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HomeHealth and LifestyleCommunity Kicks Fundraising For New CT Scanner Into High Gear

Community Kicks Fundraising For New CT Scanner Into High Gear

KAWARTHA LAKES-The City of Kawartha Lakes community is kicking the fundraising for our new CT scanner into high gear.

Ross Memorial Hospital’s volunteers offer a vast array of experience, talents and motivation for joining the team. Through their various efforts, they are united in their goal:
to help the hospital.

While much of their work has been done from home through the pandemic, they continue to contribute to the Ross. New initiatives include the Ross Family & Friends 50/50 Raffle which launched with a pilot series in the fall of 2020. Now in its fourth series, the raffle has continued to grow with energetic participation from the public.

On Tuesday, Auxiliary President Anne Botond and members of the 50/50 Committee, Karen Simser, Linda Wakelin, Nelia Steward and Jan Morrison, presented Foundation CEO Erin Coons with a cheque for $10,000 to support the purchase of the community’s new CT Scanner.

“When you’re a part of the Ross Family the way our volunteers are, it’s hard to stay home even when we know it’s the best way to help right now,” said Anne Botond, RMH Auxiliary President. “We miss seeing the staff, physicians, patients and visitors, and we can’t wait to get back to our regular volunteer services. We’re so pleased to be able to make this donation, during such a challenging year, and show the community that even though you can’t see us, our hearts are still at the Ross.”

“We’re grateful to see interest in the 50/50 Raffle continue to grow,” said Karen Simser, 50/50 Committee Chair. “It shows us that whether we’re at the Ross or operating online, people love their local hospital and want to support it.”

For more information about volunteering with the RMH Auxiliary or to buy tickets for the Ross Family & Friends 50/50 Raffle, please visit rmh.org/volunteers.

The team at Homestead Oxygen & Medical Equipment (HOME) has been helping keep the community healthy since 1997. Through its many services, HOME helps people live at home safely and comfortably. And through its partnerships and philanthropy, the team shows that a healthy community is more than good business — it’s a concept embraced by all.

The photo shows (left to right):
Geoff Patton, Erin Coons, Kelly Parker

HOME’s caring values were on display on July 13 as owner Kelly Parker and vice president operations Geoff Patton made a generous donation to support the purchase of a new CT Scanner for the community. Erin Coons, RMH Foundation CEO, was honoured to accept their cheque for $2,500 for the Partners in Precision Care appeal.

“The business leaders at Homestead Oxygen and Medical Equipment know that we all play a role to make our community healthier and stronger. The importance they put on their corporate values, their partnerships and local philanthropy inspire others to care and to support the future of health care. On behalf of the Ross team, our physicians and patients, we thank them for their generosity.” stated Coons.

CT imaging is a critical tool for diagnosing injuries and disease, and for guiding surgeries and cancer treatments. At the Ross, the CT team conducts more than 12,000 scans every year.

The new scanner has already been installed and is in use!

 

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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