All smiles for the Neepawa Area Health Auxiliary

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All smiles for the Neepawa Area Health Auxiliary

Details: Published on Thursday, October 27, 2016

Photo by John Drinkwater. Pictured (from left): Shirley Miller, Sandra Wetherill, Janet Scott, Bernice Baker, Ruth Hanke, Anthony Chwaluk (co-owner Neepawa Tim Hortons), Jan Bailey, Marg Van Buskirk (secretary NHA), Eleanor Nicholson, Arlene Waddell, Ivy Cameron (president NHA), Jan Walker, Jean Borchardt, Gail Baloun (Neepawa Health Centre)

By John Drinkwater

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

On Oct. 18, Neepawa's Tim Hortons, presented a cheque for $ 4,061 to the Neepawa Health Auxiliary (NHA). Antony Chwaluk, who co-owns the restaurant with his wife Rachelle, presented the cheque. This amount was raised from the recent Smile Cookie Campaign, which took place Sept. 12 - Sept.18.

Chwaluk commented, “This event is organized annually by Tim Hortons and as owners, we get to choose which local group benefits from the donation. With feedback from customers, we picked the Neepawa Health Auxiliary, who help a lot of people in this community. This was a substantial amount raised due to the Auxiliary ladies publishing the event through posters and word of mouth contact, etc. Also, our staff were up to the challenge in baking so many cookies.” Each cookie cost $1.00 so this related to 4061 cookies!

Marg Van Buskirk (NHA secretary) said, “We are grateful to Tim Hortons for this donation. Our members provided immense help by publishing this campaign. NACI supported us by the sale of 680 cookies, which we appreciate. Every year we give $1,000 to a graduating student entering the health care profession.”

Gail Baloun of Neepawa Health Centre complemented the (NHA). She said, “These ladies are an amazing group, they do so much fundraising, supplying many things throughout the hospital. The money is going towards the cost of an infusion pump for the operating room. Its worth over $4,000, so this amount will almost pay for it. The pump is state of the art and staff including our anaesthetist have had to complete training on its use.”