The PRHC Foundation has rolled out its 2017 holiday giving campaign with the theme of “Gifts of Hope”. For the month of December, you can purchase a “stocking” card to hang on a special holiday fireplace mantel in the lobby of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC).
By making a donation, you will be helping your hospital purchase lifesaving equipment and giving thousands of families the priceless gift of hope.
Many people don’t know that while the government does provide funding to hospitals, it doesn’t provide the money for the vast majority of the equipment a hospital needs to keep up with the constant advancement of medical knowledge and technology.
Your donation to the PRHC Foundation will help fund the technology and equipment that form the backbone of world-class patient care at PRHC, which also helps to attract and retain expert doctors, nurses and staff at your hospital.
There are three ways you can choose to give your “Gift of Hope” to the PRHC Foundation. In all cases, when you purchase a “stocking” card with your donation, the PRHC Foundation team will hang your stocking on the fireplace mantel.
- Keep it simple and just buy a stocking (the suggested minimum donation is $10)
- Celebrate the season by buying a stocking and sending a personalized e-card with holiday greetings to a loved one, letting them know you are making a donation in their honour.
- Say thanks for great care by buying a stocking and expressing your gratitude to a doctor, nurse, or another PRHC staff member for the care you or a loved one received at the hospital.
You can make your donation online or, if you prefer to make your gift over the phone, you can call the Foundation office at 705-876-5000 and the team will hang a stocking card for you.
You can also visit the Foundation office at the hospital (on the 4th floor, just past the main visitor elevators), and you can write your name on a stocking or purchase printed greeting cards for your loved ones.
The fireplace mantel display is up now in the hospital lobby, and it’s already sporting a row of stockings. Here are a few of the messages on the stockings so far:
- Merry Christmas! From the Keating Family
- In honour of my dad – thank you and Happy Holidays – Dave
- Dear Nephrology team, The staff and especially Dr. B. keep me living a full and joyful life. While in hospital I was treated with not only professionalism but much needed humour.
- To Dr. Meade: Thank you for your expertise enabling me to live a care-free life.
- Dear PRHC, Thank you for the wonderful service you have provided us during the last 15-20 years. PRHC is one of the most outstanding hospitals in Ontario. Thank you.
- To PRHC: thanks for everything! Love, Becky
To learn more about how the PRHC Foundation helps donors make great care possible at your hospital, please visit www.prhcfoundation.ca.
