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June 11, 2010

Florence Nightingale Home Foundation and the Order of the Eastern Star Kick Off Foundation’s BGH 125^th Benefit Gala with $4000 Donation

A generous gesture from the Order of the Eastern Star (OES) and one of its Benevolent Arms—the Florence Nightingale Home Foundation (FNHF)—is the first donation to the Isotope Indicator Fund supported by the Brockville and District Hospital Foundation’s Benefit Gala celebrating Brockville General Hospital’s 125^th anniversary.

“We’re very happy to have the support,” says Marsha Lindsay, co-chair of the Gala with her husband, Dr. Ardis Lindsay, “and very grateful for this donation. The Isotope Indicator costs about $50,000, so the $4000 is a wonderful start to the fund.”

The presentation was made June 3 at BGH, with both directors of the FNHF and members of the OES in attendance.

“We’re pleased to support the purchase of important equipment like the Isotope Indicator,” says Stuart Taylor, Vice President OES. “We also congratulate BGH on 125 years of community service and wish the hospital the best for the next 125.”

The Florence Nightingale Home Board operated a home in Agincourt from 1928 to 1975, first for orphans and then for the elderly. When no longer financially viable, the home was sold and the interest derived from the capital fund raised by the sale is now used to provide donations totalling $20,000 annually to accredited hospitals throughout Ontario. The Violet Chapter #206 of the OES in Prescott made the request for donation to the FNHF. The presentation to the Brockville & District Foundation (B&DHF) for the Benefit Gala is the FNHF’s 205^th such donation since 1982, bringing their total in charitable support to $1,020,000 to date. 

“It’s wonderful to have this generous donation toward the Isotope Indicator and it will allow the surgeons in Brockville to provide the entire complement of breast oncology surgery to the community,” says Dr. Karim Somani, General Surgeon with BGH. “Breast cancer strikes one out of every eight women in Canada. This equipment is valuable in providing a more accurate stage of breast cancer in patients, and often allows us to limit morbidity associated with extensive surgery.”

The B&DHF is hosting the Black and White Benefit Gala September 25^th at the Brockville Armouries. For more information or to buy tickets, please contact the Foundation at 613-345-4478 or foundation@bgh-on.ca.

Presenting the cheque for $4000 is Stuart Taylor, Vice President (back row centre), with (front row, l – r) Director Margaret Bell, Secretary Patricia Catt, President Lois Goodall, (back row, left) Treasurer John McMillan and (back row, right) Duncan McFadgen. Gratefully accepting the donation is Dr. Karim Somani (back centre), with Anne Rodger, Director of OR and Maternal/Child at BGH (front, second from right), and Marsha Lindsay, Co-Chair of the B&DHF Black and White Gala Committee (front right).

For more information, please contact:

Joan McLaughlin Executive Director Brockville and District Hospital Foundation 613-345-4478 mcljo@bgh-on.ca

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