The Kinsmen Club of Lindsay has donated $50,000 to the Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) Foundation — the largest single donation the club has made to the foundation.
The funds will support the cost of medical equipment and technology at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay that are not covered by provincial funding, including the hospital’s new CT scanner and MRI and digital transformation technology.
“This gift will help the hospital acquire the most advanced medical technology and bedside tools, and connect them to patients’ health information records, so that every test and treatment is noted in real time and available to patients and their healthcare team,” says RMH Foundation CEO Erin Coons in a media release.
“The volunteers who champion community causes through their service organizations are local champions,” Coons adds. “They are valued members of our donor family at the Ross.”
The Kinsmen Club of Lindsay, who announced the donation as as part of Kin Canada’s celebrations for the National Day of KINdness on February 20, attribute the significant increase in local
contributions to the growth of the Kinsmen Super TV Bingo.
“If there was any silver lining out of COVID at all, it’s that you stayed home to play bingo with Kinsmen Super TV Bingo,” says Brad Fraser, president of the Kinsmen Club of Lindsay. “As a result, we are able to share those proceeds. Thank you.”
Along with the $50,000 donation, the Kinsmen Club of Lindsay has previously donated to support the Ross Memorial Hospital’s first CT scanner, the redevelopment of the hospital’s maternity ward, and the capital campaign that doubled the size of the hospital 20 years ago. The Kinsmen Club of Lindsay’s cumulative giving has earned it a founder plaque on the hospital’s donor recognition wall.
