Kelly Verberne, student at Wilfrid Laurier Universtiy and member of the Fashion in Motion Committee, presents a cheque for $6000 to St. Mary's Hospital Foundation staff member, Lisa Short. This Fashion in Motion event raised funds in support of the St. Mary’s Regional Cardiac Care Centre.
Thank you to the East Indian Community of Waterloo Region Walkathon Committee for their dedication and hard work in support of St. Mary's Cardiac Care. With tremendous support from the community, over $20,000 was raised!
Representatives of the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation present a donation of $250,000 toward the purchase of a new $1.4 million x-ray camera for the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Mary's Regional Cardiac Care Centre. This cutting-edge technology will improve patient care and safety, and will replace a camera which was purchased when regional cardiac services were first launched at St. Mary's in 2001.
Our friends at Victoria Electric had their very own tournament of "Hearts" when they decided to send the proceeds of their annual bonspeil to St. Mary's Cardiac Care Centre!
Thank you to our friends at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 469 for their generous donation of $4000 to our Region Cardiac Care Program.
These students at St. Augustine School in Cambridge worked together to raise $163.58 in support of St. Mary's Cardiac Care. Their group R.A.T.S. (Really Awesome Terrific Students), created t-shirts and the slogan 'have a heart' all to raise funds in support of St. Mary's. Thank you R.A.T.S.!!!
Hans Kroisenbrunner, 1st Vice President of the Kitchener Waterloo Alpine Club presented a cheque to Foundation Development Manager Amy Atkinson during the Club's 58th Anniversary Dance celebrated on Saturday, April 30th, 2011. We thank the Alpine Club for their on-going support.
Doug Homeniuk from Aviva Insurance Company of Canada presents a cheque to Susan Dusick, Vice President of St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation. Cynthia Roth (far right) is on the Board of St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation and through Aviva, won the opportunity to donate $1000 to the charity of her choice. Thanks for choosing St. Mary’s Cynthia!
Thursday, March 3, 2011-St. Mary's Hospital's Inpatient Cardiac Nurse Shelley Hohl accepts a cheque from the New Hamburg Legion's Poppy Fund for $6,689 to purchase specialized equipment for the Regional Cardiac Care Program.
Don Shilton, President of St. Mary's General Hospital and Amy Atkinson, Development Manager of the Hospital Foundation, accept a cheque from Raymond Steffler, Steffler Potatoes. Raymond's generous investment in our Cardiac Centre will help fund the purchase of new equipment as we approach our tenth year as the Region's Cardiac Care Centre. Thank you Raymond!
The Bank of Montreal has supported St.Mary's for years. Through their many community initiatives, their employees and clients alike have been a part of the growth and expansion of our Hospital. Recently Janet Peddigrew visited to present a cheque to Peter Sweeney, President SMGH Foundation and Don Shilton, Hospital President. This donation was proceeds from an event held at Bingeman's where guest speaker Dr Sherry Cooper spoke about today's economy and planning for the future.
The Waterloo Women's Institute holds a women's conference each year. In 2010, St. Mary's was the recipient of funds raised during the conference. Eleanor Barry, President, along with Ruth Jones, Past President are happy to present Susan Dusick, Vice President of St. Mary's Foundation with a cheque to support Cardiac Care.
Dianne Cunningham and Bob Sicard of UPI Energy along with Jim Fox of the Retired Teachers of Ontario presented a cheque to St.Mary's Hospital Foundation Development Manager Amy Atkinson. The donation of $9000 is proceeds from their annual golf tournament of which UPI was a major sponsor.
Cowan Wilkin Financial Services Inc.’s Andrew Wilkin and Rob Cowan present a cheque in support of Cardiac Care to President of St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation, Peter Sweeney.
Paul Straus, Vice-President and CEO, Home Hardware Stores Limited, presented St. Mary’s General Hospital Foundation, at St. Mary’s Hospital with a cheque for $100,000 as the final installment of the company’s commitment to donate $500,000 dollars to the foundation over four years.
The Waterloo Knights of Columbus Retired Members club held a parking lot sale during the summer of 2010 and raised $2000! They generously have directed $1000 of those funds to St. Mary's General Hospital. Thank you for your continued service to our community and support of our Hospital.
Congratulations to MANULIFE FINANCIAL for receiving the Volunteer Action Centre's Volunteer Impact Award handed out on June 11, 2009 at an awards gala at CIGI.
Thank you to the Red Knights Chapter 18 for their inspiring donation to St.Mary's. Although this chapter is fairly new, they have come together to support their community. Susan Dusick, Vice President, accepted funds raised through their Fall Colours Ride from John Scheeringa and Bob Brown.
Jim Evans, Board member of St.Mary's General Hospital Foundation accepts a generous gift of $25,000 from Cheryl Hugill, on behalf of The Rotary Club of Kitchener-Westmount. Cheryl is President of the Club which "recognizes the good work of our local hospitals and believes in supporting them so they can continue to provide the highest quality of health care for our community."
