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BARTOLUCCI ANNOUNCES PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AND ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR MAISON VALE HOSPICE
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2011 RBC Hike for Hospice raises $125,000
The 2011 RBC Hike for Hospice held on Sunday, May 1st was an enormous success. Our goal was surpassed and thanks to our generous community, we have now raised $125,000.00 in cash donations. Over 650 people participated in the Hike, including numerous families and friends whose loved ones have lived their final journey at the Hospice.
The Board, staff and volunteers of the Sudbury Hospice would like to express their appreciation to all participants and sponsors, starting with our Title Sponsor – RBC, including our honorary chair, Glen Kelsey, RBC Regional Vice-President for Northern Lakes, RBC Dominion Securities and the RBC Foundation for Volunteerism.
Special thanks go out to our other Hike Sponsors: Vale, Cambrian Insurance, Reliable, Reliance Home Comfort, McQueen's Furniture, Tangles, Central Printers, Medigas, Pete's Rental, Piller's Meats, Fuel Media & Media Concepts. We would also like to recognize our media partners who helped promote the Hike: CTV, Northern Life, EastLink, Rewind 103.9, KFM 95.5, Le Voyageur & Le Loup 98.9. Thank you for joining our Hospice Family.
The Hospice would also like to give tribute to community partners who contributed to the success of our Hike: the children and parents of Better Beginning Better Futures, Bayshore Home Health, the North East Community Care Access Centre, Battistelli's YIG, The Children of Charm Plus, the Greater Sudbury Parks & Recreation Department, Sudbury EMS, and Brad (Elvis) Rose and Doug Chase for their musical performance.
All the funds raised at the RBC Hike for Hospice stay in our community and go towards operating costs of our community residential hospice. Join us for our next fundraiser on August 21 for our Roulons pour la Maison Vale Wheels for Hospice. Check out our website for more details @
www.maisonsudburyhospice.org.
The Hospice is excited to announce it's Spring Volunteer Hospice Palliative Care Training.
The Sudbury Hospice’s 30hr Volunteer Hospice Palliative Care Training session starts on April 19 (in English) for all individuals wanting to volunteer at the Hospice on our Direct Volunteer Team. These volunteers provide care, respite and accompaniment to our residents and their families. The sessions will be 2 days a week (Tuesday & Thursday evenings) for 5 weeks. Please contact Sylvie at 705-674-9252 ext. 231 or by email at sylvie@maisonsudburyhospice.org.
Adding Life Annual Giving Campaign
The Sudbury Hospcie launched its Annual Giving Campaign - Adding Life - at Apollo Restaurant on December 1, 2010. We have named our annual appeal Adding Life because ''what is needed at the end of life is not so much to add days to life but to add life to the remaining days.''
To participate in our Adding Life Campaign, just download our brochure by clicking on the heading Adding Life or contact us @ 674-9252.
''A friend recently referred to the Hospice as that place you go to die. I had to tell her that in Gino's case, it was that place we went to live.'' - Elaine Fievoli
2011 Hospice-tality Event
Toula Sakellaris, Apollo Restaurant owner, and Léo Therrien, Executive Director of the Hospice, invite people to support the Hospice this holiday season and on New Year's Eve.
The Sudbury Hospice launched its 2011 New Year's Eve Hospice-tality Event on December 1st. Patrons participating in New Year's Eve celebrations and dinners are encouraged to give at least a toonie to help support Hospice programs.
To date, the following businesses have joined the 2011 Hospice-tality Event: Apollo Restaurant, aila galleri, Cinco Centavos, Frank's Deli, Fuel Multimedia, Le Loup 98.9, Little Montreal, Lougheed's, LW Everybody's Outlet Store, MTI, Pat & Mario's, Quality Inn, Quiznos, Sudbury Paint & Custom Framing and Tangles.
2010 Community Builders Awards of Excellence
Léo Therrien, Executive Director of the Sudbury Hospice, winner of the 2010 Community Builders Award for Health Care, with Paul McQueen of McQueen's Furniture, sponsor for the Health Care category.
ABOUT THE SUDBURY HOSPICE
The Sudbury Hospice provides 24-hour care in a tranquil,
home-like setting to more than 100 residents a year. The 11,000 square foot residential hospice is located on the site of St. Joseph's Village of Care on South Bay Road, in proximity of Laurentian University and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. It looks like a large home situated in a serene natural environment on the shores of Bethel Lake.
Residents can occupy one of 10 private bedrooms equipped with special comfort beds, individual bathrooms and bay windows designed to bring the outside world of sky and water into the world inside. The facility also offers a family room, a children's room, a sacred space, a living & dining area, laundry facilities, office space and an outside deck overlooking Bethel Lake. Residents are able to see the sunrise over Bethel Lake and the sun go down over Ramsey Lake.
To add your support or make a donation, please call:
(705) 674-9252.
ATTN: Volunteer Opportunities
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