Hein Financial Group of North Battleford decided to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a big donation to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation.
At their anniversary event at the Dekker Centre on Thursday night, Brian Hein and the rest of the staff handed a $10,000 cheque to Carey Tollefson, board member for the BUH Foundation and also a longtime friend of Hein.
Tollefson says the money is going towards the foundation’s ENT campaign, short for “Ears, Nose and Throat.” North Battleford has just acquired a new ears-nose-and-throat specialist doctor, and the hospital has been seeking to upgrade its equipment and instruments for their operating room there to deal with those ailments.
The BUH Foundation’s commitment to Prairie North Health Region is $380,000 towards that cause; the $10,000 donation goes directly towards that.
The campaign has gone well so far. It is about two-thirds of the way towards reaching their target, and much of the equipment is in place now.
“We’re extremely grateful to Brian, and Hein Financial,” said Tollefson. “This is another donation that they’ve made to various causes that we’ve needed money for over the years.”
Hein said BUH Foundation was chosen for the donation because they are a “great organization in this community. They need the money for the facilities that they put together for everybody in the community and I can’t think of a better use of our money.”
It is also in keeping with their longstanding tradition of giving back to organizations in the community.
The night was a special one for Hein Financial Group, which offers financial, retirement and estate planning services.
Not surprisingly, staff members, including many from as far away as Calgary, were on hand for the event. But it was an evening the firm primarily wanted to share with their clients.
“The clients are the ones that make us. You’re only as good as your clients are, and we’ve got a great group of clients so we’re happy to have them here,” said Greg Lightfoot, financial advisor with Hein Financial and a North Battleford city councillor.
The night also featured speaker Doug Towill, senior vice-president of CI Investments, who gave an informative and at times humorous presentation on the “success equation.”
There was also plenty of nostalgia. A collage of photos and newspaper articles lined a wall in the Dekker Centre highlighting the firm’s growth and many changes from its beginnings under Brian’s dad, Dick Hein, a half-century ago.
“We’ve been around for 50 years in this community, and time goes by very quickly,” Brian Hein said.
