Barb Brown settles into her chair at the Belleville Dialysis Clinic, adjusting the chair with the push of a button. “These new chairs are just so much more comfortable,” the 72-year-old says. “You just kind of melt into them.”

For Barb and the other 90 patients who rely on this clinic three times a week, four hours at a time, comfort is not a luxury—it’s a necessity. The new chairs, funded by generous donors, have made an incredible difference in their experience.

University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) is discontinuing its 50/50 lottery, with the final draw set for March 2025. 

Since its inception in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the lottery has given participants the chance to win substantial prizes. However, UHKF leadership has decided that it is time to refocus resources on other high-impact fundraising initiatives. 

"The 50/50 lottery was a creative and effective way to generate support during a time when in-person fundraising wasn’t an option," said UHKF President and CEO Tom Zsolnay.  

[Kingston, ON] – On Feb. 26, 2025, Providence Care and University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) officials, local politicians, and community donors officially cut the ribbon and unveiled the name AB Smith Homestead House for Kingston’s first hospice.

Providence Care’s AB Smith Homestead House, located at 152 Phillips Street, fulfills a long-held community dream to expand end-of-life palliative care services in the region.

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is now only the second hospital in Ontario to have a portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine for clinical use in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU), thanks to the generosity of donor Stephen Sorensen who made a $500,000 donation through the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation.

Two 2024 Elaine and Michael Davies Award for Innovation winners have each received $25,000 in funding for innovative ideas that lead to improved patient outcomes and more efficient systems of care.

Jay and Kendal Patry are investing $1 million to establish Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) first “Clinical Chair” role, in an area many refer to as the future of medicine – genomics.

B'nai Brith Kingston has made a substantial investment in local health care, raising $1.6 million for the robotic surgery program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), through its annual “An Evening With…” fundraiser on Nov. 21.

An innovative project that aims to see heart patients receive care in the comfort of their own home instead of as an inpatient at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) was a big winner at the Discovery Den event on November 13!

Bay of Quinte Mutual Insurance is marking its milestone 150th anniversary by making an extraordinary commitment to the health and wellbeing of the communities it serves by giving $150,000 through University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF).