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Curbside Christmas meal pick up for seniors a success
A take out Christmas turkey with all the trimmings meal for seniors was a resounding success. Debbie MacDonald Moynes, of Prince Edward Community Care for Seniors, says there were 179 meals ordered and picked up between noon and 1pm Dec. 17th. “Everyone was smiling as they waited patiently in their car for the contactless, curbside […]
Angel Tree program wraps up successful Christmas campaign
Despite challenges presented with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Children’s Foundation Angel Tree campaign for 2020 was a success. “Susan Rose, Program Coordinator and her team are overwhelmed by the generosity of the community,” said Kate Anderson, of The Children’s Foundation. “This campaign raised over $32,000, as well as lots of wonderful donations of brand new […]
Residents making spirits bright for a new County hospital
In a holiday season unlike any other, spirits were bright at the Wellings of Picton this week as a group of residents presented the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation with a holiday gift of $6,265. The funds were raised at the Wellings of Picton’s third annual Making Spirits Bright Christmas Bazaar that was held […]
Knatty Knitters make Christmas cozy for patients in hospital over the holiday
CHEERS! to The Knatty Knitters who are helping to make Christmas a little bit cozier for patients spending the holidays at Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. Again this year, the Knatty Knitters have donated handmade lap blankets for patients. The Knatty Knitters are a group of 12 volunteers who knit blankets, hats and other items […]
Local couple Backs the Build with $10,000 memorial donation
A County couple has honoured their parents with a $10,000 memorial donation to help ‘Back the Build’ of the new hospital. Herb and Kathy Pliwischkies, of Picton, presented the donation Tuesday to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation (PECMHF). Pliwischkies, who recently lost his mother Margarete in November, wanted to honour both his parents […]
Festive fundraising helps equip County’s hospital
Fundraising in a pandemic requires ingenuity. The festive spirit of the community came through despite restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic which cancelled this year’s 13th annual Festival of Trees event held at Isaiah Tubbs Resort. Volunteers with the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary switched gears to usher in the holiday season by bringing […]
St. Andrew’s Church in Wellington Backs the Build
CHEERS! from the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation to St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Wellington which once again stepped up to support the foundation’s Back the Build campaign for a new hospital in the County. Jan Davey and Marg Stanford, members of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church presented Nancy Parks, Back the Build campaign co-chair […]
Sobey’s Cash Calendar gift to staff helpsBack the Build of County’s new hospital
CHEERS! from the Picton Rotary Club to Jamie Yeo of Picton Sobeys who is doing his part to support to help Back the Build for a new hospital in the County by supporting the Rotary’s cash calendar fundraiser. Yeo purchased $1000.00 worth of cash calendars to give away to his staff as holiday gifts. This […]
UPDATED: Virtual Festival of Trees raises $42,000 for hospital equipment
CHEERS! from the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary to all those who helped raise $42,000 at this year’s ‘virtual’ Festival of Trees online auction and sale of foods and the thrift-shop’s Christmas Bazaar. Supporters helped the auxiliary to present the funds to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation to purchase critical equipment, including […]
$2M donation brings campaign for County’s new hospital to $14.7M
Announcing a $2M gift to help Back the Build of Prince Edward County’s new hospital, long-time supporters Lanny and Catharine Huff saw the new fundraising thermometer rise to a milestone $14.7 million in cash and commitments. “This year has made us all very much aware of how important it is to have a good community […]
