Vision Credit Union renews support for Stollery Children's Hospital with $200,000 commitment

Vision Credit Union is proud to announce a renewed five-year commitment to the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, pledging $40,000 per year for five years, for a total donation of $200,000.

The renewed commitment builds on Vision’s previous support for the Stollery. In 2025, Vision completed a five-year pledge of $30,000 per year, contributing a total of $150,000 to help the hospital provide specialized pediatric care for children and families across Alberta.

For many families in rural Alberta, advanced children’s health care is not available close to home. Based in Edmonton, the Stollery Children’s Hospital provides emergency and critical care, complex surgeries, outpatient care, mental health support and other highly specialized services for children from across central and northern Alberta, including many of the rural communities Vision serves.

“Vision’s commitment to the Stollery is an extension of our commitment to the wellbeing of our branch communities,” said Dan Hautzinger, CEO of Vision Credit Union. “Supporting the Stollery helps make sure families in our communities have access to the care they need, when they need it. That matters to us because these are our neighbours, our members and our hometowns.”

Vision’s renewed support comes at a time when the Stollery is expanding the reach of pediatric care through virtual health. The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation is raising funds toward a dedicated Stollery Centre for Virtual Health, which will help connect patients, families and Stollery medical teams through secure telemedicine platforms. The initiative is designed to support real-time consultations, timely assessments, treatment planning and ongoing care management, reducing the need for lengthy travel and added financial costs for rural families. The Centre will also offer training and educational resources for local health-care providers, helping strengthen pediatric care capacity in rural communities.

Nearly 30 per cent of Stollery patients live outside Edmonton, many travelling hundreds of kilometres for care. The Stollery Centre for Virtual Health will help to reduce travel, stress and costs by bringing Stollery specialists closer to families – sometimes right into local hospitals or family homes.

“The Stollery Centre for Virtual Health will help connect rural communities with top-notch pediatric health care, regardless of location,” said Hautzinger. “That means more families can access specialist support closer to home, with fewer long drives, less disruption and a little less worry during an already difficult time. Vision is proud to support an organization that’s making life a little easier for families when kids are sick.”

The Stollery Children’s Hospital serves more than 300,000 patient visits each year and provides care across the largest catchment area of any children’s hospital in North America. Its work supports children and families from backyards across Alberta – including the rural communities Vision Credit Union calls home.

This new $200,000 pledge reflects Vision’s ongoing commitment to community wellbeing and to supporting charitable causes that make life measurably better for rural Albertans.