Through this pandemic, countless individuals, families, businesses and community groups have continued to donate through our Foundation to support health services and show their appreciation to our staff and medical staff. We have heard so many personal stories from those who are grateful for the compassion, care and comfort received, and how they have felt moved to support our hospitals and community services. Foundations support these patients and their families to express their gratitude tangibly through giving.

In the months of November and December alone, the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation (PECMHF) saw an outpouring of support. Stacks of donations arrived by regular mail, online and by phone.

Do you remember Nathan Mowbray? He was the young man involved in a farming accident whose story we told through our Christmas appeal letter. Nathan’s story of receiving care spoke to the hearts of nearly 600 of you. That letter generated over $241,000 in donations! All because you care. We are truly grateful for your generosity.

These donations are helping to support the provision of equipment and technology needed to ensure the residents of and visitors to our community receive exceptional care, close to home at our County hospital. These gifts are also Backing the Build for our new County hospital.

As many of you know, we are currently awaiting approval to move into Stage 4 of a five-stage process as outlined by the Ministry of Health to build a new hospital in Prince Edward County (PEC).

The growing population of Prince Edward County requires a hospital facility that can meet its needs.

Our foundation, along with our colleagues at Quinte Health Care (QHC), are committed to giving our donors and community as much information as we can about the build.

If you are curious about the project and all of our fundraising efforts and would like to be notified when updates are available, we recommend you sign up for our electronic newsletter by visiting http://weblink.donorperfect.com/PECMHF_Newsletter_Signup. We email newsletters to our stakeholder group once or twice a month and you can unsubscribe at any time. You can also call us or send an email to bboyce@qhc.on.ca and we will happily add your email address to the list.

You can also find up-to-date information on our campaign microsite, which includes the latest architectural drawings by visiting www.backthebuild.ca. Navigate to the ‘Project’ page to check out the renderings and learn more about our Campaign Cabinet.

Before signing off, I want to share something new with you. We are in the midst of unveiling five videos to PECMHF’s YouTube channel that profile our foundation, our hospital, our donors, and the Care Champions that provide care at QHC PECMH. You may have seen our first video that was launched two weeks’ ago. That video gives an overview of who we are and our role in the community. Keep your eyes peeled to our social media sites (@pecmhf) as well as our YouTube channel for the launch of the remaining videos and let us know what you think.

We are on the path to a new era of health care in Prince Edward County! We are grateful to all of you for being right there with us.

For information about our hospital, or to make a donation call 613 476 1008 ext. 4502, or visit the foundation’s website at www.pecmhf.ca.