NEWS RELEASE
SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION
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After another successful Nature’s Emporium Run for Southlake, Southlake Foundation is thrilled to announce that the event raised a total of $411,000 in support of urgent needs at Southlake Regional Health Centre.
These funds will make an immediate impact on patients at Southlake through the purchase of the most urgently needed new and replacement tools and equipment not covered by government funding, but vital to the work of the hospital’s clinical teams. Thanks to everyone who participated in this event, Southlake can continue to provide compassionate, leading-edge care close to home.
“We had an incredible turnout this year with more than 1,800 people from our communities running, walking, and cheering on their friends and family, including more than 200 of our own staff who came out on their day off to participate alongside them,” said Susan Mullin, President and CEO of Southlake Regional Health Centre Foundation. “The success of this year’s event truly is a reflection of the power a community can have when we come together, and we are so grateful for that support.”
Of the total funds raised, $200,000 was contributed through participant pledging, reaching the goal for this year’s event.
Sponsors of the 2019 event included Nature’s Emporium (Title Sponsor), Magna International (T-Shirt Sponsor), Pfaff Automotive Partners (Route Sponsor), Mercedes-Benz Newmarket (Corporate Challenge Sponsor), Bank of Montreal (Community Challenge Sponsor), GEM Healthcare (Water Station Sponsor), Highland Automotive Professionals (Pace Car Sponsor), Sports Medicine Centre of Excellence (Warm Up Sponsor), and The Insurance Brokers of Toronto Region (Awards Table Sponsor).
Close to 150 volunteers were involved, both leading up to the event and on the day of to ensure the event run smoothly, helping with everything from stuffing race kits to handing out water and snacks to runners as they came off the route.
Be sure to save the date for next year’s Nature’s Emporium Run for Southlake on Sunday, April 26, 2020.
About Southlake Regional Health Centre Foundation
Since the inception of Southlake Foundation in 1980, more than $150 million dollars has been raised in support of Southlake Regional Health Centre. Working with members of the community, hundreds of volunteers, the Southlake Family and our incredible donors, Southlake Foundation will continue to support life-saving medical equipment, infrastructure upgrades and expansions, patient programs and staff education, all for the goal of providing leading-edge care for patients and families, close to home. For more information visit: www.southlakefoundation.ca
About Southlake Regional Health Centre
Southlake Regional Health Centre is a full-service hospital with a regional, clinically advanced focus. As a regionally designated site, Southlake is responsible for developing and providing advanced levels of care to the more than 1.5 million people who reside in York Region, Simcoe County, and as far north as Muskoka.
Advanced, specialty services include: arthritis care, cancer care, cardiac care, cataract surgery, child and adolescent eating disorders, mental health services for children, paediatrics and perinatal care, and thoracic surgery. Southlake is proud to have a team of over 3,000 employees, 580 physicians, and more than 900 volunteers. Combined with our commitment to provide the best possible care to patients, our goal is to make Southlake synonymous with health care excellence.
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