PHOTOS: $1.8M raised for baby care at Surrey Hospitals Foundation gala<\/p>\n
Published 9:30 am Monday, March 9, 2026<\/p>\n
More than $1.8 million was raised during Surrey Hospitals Foundation\u2019s 9th annual Celebration of Care gala on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n
The \u201cJourney\u201d-themed event was a sold-out night of fun and fundraising at Aria Banquet and Conference Centre for close to 500 business leaders, philanthropists, physicians and civic leaders.<\/p>\n
Funds support the Women, Children and Youth Pillar of Care, strengthening maternal and neonatal care for families across Surrey and the South Fraser region.<\/p>\n
Surrey Memorial Hospital delivers more than 6,000 babies each year, most of any general hospital in the Lower Mainland. The hospital also serves as a provincial referral centre for complex and high-risk pregnancies.<\/p>\n
The foundation\u2019s gala had \u201can elegant setting inspired by themes of new beginnings and care, creating a warm and celebratory atmosphere for guests gathered in support of parents, newborns and families,\u201d raved Katherine Comberbach, director of marketing and communications for Surrey Hospitals Foundation.<\/p>\n
Presented by Berezan Group and EllisDon, the big fundraiser featured music duo Destineak, a live auction, whisky tasting lounge, live painting, fashion sketches, photo booth, chai cart, signature cocktails and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: $1.8M raised for baby care at Surrey Hospitals Foundation gala Published 9:30 am Monday, March 9, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-525022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}