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iii j i i i l i i i 1 hi iii i ill it s ill community joins in the fundraising effort fundraising even for essential services has become a fact of life in the cashstrapped nineties without the generous support of this community markham stouffville hos pital would never have been built that support is once again being sought as the facility looks to much- needed expansion and the purchase of new equip ment the principle issue is that the ministry of health funds operating costs but does not fund capital acqui sitions explained the fundraising chairman for campaign 93 mac cos- burn there is no financial provision in terms of new and more specialized equipment which is evolv ing all the time so the money for that must come from local fundraising and the efforts of the hospital in order to ensure the hospital maintains its posi tion as one of the finest healthcare facilities in the province were inviting people to participate in this fundraising drive cos- burn noted we have a number of new people in the commu nity who have not yet had the opportunity to help out and our appeal is particu larly directed at them in addition to the hospi tals doortodoor campaign a number of other fund- raising events have been cue last spring every organized many of them time we open a new store with the generous support we pick a local charity to of local businesses and cor porations m m meats raised 1500 for the hospital when they hosted a barbe- do a barbecue for explained m ms owner chris dormer when we had the grand opening for our second mac cosbiirn markham stouffville hospitals campaign 93 chairman invites all local residents to participate in cam paign 93 wishing wellness to our neighbourhood store in unionville we fig ured the hospital is always looking for money and we decided to support them this time everything for the barbe cue was supplied by m m meats including food canopies tables and condi ments and all the proceeds raised were donated to the hospital the week before there was a blizzard and the week after there was a bliz zard but on the day of our grand opening it must have been 15 degrees cel sius recalled dormer who strongly believes that sup porting community events such as this benefits every one m m also supplies materials at cost to other organizations who hold barbecues to benefit markham stouffville hos pital barbecue today the journal bookstore on highway 7 in unionville is hosting a barbecue for the hospital on sept 25 from 11 am to 3 pm in front of the store special guests include curious george clifford and spot and m ms own rex next month canada trust will donate the pro ceeds of a barbecue being held to mark the opening of its newest branch on highway 48 at 16th ave across from the sunkist plaza and to celebrate the 5000th birth at markham stouffville hospital in july canada trust has opened up an education fund with 500 in the name of the lucky baby hay wagon hoedown remax allstars realty is jumping on the hay wagon by sponsoring a country and western fun night to benefit the hospital at markham fairgrounds on nov 13 from 730 pm to 1 am there will be a local band as part of the enter tainment as well as a disc jockey advised danielle volpe who is organizing the event with adena watt well have a line dancing instructor and a square dance caller a raffle and door prizes tickets are just 15 each with a buffet included in the cost and there will be a cash bar for tickets and informa tion call volpe or watt at 4770011 on tuesday oct 5 start ing at 7 pm spectrum billiards is sponsoring a billiards tournament in support of markham stouf fville hospital entry fee is 2000 per player and all proceeds will go to the hospital rules of the tournament are double knockout spectrum billiards is located at 166 bullock drive in markham call 4727059 to register markham hydro lends a helping hand light up someones life is the theme of markham stouffville hospitals christmas fundraising program which is receiving a j- major boost from markham hydro included in the commissions october billing to all its customers will be a flyer from the hos pital which will request donations of 25 in exchange for a light on the spectacular christ mas tree to be erected in the hospital lobby instead of purchasing gifts for friends family members colleagues or teachers residents will be asked to donate a light in the name of the recipient of their choice a beautiful person alized calligraphy card along with a miniature spiral of sharing tree orna ment which ties in with the donor recog nition sculpture at the hospital will be sent to the recipients to acknowledge con tributions made in their honor lights can also be purchased in memory of a special friend or family member and all donors will be invited to attend a christmas reception at the hospital during which the tree will be officially lit for the season flyers will be mailed to 50000 households and businesses in markham and area resi dents who do not receive the mailing are also invited to participate in the christmas tree light program charitable tax receipts will be issued to all donors the program was initiated by staff at the hos pitals foundation office who wrote requesting the commissions help in distributing the flyers explained hydro general manager bob fabro the commission reviewed the letter at a monthly meeting and agreed that on a trial basis for this year they would be more than pleased to cooperate in the venture said fabro once it was approved by the commission they- asked staff through me to coordinate the details with the markham stouffville hospital foundation at the top of this years wish list for the hospital are three desperately needed patientcon trolled analgesia pca pumps these devices allow patients suffering severe pain to monitor and control their own medication 95 per cent of cancer pain can be controlled through this method bringing enormous relief to those who are seriously ill 12000 will pur chase all three pumps giving those patients the very special gift of comfort love and caring for christmas and each 25 received will bring the hospital one step closer to that goal light up someones life this christmas with a gift of light z d tfl jo ca pi s co ra jo to y o vo