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NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009
2009
Palliative Care Telethon raises $148,000
Palliative Care Telethon
Chair Bruce Wylie presented a cheque for $148,000 from the 2009 Telethon to
the Brockville and District Hospital Foundation this week. The 2010 Telethon
will be held Jan. 30-31. Mr. Wylie said despite the challenging economic
times, he hopes the 2010 total will be even higher. The BGH Palliative Care
Service is an important program supported entirely through donations, which
have included more than $2 million from the telethon over the past 26 years.

In the front row, from
left: Palliative Care Volunteer Coordinator Patricia Howlett and Consult
Nurses Joan Schwarze and Janis Easton.
Back row: Consult Nurse Sandra Thompson, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator
Leslie Leeder, Telethon Treasurer Carol Davis, Telethon Chair Bruce Wylie,
Foundation Chair Kevin Tackaberry, BGH President and CEO Ray Marshall and
Palliative Care Coordinator Linda Osmond.
Photo: Christine
Endicott/BGH
For
more information, please contact:
Christine
Endicott
Communications Officer
75 Charles St., Brockville ON K6V 1S8
613-345-5649 Ext. 1-1504
endch@bgh-on.ca
www.bgh-on.ca
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