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BY SHANNON BURROWS
BANNER STAFF
With another successful CKNX Health Care
Heroes Radiothon gone by, local businesses are
still showing their support for Listowel Memorial Hospital.
TD Canada Trust and The Kitchen Cupboard
and Icebox both held fundraisers recently in
conjunction with the annual health care fundraiser.
TD presented a cheque to the hospital Thursday
for $5,421. The money was raised through bake
sales, a silent auction and a chili luncheon.
“The money was raised in our community by
fundraisers at the branch with our staff,” explained Rhonda Donegan, branch manager.
Donegan said the branch holds a yearly fundraiser to benefit the community, and this year
staff opted to support Listowel Memorial Hospital.
“[Financial advisor] Andi [Ruttan] brought
[the idea] to me, I said, ‘let’s run with it,’” said
Donegan. “We felt it was important to the community, all our staff are from the community.”
Donegan said all the money raised came from
the Listowel branch, that no corporate dollars
were involved. She said staff were moved by
the support they received for their fundraisers.
“It was overwhelming,” she said. “When
people from the community came in and saw
this was for the hospital, they brought in baked
goods for the bake sale, items for the silent auction . . . the community is wonderful. The hospital really got behind us.”
The Kitchen Cupboard and Icebox of Listowel
held the third annual Supersandwich fundraiser
to support the CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon and the local hospital. Owner Karen
Haverkamp said the business annually supports
the hospital with this event.
“We know it goes to the local hospital, we
know the importance of it,” she said.
She and deli manager Marian Gadd presented
a cheque for $1,400.
As The Kitchen Cupboard sells a number of
six-inch and foot-long sandwiches, the fundraising sales are “making a difference one foot
at a time,” said Haverkamp.
This year was particularly successful, as The
Kitchen Cupboard was able to donate everything needed for the event, thanks to the help
of its suppliers.
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LISTOWEL BANNER • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011
Local fundraising helps purchase new ultrasound machine
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BUSINESSES BACK HEALTH CARE — TD
Canada Trust Listowel branch donated a cheque
for $5,421 in support of Listowel Memorial Hospital through recent fundraisers. Pictured are (from
left) TD financial advisor Andi Ruttan, TD branch
manager Rhonda Donegan, Listowel Wingham
Hospital Alliance CEO Karl Ellis, Listowel Memorial Hospital Foundation administrative assistant Michelle Matheson and sonographers Tina
Purdy, Jen VanTol and Val Gallaher. The funds
were used in conjunction with money raised in
the recent CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon to help purchase a Philips iU22 diagnostic
ultrasound machine.
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