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NEWS RELEASE For release Monday, March 23, 2009 Hospital Foundation launches Incredible Shrinking Coffee Party LEEDS-GRENVILLE - The Brockville and District Hospital Foundation has a clever new way of raising both awareness and funds: The Incredible Shrinking Coffee Party. It begins this week, when seven people will gather at the home of Jean Macintosh to have a cup of coffee and discuss the wonderful things happening at Brockville General Hospital and the Brockville and District Hospital Foundation. Each party guest will contribute $5, which the host will remit to the Foundation. The money raised will help buy a specialized treadmill for the new Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Centre opening at BGH this spring. Those seven people will go home to their communities around the region and host their own parties, each inviting six people from among their friends, neighbours and co-workers. Afterward, those guests will host their own parties for five people, who will in turn host four guests each, who will invite three people for coffee. If no one breaks the chain of parties, several thousand Leeds-Grenville residents will attend one of more than 1,000 parties which form the Incredible Shrinking Coffee Party. Each time, the topic of conversation will be the programs and services available at BGH and the work being done by the BDH Foundation. While the $5 contributions of each guest will help in purchasing cardiovascular rehab equipment, the main goal of this unique fundraiser is to build awareness. Mrs. Macintosh, a BGH Board Governor who came up with the shrinking coffee party idea after hearing about a similar event in Huntsville, hopes this grassroots awareness campaign will see more people take ownership in BGH. “It’s your hospital,” Mrs. Macintosh points out. “When you need it, you want it to be there for you.” “The idea is to gather friends for a cup of coffee and good conversation about Brockville General Hospital and the Brockville and District Hospital Foundation,” says Doris Hallett, Chairperson of the Foundation’s Fundraising Committee. “I think it’s a smashing idea and a great way to learn about what we offer as a hospital.” Everyone who attends a party will receive a colourful newsletter with information about, for example, the number of emergency visits, hip and knee procedures and diagnostic tests done for people in the various communities the hospital serves, including Athens, Augusta, Brockville, Edwardsburgh-Cardinal, Elizabethtown, Front of Yonge, Gananoque, Leeds & 1000 Islands, and Prescott. The newsletter also has information on the new Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Secondary Treatment Centre opening this spring. Organizers hope people will also discuss the hospital’s many other programs, including Palliative Care and Infant and Child Development, as well as talking about the wide area the hospital serves. “It’s a wonderful way to get information out about the hospital and its programs and to raise money for the new Cardiac Rehab Centre,” says Mrs. Macintosh. “There probably isn’t anyone in our community who doesn’t know someone who has been affected by a heart attack.” The newsletter also includes photos of recent donations, showing how the community generously supports the hospital through the foundation. The BDH Foundation is an organization that supports Brockville General Hospital’s commitment to providing compassionate patient care and excellence in services and programs. Kevin Tackaberry is the Chairperson of the Foundation Board. -30- Fore more information, please contact:
Christine Endicott Healthy People ~ Outstanding Care
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