A B B O T S F O R D FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013
MSA Ford is proud to support and play a
Giving back to the community has been a
small role in the aid of awareness of
very big part of the Holmbergs’ success, and
Holmberg House. This is a tremendous
your contribution to the very worthy cause
opportunity for residents of this community
of Holmberg House, is a great way to honour
to help and show their passion for this much
their years of generosity to those in need in
needed facility.
our community.
The Holmberg family continues to be
So with your help and assistance, we all can
builders in this great community and we
help continue this legacy of giving by raising
are fortunate to have them working and
the remaining funding to fully complete the
enhancing life in Abbotsford.
Campus of Care.
Throughout his business career, and now
Sincerely,
in retirement, Dave Holmberg has always been a champion of our community and particularly of local business. MSA Ford is happy to have had the Holmberg family as customers for many years. Throughout the past 35 years Dave’s loyalty not only saw his company purchase trucks from us, but most of his family’s personal vehicles as well. Dave’s love of Ford vehicles even extended to the classics . . . an orange ’64-and-ahalf’ Mustang graced his garage not so long ago. Dave’s loyalty to our Ford vehicles was also rewarded when he won a new Ford Expedition at MSA Ford.
Mike McDonald, General Manager MSA Ford
David Holmberg Jr. January 9, 1963 – March 30, 2011 David was a strong, athletic, fun-loving, caring and giving son, brother, husband and father, who with his unique and winning smile, had a powerful impact on thousands of people in
our community and across the nation. David was an exceptional athlete, beginning in Little Leag ue baseball, minor hockey, tennis, swimming, golf, skiing, racquetball and biking. He was also a member of the Bradner Generals slo-pitch team. David excelled at running, was a member of the Abbotsford Gaiters Running Club, and participated in marathons and Ironman competitions throughout British Columbia, always running for charitable purposes. In business he was also a star, and his sales and management skills were sig nificant in the great success achieved by the family business – Bobcat Country Inc. David will long be remembered by all who knew him, from childhood friends to business leaders within our community and throughout North America.
ABBOTSFORD NEWS FILE PHOTO
On May 6, 2011, then Minister of Health Mike de Jong (left) and Dave Holmberg Sr. for David Holmberg Jr., who died of cancer. Also at the ceremony, held at the current unveiled the name for the new adult hospice that will be built as part of the Campus Abbotsford Hospice Society resource centre on Marshall Road, the provincial govof Care project adjacent to Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Holmberg House is named ernment announced a $3.5 million contribution towards the capital campaign goal.
We need your support to complete the Holmberg House ALLAN ASAPH Executive Director Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce We are on the brink of the most dramatic population shift in Canada’s history as the proportion of elderly residents and cancer patients continues to grow, especially in our region. Families in our community are desperately in need of compassionate palliative care options. Hospice care wraps families in compassionate, loving support and provides bereavement support and aftercare. The time for additional hospice services is now!
TINA STEWART Executive Director Abbotsford Downtown Business Association Holmberg House will provide much needed dignity and comfort close to home to members of our community who are dying or grieving. A time of caring and compassion instead of fear and anxiety. Please give to Abbotsford Hospice Society.
TRICIA DUMOUCHEL Marketing Director Sevenoaks Shopping Centre What a privilege it is to have a world-class facility built right here in Abbotsford. An adult hospice residence provides families with what they need most at a very difficult stage of everyone’s life. End-of-life is something we can relate to and what an opportunity it is to give, support and honour Abbotsford families through Holmberg House support and aftercare. The time for additional hospice services is now!
DEB LOWELL Public Relations Director Salvation Army My family cared for my father-in-law in our home for many years. Some said ‘he lost the battle’ but that is not true. He taught us how to fight and how to die, just as he’d taught us how to live, to cherish every minute, that even in the midst of life’s most excruciating moments, there is still room for joy and hope and DQ ice cream. Holmberg House will offer; a community of support and compassion offering joy and hope in the middle of life’s most difficult circumstances.
ANDREW FRANKLIN Publisher Abbotsford News & Mission Record It is a distinct honour to play a role in the key marketing partnership of Holmberg House. Our city needs and deserves a hospice residence. Now is the time for us all to assist and see the completion of the construction. On behalf of The News staff, I would like to thank and acknowledge the staff and board for their leadership of Abbotsford Hospice.
JANNA DIELEMAN Manager, Donor & Community Relations Abbotsford Community Services Abbotsford Community Services appreciates the commitment of the Abbotsford Hospice Society, started in the late 1980s by a group of dedicated volunteers. The Abbotsford Hospice Society has become an essential service in our community for those who are terminally ill and experiencing grief. The next step is to provide a live-in hospice facility as presently, patients and families are being served by other communities.
A huge THANK YOU to the people and organizations who participated in our DRIVE ONE Events! With your support we have raised
$
249,500 over the past 4 years.
MSA Ford is proud to have been recognized by Ford Motor Company as having raised the most monies and facilitating the most Drive One events, more than any other Ford dealer in Canada! We are very proud of this achievement and know this feat would not
have been possible without our Drive One event staff, combined with our amazing community partners! Enriching the lives of our fellow citizens and local organizations has been incredibly humbling to our entire MSA team.
We look forward to a very successful 2014 and ask the community to contribute in any way to the Campus of Care. Robert Bateman Secondary • Twisters Gymnastics • St. John Brebeuf Drama Club • Hatzic Centennial Community Celebration • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society • Abbotsford Minor Hockey Heritage Park Secondary • Hatzic Secondary School • Abbotsford Christian School • Hillside Elementary School • Mission Minor Baseball Association • Hatzic Elementary School • Cherry Hill Elementary • Sandy Hill Elementary School • Abbotsford Collegiate • Mount Lehman Elementary School • Clayburn Middle School • Youth Unlimited • Barrowtown Elementary School • Margaret Stenersen Elementary • Christine Morrison Elementary • Abbotsford Female Hockey Association • Mt. Lehman Community Association (Mt. Lehman United Church) • Dewdney Elementary School • The Navy League of Canada: Central Fraser Valley Branch• Abbotsford Skipping Sensations (BC & Yukon Rope Skipping Association) • Abbotsford Minor Fastball Association • Heart & Stroke (Big Bike Cruzers) • Hatzic Secondary School • Mission Attackers Spring Hockey • Central Abbotsford Community School Society • Mission Secondary • New Heights Community Church Scouts Canada • Shape Your World Society • Bradner Elementary • Abbotsford 2nd LDS Youth Group • Mission Minor Lacrosse Association • Mt. Lehman Elementary School • Abbotsford Angels Bantam AAA Team • Christian Outreach of Canada • Transport for Christ • Youth Unlimited - Abbotsford • Mission Marlins Swim Club • All Saints Anglican Church Mission • Aldergrove Minor Hockey Association • Auguston Traditional Elementary School PAC • Matsqui Elementary School • Youth Unlimited: Mission • Mission Soapbox Association • Abbotsford Minor Hockey Association • Big Brothers & Big Sisters • Rotary Club of Mission Mid-Day • Mission Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation • Bras for a Cause • Canuck Place Children’s Hospice • Abbotsford Hospice Society • Abbotsford Professional Fire Fighters Charitable Society • The CrossCurrent • Valley Stars Cheerleading • Edwin S.Richards Elementary School • Twisters Gymnastics Club • West Heights Community School Mission Hospice Society • Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation • Heritage Park Secondary School • Cares Counselling • Valley Stars Cheer Athletics • Abbotsford Minor Baseball Association
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