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18 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 3, 1992 " Painting a lifesaver for iocal hospital By Julia Dempsey Port Perry Star Community Memorial Hospi- tal is kicking off a short-term campaign to raise money for capital equipment. Called scription for a Healthy Community", the hos- pital hopes to raise most of the campaign's $100,000 goal in the next two months. : At the heart of the fundraiser is a painting of the Lake Scugog Open Air Ice Palace which can be best described as an infec- tiously feel-good painting. - The painting is being used to both promote and raise money for the campaign. The Ice Palace painting was done by Alberto de Castro, one 'of Canada's leading naive art- ists. Some of the companies and individuals who own his work include Air Canada, the cities of Edmonton and Toronto, Vati- can Collection (Rome), Julio Iglesias and Sanyo Limited (Ja- pan). Mr. de Castro began his painting career in Spain before moving to Canada in 1969. His career took offin the 1980s after a public showing at the Scugog Memorial Public Library. "I feel I owe a great deal to this community," Mr. de Castro told the Star. As a way of giving back to the community what it gave to him, Mr. de Castro has given the original painting to the hospital and signed.over all copyrights. . Kent Farndale, chairman of the Hospital Board and friend of Mr. de Castro, said he has "nev- er done a painting that hasn't brought smiles." It was Mrs. Farndale who ap- proached her friend, enquiring if he would be interested in painting the ice palace for the hospital's fundraiser. "His readiness and enthu- siasm to do it was there right from the beginning," she said. Howard Hall, president of the Hospital Foundation, said "as a parent or a grandparent you can see someone in that picture who is related to you." "Ice Palace" will be featured in a mailing to households across Scugog Township and its surrounding area. Stories have been created linking some of the delightful characters in the painting to pieces of medical equipment they may need as a potential patient of Community Memorial Hospital. Some of the equipment high- lighted in the mailing includes a $4,000 biliwrap (a fiberoptic / Si we A painting depicting the Lake Scugog Open Air Ice Palace could save lives in the future. The Community Memorial Hospital Foundation has received the original painting and the artist's copyrights to aid in raising $100,000 for capital equipment. Pictured with the Ice Palace painting is Dr. Bob Allin, chairman of the Prescription for a Healthy Community campaign, artist Alberto de Castro, Hospital Chairman Kent Farndale, and Hospital Foun- dation President Howard Hall. See story for details on the fundraising campaign. blanket used to wrap jaundiced babies which replaces an incu- bator), a $30,200 colonoscope and colonoscope table (used to detect bowel disease), and an $8,700 fiberoptic laryncoscope (used to aid in the safety of ad- ministering anaesthetic). Dr. Bob Allin, chairman of the campaign, said that due to gov- ernment cutbacks in funding, the hospital doesn't have the money needed to keep pace with its equipment needs. He said the purpose of the mailingis three-fold. i "It gives people the opportuni- ty to learn more about the hospi- tal and it raises awareness about the equipment that is needed," he said. The third purpose is to appeal to residents to donate to the equipment fund. Debbie McGarry, manager of the Hospital Foundation, said donation forms will be included in each mailing. Residents can donate money from themselves, orin honor ofaloved one. "This Christmas, people have the opportunity to give a gift that gives twice," she said. A giant prescription pad will be set up in the hospital. Donor and/or recipient names will be featured on the pad. Another part of the fundrais- er will be the sale of 500 signed and numbered limited edition prints and 50 signed and num- bered artist proof prints. The 19 3/4 by 27 inch prints are available at the Framer's Gallery. Limited edition prints are selling for $125 while artist proof prints are $150. Give to your Hospital until you feel great. It's for you and yours and all of us. It's a Picture Perfect Solution It's a puzzle we can solve together. It's a prescription for a healthy community.