A Legacy of Care: Celebrating 14 Years of Radio-thon

 

For 14 years, one powerful day of radio has united our community around a single purpose: caring for one another when it matters most.

What began as a simple call to come together has grown into something extraordinary. Today, the Love Your Hospital Radio-thon stands as a powerful legacy of generosity, hope, and life-changing impact for patients, families, and care teams at the Saint John Regional Hospital.

As we prepare for the 14th annual Love Your Hospital Radio-thon, we pause to reflect on what your compassion has made possible.

Fourteen Years of Community Impact

Through the unwavering support of donors across our region, the Love Your Hospital Radio-thon has raised an incredible $2,662,426 over 14 years. Each dollar represents a moment of kindness, a vote of confidence in our health-care teams, and a commitment to ensuring patients can access exceptional care close to home.

Because of you, lives have been changed. Futures have been strengthened. Care has been transformed.

But Radio-thon is about more than totals on a thermometer. It is about the real-world impact behind every gift, and the patients and families whose lives are forever changed as a result.

Impact by Year: Where Your Support Has Gone

Each year, Radio-thon focuses on a critical area of need at the Saint John Regional Hospital, ensuring donor support translates directly into better care for patients across New Brunswick.

2025: Supporting the New Brunswick Stem Cell Program with the purchase of Apheresis Machines, helping deliver life-saving treatments for patients in need.

2024: Funding a Heart-Lung Machine for the New Brunswick Heart Centre, supporting complex cardiac surgeries and improving patient outcomes.

2023: Advancing Cardiac Care at the New Brunswick Heart Centre, helping patients receive specialized heart care close to home.

2022: Bringing the da Vinci Surgical Robot to Saint John, enhancing precision, reducing recovery times, and transforming surgical care.

2018–2021: Supporting the expansion of the J.T. Clark Family Foundation Ambulatory Clinic, improving access to outpatient care and reducing wait times.

2017: Funding renovations and upgrades to the Pediatrics Unit, creating a more comforting, healing environment for children and families.

2016: Introducing O-Arm 3D Surgical Imaging for Orthopaedics and Neurology, allowing for greater accuracy during complex procedures.

2015: Advancing cancer care through the purchase of a Genome Sequencer, enabling more personalized and precise treatment.

2014: Supporting brain surgical technology for Neurology, improving outcomes for patients with complex neurological conditions.

2013: Providing bypass machines for the New Brunswick Heart Centre, strengthening cardiac care for patients across the province.

More Than a Fundraiser

Each Love Your Hospital Radio-thon represents far more than dollars raised. It represents:

• Patients receiving care closer to home
• Families finding hope during some of their most difficult moments
• Health-care teams equipped with the tools they need to save lives

It is a reflection of what’s possible when a community comes together with compassion at its core.

Doubling the Impact in 2026

This year, generosity will go even further.

Thanks to the incredible support of Barb and D’Arcy Murphy, every gift to the 14th annual Love Your Hospital Radio-thon will be matched, doubling the impact of your donation and helping transform even more lives.

Your support this year will stretch twice as far, creating meaningful change for patients and families when they need it most.

Looking Ahead with Gratitude

As we prepare to go live for our 14th annual Love Your Hospital Radio-thon, we carry every story, every life changed, and every act of generosity with us.

Radio-thon is a reminder that when we come together, extraordinary things happen. Thank you for being part of this legacy of care, compassion, and community.