VIKPA provides a large number of services and comforts to renal patients and the hospital units throughout Vancouver Island Of course, all of these require funding. There have been several sources of income which have benefited VIKPA and the patients in the past. They include:

• Annual memberships
• Charitable donations and bequests
• Fund raising events, such as bake sales, raffles, casinos, etc.
• Special Fund Raising Events

Dee and Jake Sangha Annual Golf Tournament for VIKPA      more info>>
	Last year saw Dee celebrate her 65th birthday by raising over $25,000 at the 10th annual Invitational Golf Tournament for VIKPA. Each year the amount raised has gone up and all funds are donated directly to VIKPA for the patients. Over the past four years over $70,000 has been raised through the golf tournaments. This marvelous event has been put together by Dee Sangha with her family and friends to help celebrate Dee’s birthday and the gift of a kidney she received from her daughter in 1993. It is truly a gift from the heart that Dee and her family have put together each and every year. Each year Dee and Jake Sangha host a golf tournament and dinner to raise money for the Vancouver Island Kidney Patients' Association. What began as a small celebration with family and friends has grown into a major event which has raised a total of more than $75,000 in its first ten years. On March 19, 1993, Dee Sangha received a kidney transplant from her daughter Maya. A year later, Dee and her husband Jake hosted a golf tournament at Cordova Bay Golf Tournament for family and friends. The event was very successful and they thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to raise money for a worthwhile cause. They decided to hold the tournament annually on the August long weekend to coincide with Dee's birthday on August 1, and to direct all money raised from the tournament to the Vancouver Island Kidney Patients' Association (VIKPA) in recognition of the gift of life which Dee received from their daughter. Because it was a birthday celebration for Dee, the tournament began as an invitation only event. Each year the 18-holes of golf were followed by a scrumptious buffet dinner at Dee and Jake's nearby Broadmead home. The dinner was prepared and served by Dee and her family. The first tournament raised $400 for VIKPA. In 1997, they were able to raise $1000. In 1998, they raised $2000. In 1999 the tournament raised $3000 and was attended by approximately 100 people. Dee made sure everyone there understood the purpose of the tournament, personally handing out organ donor registration cards to all those attending.
Darlene and Bruce Crowe Pig Roast
	Last year saw this event take place for the first time, and a tremendous success it was. On Saturday August 9, 2003 about 40 people met at the Timberland Pub in Cassidy, to spend a few hours of friendship and to raise money for VIKPA. Darlene, who is a hemodialysis patient with cancer, was unable to attend as she was in hospital. However, her hard work organizing, along with her husband Bruce had set a goal to raise $700 which they certainly surpassed.
A Special Thanks go to Don Yewchin, owner of Timberland Pub and his partner Laurie Melnyk, not only supplied the venue for the event, but both then went beyond the call of duty by allowing their heads to be shaved to raise additional funds. As a result of everyone’s efforts, including several shaved heads, the event raised $4,300 for VIKPA.

Events for 2004

Garage Sale:
June 12, 2004 Saturday ………….. location to be determined
Funds from this event go directly to support the bursary fund.

Golf Tournament
Saturday July 28th, 2007

Make plans today to put together a team and make this years even more successful.

Additional events will be announced. Keep checking our web site www.vikpa.org for further information.

VIKPA would like to say a big THANK YOU to all who have assisted in putting all the events together, who have given so generously of their time, money and support, to help raise the funds which go to helping all of the patients throughout Vancouver Island.