VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 11/05/14 — Mining for Miracles (M4M), BC–s mining community–s longstanding fundraising campaign for BC Children–s Hospital, is celebrating after raising $2.66 million in 2013 and 2014 toward the development of the BC Children–s Hospital BioBank, the first pediatric institutional biobank in Canada.The group marked the official unveiling of the biobank at a recognition event held at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children–s H
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 06/05/13 — Mining for Miracles, BC-s mining community-s longstanding fundraising campaign for BC Children-s Hospital, presented a cheque for over $1.6 million to BC Children-s Hospital Foundation at the 26th annual Miracle Weekend held on June 1 and 2.Mining for Miracles- success depends on the generosity of individuals and corporations throughout the province. In particular, the hundreds of mining, exploration and development companies, service
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/09/13 — Mining for Miracles, the BC mining community-s longstanding fundraising campaign in support of BC Children-s Hospital Foundation, raised more than $1 million recently during its signature event, the 2013 Teck Celebrity Pie Throw."Thank you to Teck Resources Limited for its support of this fantastic event," said Teri Nicholas, President and CEO of BC Children-s Hospital Foundation. "The Pie Throw succeeds year after year
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/28/13 — Mining for Miracles, BC-s mining community-s longstanding fundraising campaign for BC Children-s Hospital Foundation, kicked off 2013 fundraising with the launch of the Diamond Draw at the Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference January 28 in Vancouver.De Beers Canada Inc. has generously donated a diamond in support of the 2013 Diamond Draw. The diamond is a 1.0 carat ideal square cut De Beers Snap Lake Mine diamond, valued at $17,500.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Mining for Miracles ("M4M"), BC-s mining community-s longstanding fundraising campaign for BC Children-s Hospital Foundation, celebrated the official opening of the Child & Family Research Imaging Facility at BC Children-s Hospital earlier this week. The 2009-2010 M4M campaigns provided $1.3 million to complete the imaging facility, which includes a state-of-the-art 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner support
