Hospital Foundation Prepares to Celebrate Light up a Life Campaign

For Immediate Release, December 10, 2009

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY – The Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation is preparing to celebrate this year’s Light up a Life campaign with music, refreshments, prizes and fun for the entire family. The community is invited to come to the Northumberland Hills Hospital on Wednesday, December 16th, 7:00 p.m. for fellowship and the lighting of the Rotary Club of Cobourg Courtyard.

Light up a Life Campaign Chair, Dr. Paul Caldwell, will serve as the master of ceremonies. The evening will include refreshments, a craft area for the kids, raffles and entertainment. “We’re really excited to announce that the Northside Gang will provide the musical entertainment,” says Rhonda Cunningham, Executive Director of the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation. “They’ll entertain us with songs and sounds of the season.”

Funds raised through this year’s campaign will help pay for several items of high priority medical equipment for different areas of the hospital.

In a letter recently mailed to Foundation supporters, Dr. Caldwell provided an explanation of some of the specific equipment that this year’s Light up a Life campaign will help to purchase; including six IV pumps, three wheelchairs, two cystoscopes, a Pyxis medication station for the birthing area and three patient lift motors. These are basic items that the Hospital staff use day in and day out to enhance patient care and recovery.

“The Northumberland Hills Hospital cares for tens of thousands of patients every year,” says Dr. Paul Caldwell, Chair, 2009 Light up a Life Campaign, “Whether it’s for the birth of a child, a surgical procedure, emergency care or a diagnostic examination, it’s important to have a community hospital that is equipped to make your visit as comfortable as possible. Gifts received during the Light up a Life Campaign will put life saving instruments into the hands of our skilled medical team of doctors and nurses and helped improve the lives of thousands of patients.”

Parking will be complimentary at the Light up a Life ceremony.

Those interested in learning more about the Light up a Life campaign, or in reading Dr. Caldwell’s letter, are invited to visit the Foundation website, at www.nhh.ca. To make a donation, please call the Foundation office at (905) 377-7767.

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For more information, please call
John Russell, Development Coordinator
Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation
(905) 372-6811, ext. 3065