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Donors Help Make the Vision for the New Family Birthing Centre a Reality
It was a spectacular and long-awaited day for our expectant mothers, their families and our youngest patients. On April 23rd the new Family Birthing Centre was officially opened to the delight of many, including donors who directed their Campaign gifts to this area.
Donors were among the first to see the impact that their donations made on this important component of health care. Over the past eight years, the hospital has experienced a 50% increase in the number of births, welcoming over 2,400 babies in 2006. The new Centre can accommodate up to 3,200 births a year.
The Family Birthing Centre features a more family-friendly setting for labour and delivery within a modernized facility. The suites are designed to provide a home-like setting allowing mothers to go through labour, give birth, and recuperate in the calmest atmosphere possible. The Centre also includes two Operating Suites and Recovery Room for babies delivered by caesarean section. The neonatal and Resuscitation Room is fully equipped with all the equipment needed to provide essential care to babies who require extra help as soon as they are born.
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From left to right are: Linda and Greg Miklas, Chair Foundation, Board of Directors,
Guy Prentice, Vice President of Finance, Progressive Moulded Products Ltd. ,
Dave Weldon, Chair, Hospital Board of Governors, Rosie Yeatman, Rosanne Maiurro, Jessica Longo,
Maria Iuglio – Longo’s Family Charitable Foundation, Elisabeth Macmillan, Charles Barker
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York Central Hospital is now also the only community hospital in Ontario to have a full-time, on-site Maternal Fetal Medicine Service including a maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, 3D/4D Ultrasound technology and a Pediatric Cardiologist with expertise in fetal echocardiography to care for high-risk pregnancies.
Donors to the Family Birthing Centre collectively provided over half a million dollars to help equip and furnish the Centre. Each of our Donors chose to support this particular unit for different reasons but all were uniformly pleased to see the tangible results. Whether the motivation was good corporate citizenship, giving back to the community or to honour a loved one, we thank them for their role in ensuring that our growing community receives the best birthing experience right here in our own community.
Foundation Provides Hospital With Record Grant! Thanks to our Generous Community
The Foundation was pleased to make a $5 million installment from the $35 million Share the Spirit of Care Campaign, in support of the hospital's expansion. This was made possible through the compilation of many gifts made by many generous donors. Greg Miklas, Foundation Board Chair stated “We have received incredible gifts from the Town of Richmond Hill, our hospital family, businesses, foundations and families.”
“Gifts from the community are critical if we are to continually improve the quality of care we provide for our patients. Rapid access to MRI scans, especially for cases determined to be urgent, is but one high profile example of this improved delivery of care. In addition, on a day-to-day basis, the availability of state-of-the-art bedside equipment and therapeutic services will dramatically add to the safety and comfort of patients during their stay in hospital,” said Chief of Staff Dr. Larry Grossman.
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| (left to right) Larry Saunders, Vice-Chair Foundation Board, Dave Weldon, Chair Hospital Board, Bruce Harber, Hospital President & CEO, Greg Miklas, Chair Foundation Board |
Truly a Community Event
Thanks to the great support from our community and hospital family the Share the Spirit of Care 5k Run/Walk held Saturday, May 5th at Richmond Green exceeded last year’s results.
Over 600 participants, 100 young “scamperers”, and numerous family and friends joined Master of Ceremonies Joe Bowen, the Voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mayor Dave Barrow, Honorary Event Chair and Tania Jones, Canadian National Marathon Team Member to help raise $58,000 for our hospital.
The Share the Spirit of Care 5k Run/Walk is truly a community event that attracts families, schools, corporations and our Hospital Family. Many thanks to our sponsors whose financial and product donations makes this an outstanding event: Presenting Sponsor: Sun Life Financial, Elite Sponsor: CIMS Home Health Care, Gold Sponsors: The Marc Santi Foundation and Sunrise Senior Living/Sunrise Thorne Mill, Silver Sponsors: Canadian Tire, Constantia Retirement Residence, Hillcrest, Invar Building Corporation, Lexmark Canada, Marshall Funeral Home, Preferred Health Care Services, Retirement Residence Group, Royal LePage Your Community Realty and Shoppers Home Health Care, Product Sponsors: Golden Griddle, Longo’s and Weston Produce, Media Sponsor: The Liberal, and many others who contributed.
Save the date for next year’s event - Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
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New donor recognition signs
Our sincere thanks to:
- Charles Barker and Elisabeth Macmillan for funding two Birthing Suites in honour of their parents Mabel Anna Stewart and George Henry Barker and their son Edward
- John & Marylo Graham for funding Birthing Suites
- Longo’s Family Charitable Foundation for funding the Neonatal Resuscitation Room
- Linda & Greg Miklas and their sons Andrew, Jason and David for funding a Birthing Suite
- Progressive Moulded Products for funding a Family Waiting Room
Did You Know:
The Share the Spirit of Care Campaign is an organized and intense effort to raise substantial dollars during a defined period of time. Subsequently the effort has produced some interesting facts:
- 480 Donors contributed first-time or larger than usual pledges and gifts
- At the time (2003) The Town of Richmond Hill’s $10 million grant was the largest gift given by a municipality to a community hospital in Canada
- Over $1.4 million in interest, that will be also go to fund Campaign projects, was generated from the investment of Campaign gifts and pledges
- The $2 million pledge from the Nick & Rosanne Cortellucci Family is the largest gift donated by an family in the history of YCH Foundation
- 32 pledges and gifts were $100,000 or greater
- The Campaign cost per dollar raised was an incredible .06 cents or lower for the past 4 years Thanks to our supporters, to date over $35 million has been raised to help fund the biggest redevelopment and expansion project in the history of York Central Hospital.
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