Teck Resources ltd. is celebrating a 30-year partnership with Sparwood, Teck and Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service, or STARS.
The local mining giant is donating $300,000 dollars to the non-profit over a three year period to support their work of transporting patients who need critical care in the Elk Valley.
Teck’s contributions will allow STARS to hire new crews, purchase medical supplies and treat patients with care, precision and timeliness.
Teck’s Rory O’Connor says STARS helicopters allow them to move resources and patients with efficient speed.
“The technology that they employ, the support and training and advance care that their staff are equipped to provide,” O’Connor says. ” It is something that we believe in strongly and want to be able to support further and see continue long into the future.”
O’Connor says the announcement was made shortly after STARS attended the 100th 100th Annual Zones Mine Rescue Competition in Sparwood on Saturday.
“They brought out one of their older helicopters that didn’t need to be in service that day, landed it out behind the recreation centre in Sparwood,” he says. “We had an incredible turnout from the community coming out to see the machine, to talk to the staff, understand how things work, and also to provide some further support.”
Since the start of their partnership, Teck’s contributions have played a part in more the 55,000 STARS missions.
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Teck Resources Limited and STARS announced today that Teck is making a $300,000 donation over three years to STARS in celebration of their 30-year partnership.
This contribution will support STARS in providing care and transport to patients who need critical care in the Elk Valley and surrounding communities in southeastern British Columbia.
STARS is a non-profit organization that exists to provide critical care, anywhere.
Whether by air, by ground or virtually, the expert care delivered by STARS doctors, nurses and paramedics comes in many forms.
STARS is the only service of its kind in Western Canada and over the past year flew 29 missions in the Regional District of East Kootenay, including ten to the Elk Valley.
Teck’s contribution will help support STARS operations, including hiring talented and motivated crews, purchasing the latest medical supplies, and treating patients with the care, precision and timeliness to help ensure their best chance of survival.
“At Teck, we are focused on ensuring everyone goes home safe and healthy every day and are proud to continue our longstanding support of STARS,” said Robin Sheremeta, Senior Vice President, Coal, Teck. “STARS plays a critical role in providing emergency medical services in the communities where we operate, and this gift supports continued innovation and enhancement of the critical patient care they provide.”
“Partnerships like the long-standing one we have with Teck are critical to our operations,” said STARS president and CEO, Andrea Robertson. “At STARS, everything we do is about ensuring we can be there to provide critical care to the next patient who needs us. This support from Teck allows us to do exactly that. On behalf of everyone at STARS, thank you for this gift and for 30 years of partnership.”
To celebrate their 30 years of partnership, STARS was on site with Teck and the East Kootenay Mining Industrial Safety Association (EKMISA) at the 100th Annual East Kootenay Zone Mine Rescue Competition in Sparwood on May 13th. Teck, EKMISA, and STARS will also be hosting an Awards Banquet following the competition, which will be attended by approximately 400 guests.
Teck’s first gift toward STARS operations was in July 1993. To date, Teck’s contributions have supported operations which have played a part in the more than 55,000 missions STARS has carried out since its inception.
– Article includes statement from STARS and Teck
– Rory O’Connor, Teck Social Responsibility manager
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