During Heart Month, Knar Jewellery ran a Heart Awareness raffle in support of St. Mary’s General Hospital Foundation. Jeff Buzbuzian, owner of Knar Jewellery visits St. Mary’s General Hospital to present proceeds from the raffle to Lisa Short of the Foundation, and meet the winner of a beautiful Frederique Constant “Open Heart” watch. Cardiac Nurse Jennifer Glass was the lucky winner of this beautiful watch. Thank you Knar!
The 4th Annual Tri-City Foundation Fundraiser supporting the Foundations of St. Marys General Hospital, Cambridge Memorial Hospital and Grand River Hospital was a resounding success, raising over $50,000. Thank you BMO for hosting this informative and entertaining evening. Thank you for your continued commitment to the health care of this community.
Thank you to the staff and customers at Capri for your continued support of St. Mary's Cardiac Care Centre. Diana Coupal & Monika McKinley of Capri Salon present a cheque to St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation Vice President, Susan Dusick in March 2013.
Thank you to Jane Black and her team at RBC Royal Bank, Greater Waterloo for their donation of teddy bears to the Sexual Assault Domestic Violence Unit (SADV) at St. Mary's General Hospital. These fury friends will find good homes supporting program clients. Accepting the teddy bears on behalf of the hospital are Lynne Legge and Sue Gallagher from the SADV unit and Susan Dusick, Vice President, St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation.
St. Mary’s General Hospital Foundation is proud to thank The Central Ontario Chinese Cultural Centre for their commitment to caring for our community.Their generous support of St. Mary’s General Hospital extends beyond their financial contributions, and is a core value of their members. For over 30 years the COCCC has been enriching and caring for our community. Their fundraising efforts have supported our Regional Cardiac Care Centre.
Spin12 co-chairs Blaire Gateman and Rich Donelle present a cheque for $50,000 to St. Mary’s General Hospital President Don Shilton, St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation President Peter Sweeney, and Tamara Niesen, Development Manager at St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation. Thank you to all who participated and supported Spin12 that took place on February 9th, 2013 at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Centre.
Thank you to Shoppers Drug Mart, Forest Glen Shopping Centre staff and customers for your generous donation to St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation in support of Women's Health and the Tree of Life Campaign. Susan Dusick, Vice President of St. Mary's Hospital Foundation accepts a cheque from the staff at Forest Glen Shopping Centre.
Thank you to the Vietnamese Tennis Club for their generous and continued support of the St. Mary's Hospital Foundation.
Thank you Manulife Financial LPGA Classic for your continued and generous support of St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation. In this photo, Hugh Morrow, President of Sports Properties International presents a cheque for $250,000 to Peter Sweeney, President, St. Mary's Hospital Foundation.
President Amsey Metzger, along with Brian Eix and Wayne Martin of Waterloo County Steam-Threshers present a cheque to Tamara Niesen, Development Manager, St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation
Janet Peddigrew of BMO Bank of Montreal presents a cheque to Susan Dusick (L), Vice President, St. Mary's Hospital Foundation and Don Shilton (Centre), President, St. Mary's Hospital.
Thank you Zonta Club of Kitchener - Waterloo for your on-going support.
Susan Dusick, Vice President of St. Mary's Hospital Foundation presents the Golden Wheel Award to Erb Transport for their fundraising excellence at the Bike and Hike for Heart. Representing Erb Transport are Diane Heyer - Application Developer II, Brenda Alderson -Fleet Maintenance Support, and Dave Dietrich - V.P. of Human Resources
Mark Martinell of Chartwell Westmount Retirement Residence, Leslie Slabon-Manager of the Chest Unit at St. Mary's, and Kris Stinson from Kitchener Lawn Bowling presenting the proceeds from the HIT THE JACK event held on the Father's Day weekend to support our Chest Unit.
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.!!!
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.
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."
Spin 12 committee members Blaire Gateman and Rich Donelle present a cheque to Peter Sweeney from St. Mary's Hospital Foundation in support of Cardiac Care.