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Who We Help

Thanks to your donations, the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation has the opportunity to improve the quality of life and the independence of hundreds of people every year. Saskatchewan residents are able to access special needs equipment and medical assistance that wouldn’t otherwise be attainable.

Helping Individuals

Innovations like ceiling track systems, portable lifts and ramps, funded by the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation, are making it possible for people to live at home and still receive the care they need. And with equipment like specialized wheelchairs, electric scooters, vehicle conversions and communications devices, people are achieving a level of independence they didn’t think possible.

When people can’t access the level of care they need at home, they must often travel to health care facilities in other parts of the province or country. And while the medical procedures may be covered by health care, the patients and their families must pay for their own travel, meals and accommodations. By easing the financial strain, the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation allows families to focus on what only they can provide – love and care.

Helping Groups

Across our province, loving care homes have been established with a family atmosphere to provide comfort and care to people with special needs. Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation provides funding for things like ceiling track systems, specialized tubs, lifts, specialty beds and personal care equipment to make those homes even better suited to provide quality care.

Helping Health Facilities

Every year, specialized medical equipment that is not fully funded by government is purchased in different communities to ensure healthcare facilities have everything they need. This year Kinsmen Foundation grants included:

• $66,000 to the Lloydminster Region Health Facility for a portable ultrasound;
• $1,250,000 to the Regina General Hospital towards and electrophysiology lab to serve people with heart issues throughout southern Saskatchewan;
• $115,000 to purchase infant hearing screening equipment at Royal University Hospital;
• $140,000 to the Preeceville Integrated Health for various pieces of equipment;
• $150,000 to the Moose Jaw Hospital develop an equipped isolation room;
• $161,000 to the South Saskatchewan Stroke Care Network to rehabilitate stroke victims
• $500,000 to St. Paul’s Hospital for cystoscopy equipment at the new urology centre.

Combined with previous years’ contributions to Estevan, Yorkton, Lloydminster, Swift Current, Saskatoon and other communities, you can see that Telemiracle dollars reach out to every corner of the province.

Helping People Every Day

In the past year, 579 applications for funding were granted for amounts ranging from $125 to $1,250,000. That’s more than one grant for each and every day of the year, and every dollar comes directly from donations to Kinsmen Telemiracle. Your donations do make a difference – you really are “helping people every day.”

See the page "Recipient Stories" to read about some of the Saskatchewan people who were helped this year.

Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation 2217C Hanselman Court Saskatoon, SK S7L 6A8 Ph: 306-244-6400 Email: telemiracle@sasktel.net Website: www.telemiracle.com