Show your support during Tag Day! – May 31

Administrator | May 26, 2013 | Comments 0

Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Tag Day
Friday, May 31, 2013

Buy a tag and support our hospital. Tags will be available in various locations throughout Picton

All proceeds go towards the purchase of a stretcher for our hospital.

For more information contact Dorothy Speirs-Vincent 613 476-8435 or email dorothy.speirs@utoronto.ca

This event raises approximately $4,000 per year.

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Do you wonder what we do with the money we raise?

Over the past year, the PECMH Auxiliary raised over $250,000 for work in our community. Recent contributions/donations to the Picton hospital include:

– $50,000 to the Foundation for improvements to our hospital
– New over-bed tables and visitors’ chairs for the patients’ rooms
– New furniture for the Mary Catherine Scott suite (a respite apartment for family members of seriously ill patients)
– A new television for the Endoscopy waiting room and six new chairs for the Colonoscopy clinic
– $150,000 to the Foundation’s fundraising campaign for ultrasound and mammography equipment
– $12,000 honorarium for spiritual care to patients and families
– $12,000 for scholarships for County residents pursuing post-secondary education in the health sciences field