre.
“I want to thank the Tsawwassen First Nation for hosting us in a such a beautiful setting and a big thank you as well to everyone who came out to support such a worthwhile cause,” said Gross. “For nearly two decades, Peak has been proud to generously support health care facilities and foundations throughout the Lower Mainland. As a company that helps people create beautiful, comfortable and safe places to live, we’re proud to support this important project and the seniors that will live there.”
First announced in 2023, the $179.7 million Beedie Long Term Care Centre will replace Mountain View Manor with a 32-space day program for older adults, a stand-alone 49-space child daycare facility, and a 200-bed long-term care centre for people with complex-care needs, who can no longer live safely and independently at home. Fraser Health will construct, own and operate on vacant land at the Delta Hospital site, with construction expected to begin in 2025 and be completed in 2027.
“On behalf of our board, staff and volunteers, I want to thank John, Rose and Peak Products for making such a significant contribution to the largest fundraising campaign in our Foundation’s 35-year history,” said Foundation board chair Pam Paton. “I also want to thank the Tsawwassen First Nation for so graciously hosting us at this one-of-a-kind setting. We look forward to being back next year.”
“Our Nation was pleased to host and attend the inaugural Supper at Sunset,” added Chief sxʷamisaat (Chief Laura Cassidy), Tsawwassen First Nation. “Seniors and elders are the heart of communities across B.C., and as Peak has shown, we can all play an important role in supporting their health needs.”
