CFKR Announces New Elk Valley and Area Hospice Legacy Fund

Elk Valley, BC (September 16, 2025) – The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies (CFKR) is delighted to announce its newest endowment fund: the Elk Valley and Area Hospice Legacy Fund.

By contributing to this permanently invested endowment fund, donors have a very special opportunity to support the Elk Valley & Area Hospice Society in perpetuity; the interest from this endowment will provide a grant, every year, forever, to support the Hospice Society’s operations and programming.

According to Hospice Coordinator, Jade Elford, “The Elk Valley & Area Hospice Society is so pleased to establish this new endowment fund; this is another positive step towards building our financial sustainability. The annual, unrestricted grant from this endowment will help us to continue to provide compassionate end-of-life and bereavement services in our communities.”

Lynnette Wray, CFKR Executive Director, said “The Elk Valley & Area Hospice Society and their team of trained volunteers provide such an important service in Elkford, Sparwood, Fernie, and the surrounding area. CFKR is honoured to support this vital service through this new endowment fund.”

The Elk Valley & Area Hospice Society was started by a group of local women in about 2002. Now a CRA-registered charity, the Elk Valley & Area Hospice has grown to a group of approximately 30 dedicated volunteers who provide end-of-life and bereavement companionship, community education on death, dying, and grieving, and community outreach via the Elk Valley Hospital kiosk and community events.

Each year, the Elk Valley & Area Hospice Society provides compassionate support to approximately 15 to 20 families who are navigating end-of-life and bereavement. Through its dedicated team of trained volunteers, the Hospice Society offers companionship and emotional support during one of life’s most challenging times. The Hospice Society also provides training in end-of-life and bereavement, which helps community members gain the skills and confidence needed to support loved ones who are dying or grieving. The Hospice Society hopes to normalize conversations around death, dying, and grief, and to foster a compassionate community that is well-equipped to support one another through these profound life transitions.

The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies invites community members to support the Elk Valley & Area Hospice Society’s end-of-life and bereavement companioning services by making a tax-receiptable charitable donation to CFKR’s Elk Valley and Area Hospice Legacy Fund via the following means, all of which have zero processing fees, with each and every dollar helping to grow this new endowment fund:

  • Online credit card donations via a safe and secure link: https://give.vancouverfoundation.ca/s/give?ID=a0eN300000QKrXRIA1
  • E-transfer: To [email protected] (including “Hospice Fund” in the notes, as well as the donor’s contact information)
  • Cheque: made out to “CFKR”, noting “Hospice Fund” in the memo, mailed to CFKR at Box 242, Cranbrook, BC, V1C 4H8 or delivered to the CFKR office in the Ground Floor Coworking Space at 131 7th Ave. S., Cranbrook
  • Cash: delivered to the CFKR office in the Ground Floor Coworking Space at 131 7th Ave. S., Cranbrook, BC