St. Joseph’s General Hospital Foundation held its first in a series of educational seminars November 6th at Crown Isle. Presenters from Dynamic Mutual Funds and Sunlife Financial discussed several strategies that we could use to make our charitable giving more effective and beneficial. The event was very well supported by the Comox Valley financial community as well as our generous donors. Special thanks to the following companies whose financial support allowed us to put this evening on:

• Presley and Partners
• Novecosky and Associates
• Myers, Norris and Penny
• Deluca Veale investment counsel
• Dundee Securities – Robert Mulrooney/Mark Nichol
• Sunlife Financial – Steve Neumann
• CIBC Wood Gundy – Heidi Sherman/Rick Morson
• Investors Group – Kevin Dobbelstyen/Kelly Rusk
• RBC Dominion Securities – Lara Austin/Don Somers
• Coastal Community Credit Union
• BMO Nesbitt Burns