Great War Memorial Hospital of Perth

Name :

Great War Memorial Hospital of Perth

Address  :

33 Drummond Street West

Town  :

Perth

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

K7H 2K1

Phone  :

613 264 0638

Web URL  :


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The 20th Annual and final Ron Brownlee Memorial Golf Tournament was once again a great success This year the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation was presented with a cheque for 17250 for the CT Scan project bringing the total donated from this outstanding tournament to 145000 Avis and Brents remarkable efforts have honored Rons commitment to this community and has had a profound impact on health care provision for the people of Perth amp District We at the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation were honored to be a part of this tournament and will miss the special and generous people who participated

Bob Peskett and Kerry Deachman of Sun Life Financial recently presented Bob Jackson SecretaryTreasurer of the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation with a cheque for 600 This donation is designated to the CT Scan Project and brings Sun Lifes total donations to the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation to 1200

Don Storie front second from right husband of the late Judy Storie and their daughter Tania ireton front second from left present a cheque for 4700 to Joyce Firlotte fron left of the Great War Memorial Foundation The money was raised through a fundraising barbecue put on by Judys coworkers at BMO Bank of Montreal in Perth manager Jim Jarvis is pictured at the front right and will go towards the Perth amp Smiths Falls District hospitals new CT Scan machine

Cruickshank Construction Limited based in Kingston have a program whereby they make donations to healthcare organizations instead of giving gifts to clients at Christmas Recently they made a 5000 donation split between the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation and the Smiths Falls Community Hospital Foundation Pictured from left are GWM Foundation members Gord jones bob Jackson Bob Chaplin Jocelyn Gordon Wayne Hasler of Cruickshank Construction Lisa Hasler and Les Cruickshank

The TayClyde Shriners Club recently presented the Great War memorial Hospital Foundation with a cheque for 4557 half the proceeds of their successful Shriners Fore Hospitals Golf Tournament The same amount went to the Montreal Shriners hospital Pictured left to right are Ken McEwen Shrineclub treasurer Graham Oldford secretary Bob Jackson secretarytreasurer of the hospital foundation Gordon Wallbank Shrineclub president and Wayne McGarvey golf director of Shriners Fore Hospital Golf Tournament

Jones Manager of Giant Tiger and a Director of the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation presents a cheque to Foundation Chair Joyce Firlotte for 500 The GWM Foundation is very grateful for their financial support This brings their total donations to date to 5500

The Auxiliary to the Great War Memorial Hospital presented a cheque for 35000 as the final instalment of its commitment to help pay for the PACS picture archiving and communications system for the GWM Site of the Perth amp Smiths Falls District Hospital The Auxiliary committed 85000 to the project on the occasion of its 85th Anniversary last year The funds were raised through the sale of HELPP Lottery tickets From left Tim Carter Chair of the Hospital Board Linda Bisonette VP Patient Care Services Lynda Hendriks Hospital Board member Lana March Chair of the GWM Foundation Donna Barker HELPP Lottery treasurer Margaret Guitard Auxiliary 1st VP Brian Allen VP Finance and Support Services and Bert Shaw President of the Auxiliary
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