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pagfrgs tfeangtoiu celebration a celebration of life new beginnings march 30 th 1990 an evening of celebration be a part of an elegant black tie occasion at le pare celebrate the opening of our new community hospital an evening of entertainment featuring john arpin pianist dance to the music of guido basso his orchestra and the craig ruhnke trio an evening of excitement a silent auction filled with celebrity surprises tickets 200 on sale now for ticket information please call 2946672 tickets may be purchased at markham stouffville hospital building fund office 114 main st n markham tax receipts available stouffville retailer opens doors to hospital gift shop local stouffville retailers were selected to operate the markham stouffville hospital gift shop fay and jim farwell who already own and operate cross winds gift shop on stouffvilles main street say theyre excited about providing the service volunteers will staff the store and a percentage of sales goes to the hospital in lieu of rent the store will be open seven days a week between 10 am and 8 pm markham stouffville hospital has enhanced its commitment to the local community by selecting stouffvilles fay farwell to operate the facilitys gift shop fay and her husband jim who already own and operate cross winds gift shop on stouffvilles main st learned that their bid for the hospital site had been accepted last summer and we signed the contract about a month ago advises fay a percentage of sales from the privately owned business will go to the hospital in lieu of rent the stores philosophy is to combine uniqueness and quality with reasonable prices well carry some of the lines we have in stouffville plus a lot of different things for example clothes and gift for babies and lingerie well also offer fresh flowers kim everson from stouffville florist is looking after that side of the business with a total of over 800 sq ft the space required for flowers is no problem explains farwell and kims stock is always top quality staffing will not be a concern either at the hospital were being staffed by volunteers but were managing the store ill be there myself most of the time she will also continue to run the stouffville operation with the help of a manager although her husband is not involved in the business on a day to day basis she says he has been responsible for most of the design work for the new store which opened on monday march 12 the response from volunteers at the hospital has been excellent and she plans to be open seven days a week between 10 am and 8 pm we wont be closing for the supper hour she notes each volunteer will work a shift of approximately three hours working with hospital staff has been a very positive experience stresses farwell i cant believe how wonderful the staff has been i asked them how they could be so pleasant with all the stress theyve been under to get everything ready were really pleased with our association with the markham- stouffville hospital manning the shop is only one of several tasks for which volunteers are needed