The Champagne Dinner & Auction gala has grown to be the Cowichan Valley’s premier fundraising event. Approximately 350 guests bid through silent and live auctions during a fun filled evening. Each year we receive fantastic donations of vacation and weekend getaways, dining and theatre excursions, golf packages, artwork, collectibles, jewelry, cash and many other diverse items!

The Cowichan District Hospital Foundation’s 35th Annual Champagne Dinner & Auction presented by Ellis Don took place on Saturday, March 14 2026 at Brentwood College.

Since the Gala’s inception in 1989 it has remained the Foundation’s major fundraising event. The 2026 gala raised approximately $400,000 (net) in support of medical equipment for Cowichan.

Find photos from the March 14, 2026 event here

If you have any questions please feel free to contact our office at 250-701-0399 or email us at info@cdhfoundation.ca

See our 2026 Champagne Dinner & Auction in action:

Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2026 event such a success, including generous donors:

AdventureCo. Destinations, a division of Mill Bay Marine Group, Alderlea Vineyards, Andrew Sheret Ltd / Splashes Bath & Kitchen, Ang Bookeeping Service, Antho Santarossa, Aspire Well Spa, Barbara Duker, Barry & Cathy Waters, Best Buy, Bob & Elizabeth Hale, Bonny Hastings, Brenda Estill, Buckerfield’s, Bucky’s Sports Shop Ltd, Bush, Bohlman & Partners, Cardino Shoes, City of Duncan, Coastland Wood Industries, Collage Beauty, Country Grocer – Cobble Hill, Cowichan Exhibition, Cowichan Eyecare – Cobble Hill, Cowichan Fish & Game, Cowichan Slinger Truck Inc., Cowichan Valley Citizen, Cowichan Valley Heritage Quilters, Cowichan Valley Voice, CVRD, Dean’s Marine, Devon Gillott Sessions, Dinter Nursery Ltd, Doreen Tawse-Smith, Dr. Cory Ramstead, Dr. Sue Barr, Drillwell Enterprises Ltd., Duncan Butcher Shop, Duncan Ironworks, Ed & Shelley Weremi, Enrico Winery, Excellent Frameworks, Fabrications Clothing, Farm Girl Treasures, Farmer Ben’s Eggs, Floralies Estates, Friedrich Law, Garry & Judith Whitaker, Gibby’s Cafe & Catering, Good Guy’s Window Washing, Granny’s Gas & Woodstoves, Graphic Office Interiors, Grit & Glisten, Heartwood Notary Group, Hillside Stone & Garden, Houle Electric, H.W. Wallace Cremation & Burial, Identity Graphics Services, Ingram Clinic Pharmacy, Island Pharmacy, Island Saw & Turf, Jackie Mackay, Jane Wolters Pottery, Jill Ayearst, Jim Shockey – Hand of Man Museum, Joane Moran, Joe’s Tire Hospital,  Judy Hill Gallery, Kelley York, Larry Myhre, Leon Signs, Lifetime Exterior Shades, Live Edge Design, Long Beach Lodge Resort, Lucille & Alfred Kocurek, Mann’s Pharmacy, Maple Bay Yacht Club, Margot Page, Maxwell Floors, Melanie Wainman, Mint, Mount Brenton Golf Course, Mr. Mikes, Mt. Prevost Wellness, Municipality Of North Cowichan, Norm Howrigan, Old Farm Garden Stone, Outlooks Menswear, Pacific Sands Beach Resort, Pam Richmond & Doyle Childs, Party Mood, Pat Parker, Pat Walker, Pauliina Saarinen Photography, PIPI Everyday Art, Pots & Paraphernalia, Queen Margaret’s School, R.A.M. Appliances, Ray Peters Trucking, RBC, RBC Staff, RBS Managed IT Services Inc., Ridgway & Company Barristers and Solicitors, Robert Bateman, Shades Ladies Clothing, Sharon Zohar, Sheila Leclerc Coaching & Facilitation, Sherra Collett, South Island Fire Place & Spas, Spectrum Painting, Style Sense Furniture, SUN FM, Tamara Taylor, The Butchart Gardens, The Olive Station, Thermoproof Windows & Doors, Thrifty Foods – Duncan, Thrifty Foods – Mill Bay, Thrive Now Physiotherapy, Tracy McClelland, Trial By Fire Pottery, True Grain Bakery, Uncle Albert’s Home Furnishings, Valley Health & Fitness, Velocity Truck Centres, Voyage Liquor Merchants, Wall Street Clothing, Wendy Bradshaw, Westholme Tea Company, Wilson Beck, Yvonne Carr, Zanatta Vineyards, Zita Kenny.