Brockville General Hospital
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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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