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5 v f rv j cx- l 1 s vila i hitfv ivi tir 11 fll wtitf rt a vv- 1w1t wwm-m9- j dcono mis i a hg 5iin fourth section wednesday may 18 1983 31 4 1 k ft hospital sebastian rizza right owner of sebastian coiffure in the corporate campaign of the markham stouitvilie hospit- markham hands a cheque for 50600 to lylcmoodie left of al building fund by ian bailey the campaign to raise funds for the proposed mar kham stouffvillc hospital has picked up as organizers move towards a december objec tive of 5 million in pledges to demonstrate community in- terest to the provincial gov ernment according to david mcmil- lian campaign director for the building fund 15 mil lion dollars in pledges has been committed by indi- viduals and groups there has been a lot of preparation so far r mrmcmillian said in a recent interyiew now its a long blitz to the finish so far as the way a traditional campaign like this should go were on schedule the 200bed hospital will be built on 40 acres of land be hind participation house at 9th line and hwy 7 the project has survived twoof the nine approval stages in a ministry of health assessment process other medical facilities in the area were studied in the first stage in thesecond the hos pitals specific role was de fined mr mcmillian estimates it will be 20 months before the stages are completed and dirt is broken on construction if the 5 million pledge objec tive is not reached quickly to demonstrate community in terest he warns the approval process could be lengthened by the ministry mrmcmillian hopes the time bought by the pledges will allow payment of dona tions over 5 years will jqost the size of the donations my hope is that between now and the end of the sum mer we will be halfway there he said between may and august the objective is to raise half of the money it is hoped the other half will be raised be tween september and november december will be reserved for a final cleanup several fundraising pro jects arc planned for the net few months may 14 will be hospital day at goodys res taurant in markvillo profits from the sale of coffee and deserts will be donated to the fund miss canada will make an appearance at markville and mcdonalds on june lth where im a hospital builder but tons will be on sale for 1 each symbolic bricks made from plastic will be sold for a 25 donation the names of the donors will be inscribed on the bricks which will then be assembled to form a wall against the restaurants west wall once the hospital is completed the names will appear on a plaque in the hos pital my reading is that there is interest and enthusiasm for the hospital though there are people unaware of the need says mr mcmillian im aware of people being com mitted to the hospital from mypoinfof viewtnfanxious to make sure we ask every one the degree to which were successful in reaching everyone is the degree to which well be successful raising the money a as stephen e turl ieftfpresident of the markham keith sutherland centre deputy chairman of the kiwanlsclub and richard eflechner right markhamstouffville hospital building fund incoming president present a pledge of 35000 to i two local hospital supporters york centremcdonalds pma hospital builder cam- mpp don cousensand markham board of paign trade president michael larkin help with the