Smile Cookies help clinic expansion

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Published on Monday, October 22, 2018

Submitted photo. Greg Crisanti of Tim Hortons presents a giant cheque for $4,936 to clinic volunteer John Nelson.

By Cassandra Wehrhahn

Neepawa Banner & Press

The Banner & Press has received confirmation from Beautiful Plains Medical Clinic volunteer John Nelson on Friday, Oct. 12 that the money raised by the Neepawa Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign has been put towards the expansion of the community clinic.

The expansion has a two bedroom suite in the basement to accommodate visiting medical students for rural practice experience, which allows them to be on site, on call, and in close contact with the rural medical experience.

Money raised from the Smile Cookie campaign is to help outfit the basement suite’s kitchen, bathroom, and other areas. Construction on the upper floor will benefit as well, and is nearing completion. Fine tuning will follow, with total completion hopeful for the end of the year.

Nelson stated that the community clinic, which has been remodeling and expanding for the last eight years, relies on a lot of donations such as grants and local fundraising. The biggest of which, Nelson said, is the Neepawa and District Community Farm and Leisure Lotto.

This is the clinic’s second expansion.