The Airdrie Health Foundation was established after a five-year-old boy named Lane Bates became suddenly and seriously ill during the night in 2009. Because Airdrie had no 24-hour emergency medical care, it was impossible for Lane’s parents to access the necessary medical help in time to save their son.

A year after Lane’s passing, the Bates family was again in need of medical care in the middle of the night for one of their daughters. This time they needed to travel at night to Didsbury Hospital in a massive snow storm. This is when they knew something needed to change.